The small German town of Kassel becomes the
focus of the international art world once every five
years when it hosts what has become known
as the "100-day museum." This huge exhibition,
sprawling across the city, is widely regarded as the
single most important event in contemporary art.
This year's edition, costing 21? million, has been
directed by freelance curator Roger Buergel and
his art historian wife Ruth Noack. The 500 works
on view supposedly relate to one of three
questions that the curators set themselves,
namely: "Is the modern our antiquity?", "What is
bare life?" and "Education: what is to be done?"
For some critics, the show is disappointing:
The Guardian refers to it as "100 days of
ineptitude," while The Telegraph refers to it as
"the worst event ever."
Still, it has amassed a wide range of artworks from
across the different continents, many by artists
who are emerging on the international scene.
So there are lots of discoveries to be made.

June 16 through September 23, 2007
Kassel
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