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 ambiguity that lie at the heart of Grosse’s practice, the potential of colour to reconfigure our sense of reality, and the ways in which art can act as a portal to the unseen and the unspoken.
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Episode 7 – Mischa Leinkauf
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.
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Episode 6 – Simon Denny
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.
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Episode 5 - Nadya Tolokonnikova
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.
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Episode 4 - Melissa Joseph
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 staying present, and the resilience it takes to keep creating through dark times.
Tune in to hear Melissa’s thoughts on belonging, curiosity, and why even a pocket can become a political space.
The new podcast by Gallery Weekend Berlin is hosted by renowned art critics Enuma Okoro (FT Weekend) and Silke Hohmann (monopol). It will bring monthly deep dive conversations with artists and other protagonists from Berlins vivid art scene to you.
Produced by art/beats.
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