Artist who explored the impulse to collect – whether stamps, pots of fake flowers, images of women’s knees or photographs of toast
July 2022
Documenta 15: Germany art exhibition chief resigns amid outrage over antisemitic works
Board expresses ‘profound dismay’ at exhibits German government and Jewish groups say went too far
June 2022
Welcome to the fun house! Sharks, skaters and smelters liven up Documenta 15
Celebrating the power of the collective, this year’s art jamboree veers from serious to jolly to chaotic. Our critic dodges the skateboarders – and finds peace in an Indonesian rice barn
March 2019
Okwui Enwezor: the Nigerian who confronted the European art canon
The curator, who has died aged 55, was the only person to curate both the Venice Biennale and Documenta, helped redefine what African art could be and provided a platform for the likes of Steve McQueen
September 2017
World view
The Parthenon of Books, Kassel, Germany – in pictures
This art installation by Marta Minujín, on the site of 1930s book burnings in the city of Kassel, is intended as a symbol of free speech
May 2017
'Crapumenta!' … Anger in Athens as the blue lambs of Documenta hit town
The Greek capital has been invaded by talking frogs, dyed lambs and marble tents. But many locals are furious at the ‘colonial attitudes’ of the German art extravaganza
January 2017
Unmissable culture of 2017
Great exhibitions: 2017's best art, photography, architecture and design
2017 the year ahead
2017’s big ideas – part one: from driverless cars to interstellar travel
July 2014
Hans Haacke and the fine art of photographing exhibitions – in pictures
All the big hitters of the art world were at the 1959 Documenta exhibition:
Kandinsky, Pollock, Magritte and Mickey Mouse. Hans Haacke's stunning photos capture the
crowds who lapped up these masters of modern art
December 2012
Best art exhibitions of 2012
Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 5 – Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany
Adrian Searle
Adrian Searle: From Hitler's bathtub to Tacita Dean's heavenly Himalayas, the 100-day-long show was a strange and sublime spectacle
September 2012
Jonathan Jones on art
Gregor Schneider takes his revenge
Jonathan Jones: The German artist claims to have been censored by curators. So he turned their messages into paintings and put them in a show
June 2012
Adrian Searle encounters
A piece of performance art set in darkness made me see the light
Charlotte Higgins on culture
Culture coach: the week's essential arts stories
Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud
Documenta 13 festival of art – in pictures
April 2012
Spring arts preview 2012
The top visual arts picks for spring
The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Yoko Ono and a welcome re-evaluation of Edvard Munch
December 2011
Culture preview 2012
The arts in 2012: visual arts
Adrian Searle picks his highlights of the year ahead
September 2008
Should I eat it or frame it?
Adrian Searle: Can cooking be art? If that question can ever be answered, it is at Ferran Adriá's elBulli in Catalonia
December 2007
Arts 2007
Keira Knightley's career went white hot, Antony Gormley led a naked assault on the rooftops of London, while Radiohead made their best album in 10 years - and gave it away. But what else will we remember 2007 for? Our critics and the year's biggest names pick their highs and lows
June 2007
100 days of ineptitude
It cost £14m and claims to set the world's artistic agenda, but Documenta 12 leaves Adrian Searle lost and confused.
