Sculpture Projects Münster has appointed Vincent Schier as the curator of the 50th anniversary edition, set to open in June 2027.
Schier was artistic director of the Kunstverein Göttingen, where he was responsible for the 2021 and 2022 annual programmes. Prior to that, he worked as a curator at the Kunsthaus Dresden and from 2023 to 2024 he supported artists working at the studios and cultural center Uferhallen in Berlin.
For several years he worked for the grassroots art organization neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), where he is part of the curatorial group behind the artistic-curatorial and transnational research project SALT. CLAY. ROCK., which examines issues surrounding nuclear energy in Germany and Hungary. Schier has (co-)realised projects for the Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna, the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, the Kunsthalle Osnabrück, the Schwules Museum Berlin and the KW Institute for Contemporary Art amongst other institutions. He has taught at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig and the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule in Halle.
Taking place every 10 years since 1977, Skulptur Projekte is one of the world’s most important exhibitions. Since its conception 50 years ago by the former Director of what is now the LWL Museum of Art and Culture, Dr Klaus Bußmann, the long-standing Artistic Director of the exhibition was Kasper König. The artistic directors of Skulptur Projekte Münster 2027 are curatorial collective What, How and for Whom/WHW; the fifth edition of the project will open in June 2027.
Main Image: Vincent Schier. Photo: Hanna Neander