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Documenta 8: Theatre as Key Concept for Nomadic Art

exhibition · 2026-04-24

Documenta 8, held in Kassel in 1987, positioned theatre as a central keyword, framing the exhibition as a stage for the dramatization of five years of artistic production over its hundred-day duration.

Key facts

  • Documenta 8 took place in 1987 in Kassel.
  • Theatre was a key concept for Documenta 8.
  • The exhibition was described as a stage for dramatizing five years of artistic production.
  • Documenta 8 lasted one hundred days.

Entities

Institutions

  • Documenta

Locations

  • Kassel
  • Germany

Sources