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Documenta 13 festival of art – in pictures

dOCUMENTA (13): Spanish greyhound Human with his front leg painted pink by Pierre Huyghe
A Spanish greyhound called Human with his front leg painted pink, by artist Pierre Huyghe. “Live things and inanimate things, made and not made,” reads Huyghe’s description of his materials Photograph: Boris Roessler/EPA
dOCUMENTA (13): Tacita Dean,Fatigues, 2012
Tacita Dean, Fatigues, 2012. Dean has brought the mountains of Afghanistan to Kassel, filling a former banking hall with enormous, beautiful blackboard drawings Photograph: Nils Klinger
dOCUMENTA (13): Installation entitled Ghost Keeping by Hungarian artist Istvan Csakany
Visitors look at the installation entitled Ghost Keeping by Hungarian artist István Csákány Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/AP
dOCUMENTA (13): An artwork of live bees created by French artist Pierre Huyghe
An artwork featuring live bees, created by French artist Pierre Huyghe. Her "head writhes with bees, like thoughts buzzing," writes Adrian Searle Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images
dOCUMENTA (13): Hugenottenhaus (House of Huguenots) by US artist Theaster Gates
Three artists participate in the Hugenottenhaus (Huguenot house) installation created by US artist Theaster Gates Photograph: Boris Roessler/EPA
dOCUMENTA (13): Performers Eva and Adele walk in front of Goshka Macuga's work
"Of what is, that it is; of what is not, that is it not" (2012) by Britain-based artist Goshka Macuga. EVA & ADELE walk in front of an art tapestry on the Afghanistan theme. Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP
dOCUMENTA (13): A woman walks past a painting by US artist Ida Applebroog
A woman walks past a painting that forms part of the work "I see by your fingernails that you are my brother: Journals, 1969-2011", a work of variable dimensions by US artist Ida Applebroog Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images
dOCUMENTA (13): A artist arranges voodoo dolls as part of Sanatorium
An artist arranges voodoo dolls in one of the treatment rooms, part of the performance-based project Sanatorium (2012) by Mexican Pedro Reyes. The work involves eight types of therapy session Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP
dOCUMENTA (13): The artwork Leaves Of Grass, 2012 by artist Geoffrey Farmer
The artwork Leaves Of Grass, 2012 by artist Geoffrey Farmer Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
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