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The article discusses the depiction of charity in the exhibition of the artwork of Gustave Courbet at the Neue Galerie gallery during the documenta 14 art fair in Kassel, Germany including his 1868 painting "Alms from a beggar at Ornans".

The article presents the position of the art production working group of the Ulmer Verein für Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften e.V. art and cultural society regarding global migration and the 2017 documenta 14 art fair in Kassel, Germany and Athens, Greece. The article focuses on presentations of artistic positions, initiation and networking of long-term cooperative art projects, and curator Adam Szymczyk's vision of two corresponding exhibition venues.

The article reviews and compares the 2017 Venice Biennale biennial art and cultural exhibition in Venice, Italy, the Skulptur Projekte Münster art fair in Münster, Germany, and the documenta art fair in Kassel, Germany. The author offers information on each festival's history, their past and present artistic directors, and individual exhibitions at the fairs of social commentary-laden political art from Oscar Tuazon, Kokj Tanaka, and Pierre Huyghe.