Documenta 16 Appoints All-Female Curatorial Team Amid Ongoing Controversies

Naomi Beckwith, who took the reins of Documenta 16 in December, has assembled an all-female curatorial team for the upcoming 2027 event in Kassel, Germany. The lineup includes Carla Acevedo-Yates, recognized for her expertise in Caribbean and Latin American art; Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, a Colombian poet and editor; Romi Crawford, a professor specializing in race and visual culture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and Xiaoyu Weng, a Shanghai-born curator overseeing the Tanoto Art Foundation in Singapore and leading Art in General in New York. Beckwith praised the team's independence and commitment to artists and audiences, emphasizing their focus on contemporary issues. This follows controversies from Documenta 15, including antisemitism allegations in 2022. The event is scheduled for June 12 to September 19, 2027.