Pierre Huyghe, After Alife Ahead (2017)
Former ice rink, Steinfurterstrasse 113-115



If you are expecting to see site-specific works at Sculpture Projects Münster (Skulptur Projekte Münster), which opened this weekend, you will not be disappointed. Nicole Eisenman’s jolly fountain on the Promenade (a public path on the site of the former city walls) and Nairy Baghramian’s bronze sculpture in front of the Baroque Erbdrostenhof, a popular site chosen by artists in the past, are both large-scale works that deal directly with their surroundings.

But the curators of this year’s edition - Kasper König, Britta Peters and Marianne Wagner - are deliberately pushing the boundaries of what can be called public sculpture. Performances and digital works abound, while videos are screened in nightclubs and others can only be viewed on your smartphone. Created in 1977 in response to the uproar that followed a proposal to install an inoffensive sculpture by the US Minimalist artist George Rickey, the sculpture show, which takes place every ten years, has become one of the art world’s most anticipated events. For the first time, Sculpture Projects Münster*extends to the industrial city of Marl this year. Here are five unmissable works that you can see until 1 October.


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