On July 16, Sabine Schormann, managing director and CEO of Documenta 15, the world’s leading exhibition of contemporary art, resigned under massive political pressure. Previously, accusations of anti-Semitism against the art exhibition in Kassel had come to a head.
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“The devastating realization remains that in Germany in 2022, it took weeks of immense public pressure once again almost exclusively from Jewish organizations before the display of ‘Stürmer’ caricatures had consequences,” said Remko Leemhius, director of AJC Berlin.