Documenta 12 magazines (also the Magazine project or simply the magazines) was a central project of the 12th edition (2007) of the documenta exhibition, similar in dimensions and world outreach to the "platforms" of the previous edition. Started in 1955, documenta is one of the largest and most influential exhibitions of contemporary art, taking place every five years (since the 1972 edition) in the German city of Kassel. The documenta 12 magazines, conceived and directed by Georg Schöllhammer, curator and editor-in-chief of Austrian magazine , invited over 90 publications - with different formats, media and orientations in the field of art, culture, and politics from around the world - to discuss about the motifs and themes of the 2007 edition. The project opened space for artists, art cr