For all its lofty sounding leitmotifs and multimedia Sturm und Drang, documenta —the sprawling exhibition of contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany — left me feeling weary and dispirited.
Enclosed in a striking copper-clad slab punctuated by a twisting nine-story tower, the de Young Museum reopened in Golden Gate Park with a festive around-the-clock party.
Despite all the extravagant stories I had heard about Burning Man, nothing quite prepared me for the surreal experience of entering the sprawling desert encampment.
