Gallery Weekend Berlin - The Art Podcast

In the second 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 enrich the show, continuing Bonvicini’s exploration of language, material, and the body.

This episode offers a dive into her creative process—where architecture is a space that is ever truly empty or neutral.

Tune in for a powerful conversation on measurement tapes, hammers, and the forces that shape our world.

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. Hosted by renowned art critics Enuma Okoro (FT Weekend) and Silke Hohmann (Monopol Magazin), the podcast offers weekly conversations with artists featured in this year’s Gallery Weekend Berlin, allowing for a deeper dive into their artistic practices.

New episodes will be released weekly until Gallery Weekend, featuring artists Monica Bonvicini, Zuzanna Czebatul, and Melissa Joseph. From May onward, tune in for monthly deep-dive conversations with key voices from Berlin’s vibrant art scene.

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.

The work will premiere in her upcoming solo show “Charades”, opening May 2 at SOCIÉTÉ as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin. In her new video, paintings, and sculptures, Simnett explores the porous boundaries between individual and collective behavior, drawing on mythology, social rituals, and rites of passage.