Manifesta 16 Ruhr is made possible by the support of our partners. The biennial collaborates with institutions, associations and organisations that share its vision, working to engage diverse audiences in the Ruhr Area and throughout Europe.

Every Manifesta biennial is supported by a wide range of international funds and foundations, many of which the International Foundation Manifesta has been collaborating with from decades. The support, commitment, and trust of these funding bodies for consecutive biennial editions are essential for us to continue developing innovative socio-cultural projects, capable of reaching large international audiences while at the same time retaining an independent, critical position to promote the unexpected in Europe’s changing cultural landscape.

The realisation of Manifesta 16 Ruhr is made possible through the generous support of various entities, including the International Foundation Manifesta (IFM), the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR), and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North-Rhine-Westphalia as its Initiating Partners.

We extend our gratitude to our Funding Partners for their generous support of this project: the RAG-Stiftung, the The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the E.ON Stiftung, the Kunststiftung NRW, the Brost-Stiftung, the Stiftung Mercator and the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung.

Manifesta 16 Ruhr is under the patronage of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Sparkasse Bochum
Vivawest Stiftung
BMW Group
KIRCHHOFF Gruppe
IME Essen
Allbau GmbH

Anna Abbas, Zivilqrage; Selin Akın; Efsa Aktar; Susie Allen; Nina Alsdorf, RVR; Deepak Ananth; Michael Annoff; Beate Anspach; Carlos Antunes; Arcadia Missa; Ivan Arsović; Ahmet Avsar, Ruhrbahn; Bank PKO BP, Poland; Baucircus; Stéphane Bauer; Kaya Behkalam; Leonie Boer, Kulturelle Bildung und Schule; Saranda Bogujevci, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Kosovo; Carsten Böhm, Bogestra AG; Anne Bolsmann; Sonja Borstner; Christopher Braun, City of Duisburg; Swetlana Brening; Tim Brückner, RVR; Janik Cebek, Ruhrbahn; Alix Chambaud; Tony Cragg; Müge Çubukçu; Laura Culpan; Joanna Czudes, Foundation of the Polish-German Collaboration; Patrizia Dander; Nissreen Darawish; Nuray Demir; Aslıhan Dinç; Hayriye Doğtaş; Yilmaz Dziewio; Emalin Gisela Elbracht-Iglhaut; Susanne Euting, Bogestra AG; Evangelischer Thomas Kindergarten; Nick Everett; Klaus Falke, Ruhrbahn; Lisa Fantasia, DRK-Kreisverband Bochum e. V.; Jörg Filter, Bogestra AG; Fabian Friedelt, RVR; Gabriela Galcerán; Galerie Thomas Schulte; Galerie Tschudi; Pia Gamon; Drilon Gashi, Consul General of the Republic of Kosovo; Miriam von Gehren, RVR; Thomas Girst; Pia Goebel; Ünal Göğüş; Viola Görgen; Aleksander Gowin, Polish Institute, Düsseldorf; Katerina Gregos; Krzysztof Halicz, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw; Markus Hannebauer, Fluentum, Berlin; Carlos von Hardenberg; Johanna von Hardenberg; Dennis Hardt, RVR; Françoise Heitsch; Michaela Hennenberg, RVR; Anja Herzberg, Kulturamt Essen; Alexander Janßen; Arsen Kalfayan; Roupen Kalfayan; Yuli Karatsiki; Kerem Kayi; Kemmler Stiftung; Francis Kerrigan; Rita Kersting; Karin Kettling, Zivilqrage; Peter Kilchmann; Elisabeth Kimmerle; Raoul Klooker, Fluentum, Berlin; Katja Knicker; Knotenpunkt; Bengü Kocatürk-Schuster; Kontakt Collection Vienna; Kristian Kragelund; Olivier Kruschinski; Grażyna Kulczyk; Arabella Kurtz; lala.ruhr; Emmanuel Lambion; Andrea Lamest, Kulturamt Gelsenkirchen; Lietuvos kultūros taryba; Chris McCormack; Matthias Mühling; Adomas Narkevičius; Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; Verena Obergfell, Bogestra AG; Filipa Oliveira; Molly Payton; Sabine Peretzke, Kulturamt Essen; Sofía Pfister; Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg; Kerrin Postert; Proyectos Ultravioleta; Annemarie Reichen; Jürgen Richter, DRK-Kreisverband Bochum e. V.; Esther Ruelfs; Felix Ruhöfer; Fivos Sakalis; Bettina Sarnes; Deborah Schamoni; Heike Scherf, Ruhrbahn; Simone Scholten, Kulturamt Essen; Heidrun Schumacher, Referat Bildung Gelsenkirchen; Sven Schumacher; Aslı Selçuk; Elena Setzer; Vignaraj Shanmugarajah, PlanB Ruhr; Laura Smith; Rafał Sobczak, Polish Institute, Düsseldorf; Social BallerZ e. V.; Stadtteilbüro Bochumer Straße; Stadtteilbüro Schalke-Nord; Rainer Stamm; Martina Stange; State Culture Capital Foundation; Stefan Steinkämper, Bogestra AG; Anna Storm; Studio Luc Tuymans; Gigi Surel; İreb Talayman-Eryüksel; Gilane Tawadros; Jan Tombiński, Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Germany; Ruken Topal-Ihl; Maximilian Trempel, RVR; Ayşe Tunca; Ecem Ümitli; Thura Wallbaum-Aksoy; Fabian Waßer; Stephanie Weber; Aneta Wiśniewska, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw; Olga Wysocka, Director, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Warsaw; Didem Yazıcı; Ferhat Yeter; Florian Zeyfang; Tobias Zielony; Moiz Zilberman.