For the first time, ruangrupa, the Indonesian artists’ collective that curates Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany, addressed the accusations of anti-Semitism that this year’s famous quinquennial edition has faced across Germany. In a strongly worded piece on the platform e-flux, ruangrupa denied that Documenta has ever made 15 anti-Semitic statements. The allegations, ruangrupa said, were “bad faith attempts to delegitimize artists and preemptively censor them based on their ethnic heritage and perceived political views.” The essay, titled “Anti-Semitism Accusations Against Documenta: A Scandal About a Rumor,” was published Monday, just days after Documenta 15’s “We Need to Talk!” canceled an...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
