documenta III was the third edition of
documenta
''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...
, a
quinquennial contemporary
art exhibition. It was held between 27 June and 5 October 1964 in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
, West Germany. The artistic director was
Arnold Bode
Arnold Bode (23 December 1900 – 3 October 1977) was a German architect, painter, designer and curator.
Arnold was born in Kassel, Germany. From 1928 to 1933, he worked as a painter and university lecturer in Berlin. However, when the Nazis ca ...
in collaboration with
Werner Haftmann. The title of the exhibition was: ''Internationale Ausstellung – international exhibition''.
[documenta III. Internationale Ausstellung. Katalog. Band 1: Malerei und Skulptur; Band 2: Handzeichnungen; Band 3: Industrial Design, Graphik. Kassel/Köln 1964]
Participants
References
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Documenta 3
1964 in Germany
1964 in art