It was held first in Athens from 8 April to 16 July,[1] and in Kassel from 10 June to 17 September 2017.
The first documenta was organized in 1955 and went back to the initiative of Arnold Bode.
The program of the biennale, which has been taking place since 2007, was designed as a counter-proposal to the German art show.
The documenta is aimed primarily at foreign tourists and not at the residents of Athens.
The Athens artist Poka-Yio said that “this exhibition could just as easily have taken place in Zurich, in Basel or anywhere else”.