12-06-2017 23:00 via theartnewspaper.com

What is the market for Documenta 14 artists?

Art Basel and Documenta 14 are opposites: one embodies the art market while the other eschews it. The quinquennial, which opened its first leg in Athens in April (until 16 July) and its second in the German city of Kassel last week (until 17 September), is funded largely by the German taxpayer. This years highly political edition, in particular, appears to be keeping the market at arms length: Adam Szymczyk, the shows artistic director, has called for artistic production to be valued as more th
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