Amid documenta anti-Semitism row, Indonesian art collective apologises

Two days after Germany's documenta show opened to the public, one of the works on display by Indonesian art group Taring Padi came under fire over depictions that both the German government and Jewish groups say went too far. The work was covered after requests and then dismantled. Photo: dpa

The collective curating the documenta contemporary art show apologised on Friday after an artwork displayed at the exhibition was denounced as anti-Semitic.

"We deeply regret the extent to which the imagery of our work People’s Justice has offended so many people," the Indonesian collective Taring Padi wrote in a statement on the documenta website.