The influential art exhibition documenta, held every five years in Kassel, Germany, picked an Indonesian contemporary art collective, ruangrupa, as its artistic director, designating the group as the first art collective and the first Asian curators to do so ever since the event’s inception in 1955. The appointment, announced recently by the the event’s Finding Committee, renewed the focus on Indonesia’s contemporary art scene — a vibrant, yet struggling scene.
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