The million-deficit of art exhibition Documenta 14 was created solely at site of Ans. This was shared by city of Kassel after a meeting of supervisory board. The city and state of Hesse are vouching for expected missing 5.4 million euros. Meanwhile, prestigious exhibition had threatened bankruptcy.
if ( typeof AdController !== ‘undefined’ !window.Zeit.isMobileView()) { if ( !document.getElementById( ‘iqadtile8’ ) ) { var elem = document.createElement( ‘div’ ); elem.id = ‘iqadtile8’; elem.className = “ad ad-desktop ad-desktop–8 ad-desktop–8-on-article”; elem.setAttribute(‘data-banner-type’, ‘desktop’); elem.setAttribute(‘data-banner-label’, ‘Anzeige’); document.getElementById(‘ad-desktop-8’).parentNode.appendChild(elem); AdController.render(‘iqadtile8’); if ( window.console typeof window.console.info === ‘function’ ) { window.console.info(‘AdController ‘ AdController.VERSION ‘ tile 8 desktop’) } } } if ( typeof AdController !== ‘undefined’ window.Zeit.isMobileView()) { if ( !document.getElementById( ‘iqadtile3’ ) ) { var elem = document.createElement( ‘div’ ); elem.id = ‘iqadtile3’; elem.className = “ad ad-mobile ad-mobile–3 ad-mobile–3-on-article”; elem.setAttribute(‘data-banner-type’, ‘mobile’); document.getElementById(‘ad-mobile-3’).parentNode.appendChild(elem); AdController.render(‘iqadtile3’); if ( window.console typeof window.console.info === ‘function’ ) { window.console.info(‘AdController ‘ AdController.VERSION ‘ tile 3 mobile’) } } }
This year, documenta had been held for first time in two locations at same time. While costs in Kassel were in agreement with planned budget, it was said that location of Ans site was based on personnel, transport, space and security staff costs. Financial irregularities did not exist, said managing director of Documenta, Annette Kulenkampff, already in October of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. An external consulting firm should now check wher fault was in structure of documenta.
In Kassel this year’s documenta lost a few thousand visitors compared to last exhibition with 850,000 people. In Ans came close to 340,000. The artistic director of exhibition, Adam Szymczyk, said in conversation with magazine Monopoly, he holds excitement about shortfall for exaggerated. “If someone considers documenta to be a failure, I think it’s okay. I have no problem with failure. “
The Documenta 15 will take place from 18 June to 25 September 2022.
