Monika Sosnowska, 2025 Photo © Paula Virta / EMMA
Monika Sosnowska
Conversation
26.8 2025
Stockholm
Monika Sosnowska
Conversation
Date
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Time
17–18.30
Place
The Auditorium, floor 2
Language
English
Price
100 SEK, 70 SEK for students, seniors, and members of Klubb Moderna
Contact: Camilla Carlberg, Moderna Museet
Monika Sosnowska is known for her large-scale installations in the borderland between sculpture and architecture. Her sculptures often refer to historical buildings and convey stories about societies in change. Sosnowska’s unique idiom has established her as one of Europe’s most prominent contemporary artists.
The new installation “Museum” (2025) is Monika Sosnowska’s first permanent work in the Nordic countries, inspired by a building that was planned on Royal Djurgården in the early 19th century, but was never built. “Museum” will be inaugurated on 3 June in the Princess Estelle Sculpture Park.
Hear Monika Sosnowska in conversation with Stefan Ingvarsson from the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, discussing her artistic practice and the new work.
Monika Sosnowska
Monika Sosnowska was born in 1972 in Ryki, Poland, and currently lives in Warsaw. She represented Poland at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and has participated in the Biennale on several occasions.
Her work has been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, Serpentine Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Sculpture Center in New York, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw and Kunstmuseum Basel, among others.
Stefan Ingvarsson
Stefan Ingvarsson is a cultural writer and analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. He was born in 1973 in Julita, studied Polish literature at the University of Kraków and has translated several Polish authors into Swedish, including Witold Gombrowicz.
For many years he has been involved in introducing literature from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and the opposition Russia to Sweden. During 2013–2015 he was artistic director of the festival “Stockholm Literature” at Moderna Museet and has also worked as a cultural councillor at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow between 2015–2020.
The conversation is a collaboration with the Princess Estelle Cultural Foundation and Moderna Museet.