The Art Exhibition Documenta Contains Almost Too Much Good Art to Experience

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Documenta, the world’s greatest art exhibition, offers an exhausting yet fulfilling menu, writes Blake Gopnik.

Published Jun. 9 2012 4:45AM EDT

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Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is a god. You wouldn’t know it from looking: born in New Jersey in 1957, she seems normal and cheerful enough, with a big head of curls and a distracted manner.

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The Art Exhibition Documenta Contains Almost Too Much Good Art to Experience

Documenta, the world’s greatest art exhibition, offers an exhausting yet fulfilling menu, writes Blake Gopnik.

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Blake Gopnik