In a fiercely worded piece posted to the platform e-flux , ruangrupa denied that Documenta 15 has ever issued anti-Semitic statements. The allegations, ruangrupa said, were “bad-faith attempts to delegitimize artists and preventively censor them on the basis of their ethnic heritage and presumed political positions.” The essay, titled “Antisemitism accusations against documenta: A scandal about a rumor,” was published on Monday, just days after Documenta 15 canceled “We need to talk!,” an event intended to convene artists and intellectuals in an open discussion about anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and forms for racism. That event had been the subject of debate so...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
