Documenta fifteen in Kassel counted over 410,000 visitors in the first half of its 100-day run. This was announced by the press office of the world art exhibition on Monday.
"This means that the interim balance of documenta fifteen is roughly the same as that of the most visited edition to date, despite less willingness to plan and travel in the corona pandemic." The documenta 14 in 2017 was visited by 445,000 people during the first 50 days.
On Monday, the documenta announced the classification of some works - in response to the anti-Semitism allegations that overshadow the show this year. "In order to strengthen documenta fifteen as a place of mutual learning and understanding, the artistic direction is currently adding contextualizations in various formats to several works in the exhibition," the press release said. This process has already been initiated and will be continued successively. "In addition, the desired bilingualism (English/German) in the exhibition will be pursued further by adding further label and wall texts in German in order to increase the accessibility of the contributions."
