KASSEL, Germany -- Documenta, founded in 1955 in Germany as an art festival celebrating 20th-century Western art, has transformed in recent decades into an influential, five-yearly international art event. This year the 15th edition of the festival is breaking new ground by embracing artistic direction from Asia for the first time.
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