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<\/p>\nKassel (dpa) – Months before the start of the documenta fifteen art exhibition in Germany, one of the world’s most important contemporary art shows, a heated discussion has flared up over anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n
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Accusations that there were anti-Semitic tendencies in the programme have been widely reported in the German media.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the documenta and the Museum Fridericianum in the city of Kassel firmly rejected the accusations of anti-Semitism, and received support from local politicians.<\/p>\n
The basis of documenta is freedom of expression on the one hand and the rejection of anti-Semitism, racism, extremism, Islamophobia and any form of violent fundamentalism on the other, the organization said.<\/p>\n
\u00abThe right of all people to self-determination in peace, dignity and security is fundamental for the documenta fifteen team,\u00bb the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u00abFalsifying reports or racist defamation, as is currently being brought against those involved in documenta fifteen, prevent critical dialogue and productive debate.\u00bb<\/p>\n
The 15th edition of documenta is scheduled to take place in the city of Kassel from June 18 to September 25.<\/p>\n
A local group called \u00abAlliance against anti-Semitism Kassel\u00bb had in a blog earlier this month criticized the curators of documenta fifteen – Indonesian art collective Ruangrupa – for including artists and organizations that they said supported a cultural boycott of Israel.<\/p>\n
Kassel risked becoming a \u00abplace of anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic agitation\u00bb during documenta, the blog said.<\/p>\n
The alliance clarified the blog entry on Tuesday, writing on Facebook that \u00abin no way … did we accuse the creators or the curators or other contributors of documenta fifteen of general anti-Semitism.\u00bb<\/p>\n
Hesse’s Art Minister Angela Dorn, who is also deputy chairperson of the documenta supervisory board, said importance and defence of Israel’s right to exist are \u00abinseparably linked to [Germany’s] historical responsibility.\u00bb Kassel is located in the German state of Hesse.<\/p>\n
She said she was sure that documenta fifteen could make an important contribution to \u00abbringing this German view, sharpened by history, into a constructive dialogue with the perspectives of international artists with their respective horizons of experience.\u00bb<\/p>\n
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