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Finding Committee resigned
On November 16, 2023, documenta announced that the remaining four members of the selection committee, Simon Njami, Gong Yan, Kathrin Rhomberg and María Inés Rodríguez, have now also resigned. Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger and Ranjit Hoskoté had previously resigned.
documenta press release
On 30 March 2023, the Supervisory Board at documenta gGmbH appointed the Finding Committee for documenta 16: Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Gong Yan, Ranjit Hoskoté, Simon Njami, Kathrin Rhomberg, and María Inés Rodríguez.
The Finding Committee has the task of inviting pioneering figures in contemporary art to apply to take on the role of Artistic Direction of documenta 16, and to select the most promising format from the concepts presented. The appointment of the Artistic Direction is targeted for late 2023 / early 2024.
In appointing the Committee, the Supervisory Board is following the proposal of former documenta Artistic Directors who were entrusted with this task in November 2022: Catherine David (documenta 10, 1997), Roger M. Buergel (documenta 12, 2007), Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (documenta 13, 2012), and Adam Szymczyk (documenta 14, 2017).
About the members of the Finding Committee:
From documenta press information, 30 March, 2023.
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Like for all editions since 1997, Universes in Universe will publish a Special about documenta 16. In the meantime, see:
documenta Special 2022
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