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Episode 3 – Zuzanna Czebatul

Episode 3 – Zuzanna Czebatul

45m 41s

Bildhauerin und scharfsinnige Beobachterin von Macht, Ideologie und kultureller Mythenbildung – Zuzanna Czebatul spricht mit uns über ihre künstlerische Praxis.

In ihrer ersten Einzelausstellung bei Dittrich & Schlechtriem mit dem Titel „All the Charm of a Rotting Gum“, die zum Gallery Weekend Berlin eröffnet, denkt sie den Pergamonaltar als konzeptuellen Raum neu. Ihre Arbeiten fordern dazu auf, kulturelle Mythen, staatliche Macht und die Fragilität vermeintlich dauerhafter Strukturen zu hinterfragen.

Im Gespräch mit der Kunstkritikerin Silke Hohmann spricht Zuzanna über Berlin als widersprüchliche Bühne, über das Verblassen von Monumenten und die Poesie im Bröckeln. Über Uniformen als Auslöschung des Subjekts, das...

Episode 2 – Monica Bonvicini

Episode 2 – Monica Bonvicini

57m 20s

In this episode, writer and curator Enuma Okoro speaks with the renowned artist Monica Bonvicini, who has been living and working in Berlin since the mid-1980s —a city she deeply loves. A bold and uncompromising voice in contemporary art, Bonvicini’s work challenges the boundaries of power, gender, sexuality, and the politics of space.

For Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025, she presents her exhibition “It is Night Outside” at Capitain Petzel, spanning three floors with new metal and leather sculptures, glass works, paper collages, and a striking video installation addressing themes of space, identity, and resistance. Mirror works and chain reliefs further...

Episode 1 – Marianna Simnett

Episode 1 – Marianna Simnett

46m 26s

The very first episode of Gallery Weekend Berlin – The Art Podcast is out now! We’re kicking off the series with British-Croatian artist Marianna Simnett, known for her bold, unsettling, and deeply imaginative works.
In the opening episode, Marianna Simnett (born 1986) talks about her unique upbringing on a boat, her lifelong connection to animals, and how she radically reimagines Greek mythology through a feminist lens in her latest video work, Leda Was a Swan. Here, Leda is no longer a passive victim, but a complex, self-empowered protagonist.

Photo: Christoph Voy, Studio Marianna Simnett, 2025