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Laumeier Sculpture Park is proud to announce the opening of the new work by Polish artist Monika Weiss. The public is invited to celebrate the unveiling of her sculptural and sonic installation Metamorphosis (Sound Sculpture) on Saturday, August 24, at 11:30 am. Monika Weiss will introduce the sculpture at noon followed by a performance. A 35-min. sound composed by the artist will be emitted by the sculpture several times daily. It will activate for the first time at 12:30 on the day of the opening. For more information click here.
On Jul 27, 2024, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko unveils Metamorphosis-Przemiana (2021-) by Polish artist Monika Weiss, a sound sculpture cast in iron, which will remain in the permanent public collection of the Sculpture Park. For more information click here.
On May 15, 2024 at 8pm alpha nova & galerie futura / Female Visions in Culture Politics and Art, Am Flutgraben 3, 12435, Berlin, presents Thinking History, Gender, and Violence: Monika Weiss & Vanessa Gravenor | Listening Session, Film Screening, Discussion, moderated by Zofia nierodzińska. For more information click here.
Monika Weiss announced as the Laumeier Sculpture Park 2024 Visiting Artist in Residence. Read more about the projects here.
Monika Weiss: Art Exhibition Diaspeiro at WhiteBox, New York. Conversation with the artist by Adam Malecki, Polish TV, kulturalni.pl. Watch here (in Polish).
Another Postcard Here and There, WhiteBox’ Series New York ArtScapes Panel Discussion, live recording from February 28, 2024. Watch by clicking here (Monika Weiss presentation begins at 38:21)
Another Postcard Here and There, WhiteBox’ Series New York ArtScapes opens at WhiteBox, 9 Avenue B, New York City, on February 28, 2024 (6-8pm), on view through March 27. Curated by Yohanna M Roa. Press here for more information.
Monika Weiss - Nirbhaya: Film Screening & Conversation with Claudia Calirman, Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 5 – 6:30 pm at John Jay College of Criminal Justice | City University of New York, 524 W 59th St. New York, NY 10019, Room L61 | The Jeremy Travis Conference Room. The screening is open to the public and free. R.S.V.P. is required by November 9. RSVP to Richard Blondet at rblondet@jjay.cuny.edu. Press here for more information.
The Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art, 2023
Inclusion in the collection of papers by art historian and curator Julia P. Herzberg, Ph.D. The extensive number of artists in Herzberg’s archive include: Carlos Alfonzo, Magdalena Fernandez, Kaarina Kaikkonen, Leandro Katz, Wifredo Lam, Ana Mendieta, Catalina Parra, Raquel Rabinovich, Doris Salcedo, Jorge Tacla, and Monika Weiss. Press here for more information.
New York State Council on the Arts, 2023. Support for Artists Grantee - Monika Weiss. Press here for more information.
Erin Tyler interviews artist Monika Weiss for the Missouri State University, 2023. Press here to listen.
Monika Weiss’ Lament as an Act of Protest, 2023. Essay by Izabela Gola published by the Polish Cultural Institute in New York. Press here to read.
A Bracing Survey of Polish Feminist Art in Brooklyn Makes a Call for Women’s Rights, ARTnews, 2022, by Tessa Solomon. Press here to read.
This is not a reading / Ceci n'est pas une lecture is a series of remixes and conversations inspired by sound, 2022. Media scholar Ming-Yuen S. Ma invites artists discussed in his book There is no soundtrack: Rethinking art, media, and the audio-visual contract to creatively respond to the book. Invited artists have included Richard Garet, Yann Novak, Elana Mann, Scanner + Stephen Vitiello, Monika Weiss and Finley + Muse. Press here to listen.
Music/film/photography/performance. Expressions of Feminism. In memory of Natalia LL, A.I.R. Gallery, 2022. As part of Sleepless in Warsaw exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery presents a 30-min. concert/durational sound environment Metamorphosis/Dafne (2021) by artist Monika Weiss followed by a talk with artist Izabella Gustowska. Press here to watch.
If My Skin Turned To Bark: Monika Weiss’s "Metamorphosis/Dafne (Nirbhaya), 2022, by Anna Heflin, in Which Sinfonia. Press here to read.
Exhibition Traces of Sisterhood opens Tuesday, August 16 at 6pm at Galeria Salon Akademii, Pałac Czapskich, Krakowskie Przedmieście st. 5, Warsaw, Poland. Curated by Eulalia Domanowska and Eliza Proszczuk. Press here for more information.
Exhibition Sleepless in Warsaw opens Saturday, August 6, from 6-8pm at A.I.R. Gallery, 155 Plymouth Str, Brooklyn NY 11201. Curated by Agnieszka Rayzacher. Press here for more information.
Artist Monika Weiss on Francisco Goya, War, Trauma, and Unforgetting History, 2022 premieres online at Streaming Museum. Curated by Nina Colosi. Press here to read.
Exhibition Focus on the Flatfiles: Personal Matters opens, 2022, opens at Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder-Fink. Press here for more information.
Artist Talk by Monika Weiss, 2022, moderated by Magdalena Buchczyk, part of Traces of Sisterhood, May 13-15, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. Press here for more information.
60-minute conversation with Monika Weiss, as part of Pismo Gościnne, premieres at Radio Kapitał, Warsaw, Poland. Conversation conducted by Diana Krawiec (Dobromiła Dobro). Press here to listen.
Gallery lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland, presents artist talk by Monika Weiss, 2022, sponsored by Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Moderated by Agnieszka Rayzacher. Press here for more information.
A new sound work by artist Monika Weiss, Thinking of History (2022), commissioned by Ming-Yuen S. Ma, premieres in 2022
For The Being Body Podcast episode Unforgetting Each Other, Natasha Jozi interviews artist Monika Weiss. Press here to listen.
Infrequent Seams release of Monika Weiss’ sound and film cycle Metamorphosis|Nirbhaya, and an interview with the artist, conducted by James Ilgenfritz. Press here to listen.
Experimental Intermedia, New York: Double Infinity celebrates 88th birthday of composer and filmmaker Phill Niblock. Press here to watch.
Sub-rural #9: Bruno David Gallery reviews Monika Weiss: Metamorphosis by Paul Krainak in Bad at Sports, 2022. Press here to read.
Subiektywne Rozmowy o Sztuce conducts a conversation with Monika Weiss, moderated by Elżbieta Lubomirska, in Polish with English subtitles. Press here to watch.
Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko announces a publication of a new 172-page bi-lingual monograph on the work of Polish-American artist Monika Weiss, 2021. Press here for more information.
KDHX Radio Arts Interview showcases multimedia artist Monika Weiss in a conversation conducted by Nancy Kranzbeg, 2021. Press here to listen.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Artists on Artworks series premieres a 30-min. film with Monika Weiss, 2021. Press here to watch.
Centre for Polish Sculpture in Orońsko premieres Monika Weiss’ 30-min. sound/space composition Metamorphosis. Documented by Piotr Czyż, 2021. Press here to watch.
Draw To Perform, London, visits Monika Weiss studio in Brooklyn. An online conversation was conducted by Rom Samocha, 2021. Press here to watch.
Streaming Museum, New York announces a World Premiere of a film by artist Monika Weiss Lament for Rachel Corrie (2021) and music by composer Zaid Jabri Beati Pacifici. In Memoriam Rachel Corrie (2010) recorded in 2021. Press here to watch.
Artist Tapes releases an EP Metamorphosis | Nirbhaya by Monika Weiss on Amazon Music, 2021. Press here to listen.