Skulptur Projekte Münster has named 13 more artists and groups for its sixth edition, which runs from 13 June to 3 October 2027 under the curatorial collective What, How & for Whom (WHW). The new names join an initial group announced in June, and all will produce site-specific commissions across the German city.

The additions are Mercedes Azpilicueta, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann, Myvillages, Kosen Ohtsubo, Kapwani Kiwanga, Iman Issa, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Ashfika Rahman, Vlatka Horvat, Anton Kats, Khalil Rabah and Ali Cherri. The list mixes established figures with younger practitioners, and several of the artists work with questions of memory, migration and contested histories.

In a statement, WHW framed the edition against a cultural climate marked by cancellations, censorship and withdrawal, arguing that the project should create space for voices to be heard, for losses to be mourned and for alternatives to be imagined. The curators added that a work in public space need not compete for attention in an already saturated world; instead it can offer time to witness, feel and stay with things that cannot readily be resolved.

Held once a decade since 1977, Skulptur Projekte is one of the world's most closely watched public art exhibitions, known for placing sculpture and installation in streets, parks and everyday corners of Münster. The 2017 edition drew hundreds of thousands of visitors and left several works in the city permanently, a reminder of how the event's temporary commissions can reshape a place long after the show closes. The 2027 edition will be its first under WHW, a Zagreb- and Berlin-based collective known for politically engaged curating.