Artist talk: Monika Sosnowska
Free Admission
On June 3, Monika Sosnowska’s sculpture ”Museum” was inaugurated in Princess Estelle Sculpture Park in Stockholm. Meet the artist and hear her talk about her new artwork, presented alongside sketches and models that offer a deeper insight into her practice and creative process.
The artist talk will be in English.
Warsaw-based Monika Sosnowska (b. 1972) is internationally acclaimed for her monumental installations that blur the boundaries between sculpture and architecture. Using materials such as rebar, concrete, and steel beams, she creates distorted forms that may seem crumpled, unstable, or on the verge of collapse. Drawing on historical architecture, her work often reflects on societies in transformation. Sosnowska’s installations have been shown at leading institutions including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; and the Venice Biennale.
Her new installation ”Museum” (2025) is the artist’s first permanent work in the Nordic region. It is inspired by an unrealised 1830s museum project at Rosendal, initiated by King Karl XIV Johan. Although the building was never constructed, hundreds of marble components were ordered and stored away for nearly two centuries. Eleven of these original stones are now brought into the light, embedded in newly cast concrete elements. The result is a striking meeting of past and present, standing on Rosendal Terrace where the museum would have been built.
Princess Estelle Cultural Foundation, founded in 2019 at the initiative of the Crown Princess Couple, aims to enrich Sweden with art as a unifying force. In collaboration with the Royal Djurgården Administration, the Foundation is developing a permanent world-class sculpture park at Rosendal, presenting a new artist and sculpture each year. ”Museum” is the sixth work to enter the collection.
Read more about Princess Estelle Sculpture Park.
In collaboration with Princess Estelle Cultural Foundation.
