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  • A city of central Germany south-southwest of Hanover, chartered c. 1189.

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  • Kassel is regionally known as the site of a 5-yearly modern arts festival, which sounded like its permanent exhibits would have been neat to see, alas they were too far, or closed, or I failed to find them.

    Kassel, Goslar, Hannover, more Göttingen da_lj 2010

  • Kassel is regionally known as the site of a 5-yearly modern arts festival, which sounded like its permanent exhibits would have been neat to see, alas they were too far, or closed, or I failed to find them.

    Kassel, Goslar, Hannover, more Göttingen da_lj 2010

  • Indeed, when Ferran was invited in 2007 to participate in Documenta, an important contemporary art fair held every five years in Kassel, Germany his contribution was to serve dinner to a couple chosen daily from among the fairgoers in Kassel and sent to elBulli for the night, his inclusion prompted outrage among some critics precisely because he was being treated like any other artist.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Tuesday 17: 47 - I'm on the ICE train back to Göttingen from Kassel, which won't give me enough time to finish this entry.

    Kassel, Goslar, Hannover, more Göttingen da_lj 2010

  • The Red Bulls have MLS rights to Kassel, a New Jersey native, because he rose through the club's youth system, making him exempt from next week's draft in Baltimore.

    Matt Kassel preparing to leave Maryland and sign homegrown contract with New York Red Bulls Steve Goff 2011

  • Three years before that, he turned his own countrymen into a piece of performance art when he paid to send 1,001 Chinese participants, many hailing from rural provinces, to an art exhibition called "Documenta" in Kassel, Germany, the historic home of the Brothers Grimm.

    The Art of Resistance Kelly Crow 2011

  • Take the October 1979 meeting between Green Party leaders and the German Association of Conscientious Objectors at a conference on "Ecology and Peace" in Kassel.

    Katie Engelhart: Political Fallout: Will Germany Go Nuclear-Free? Katie Engelhart 2011

  • Tuesday 17: 47 - I'm on the ICE train back to Göttingen from Kassel, which won't give me enough time to finish this entry.

    Kassel, Goslar, Hannover, more Göttingen da_lj 2010

  • I had seen this work by the excellent polish artist Artur Zmijewski, at Documenta in Kassel, Germany several years ago.

    Andrea Carson: Patriotism and Nationalism in Art: 10 Years After 9/11 Andrea Carson 2011

  • Indeed, when Ferran was invited in 2007 to participate in Documenta, an important contemporary art fair held every five years in Kassel, Germany his contribution was to serve dinner to a couple chosen daily from among the fairgoers in Kassel and sent to elBulli for the night, his inclusion prompted outrage among some critics precisely because he was being treated like any other artist.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

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