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In this episode, writer and curator Enuma Okoro speaks with internationally acclaimed artist Katharina Grosse (b. 1961 in Freiburg, Germany), known for her bold, haptic paintings that dissolve the boundaries between canvas, architecture, and landscape. With her disruptive use of colour, Grosse transforms entire environments into immersive experiences, shifting how we perceive space and inviting us to move through it in new ways.

Their conversation explores how Grosse conceives of painting as an expansive, open field rather than a defined object, and how her work challenges conventional notions of orientation, control, and interpretation. Together they reflect on the freedom and...

In dieser Episode spricht Kunstkritikerin Silke Hohmann mit dem Berliner Künstler Mischa Leinkauf (geb. 1977 in Ost-Berlin), der mit spektakulären Aktionen im öffentlichen Raum bekannt wurde. Mit subtilen Interventionen macht er die unsichtbaren Regeln, Grenzen und Kontrollsysteme sichtbar, die unseren Alltag prägen.

Ob heimliche Klettertouren auf urbane Landmarken oder poetische Verschiebungen vertrauter Räume – seine Arbeiten eröffnen neue Perspektiven auf das, was uns umgibt. Städte und ihre architektonischen Strukturen dienen ihm dabei nicht nur als Kulisse, sondern als politisch aufgeladene, konfliktreiche Räume, die einer ständigen Neuverhandlung unterliegen.

NEW PODCAST EPISODE WITH SIMON DENNY
In this episode, journalist Silke Hohmann sits down with Simon Denny, born in New Zealand in 1982. The internationally acclaimed artist explores complex contemporary issues, transforming them into multi-layered installations. His work spans sculpture, photography, painting, and NFTs. In 2015, he represented New Zealand at the 56th Venice Biennale.

In this episode, art critic Silke Hohmann talks to artist and activist Nadya Tolokonnikova, whose art is inseparable from her political activism. She shares how her critique has shaped her artistic practice, and why it is a great feeling to reproduce her former prison cell as an art installation.

In our next episode, Enuma Okoro sits down with artist Melissa Joseph to dive into her upcoming exhibition No Words at Soy Capitan. The exhibition opening during Gallery Weekend Berlin is the first solo presentation in Europe by the New York-based artist. They explore the artist’s journey as a wanderer, her reflections on global unrest, and how Dante’s Inferno and her time spent in Berlin shaped her latest work.

Melissa shares how felting — her favorite medium — allows her to translate thought into texture, offering a quiet, tactile form of visual poetry. Together, they reflect on the importance of...

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...

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...

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