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A warm welcome to Zilkens Fine Art Insurance Broker GmbH, your specialised insurance broker who finds answers to your art-related insurance questions.
We offer to find the best insurance for your art - at no cost to you.
Insurance products are complex. Being well-insured is therefore no easy task. There are numerous types of art insurance on offer, but which is the right one for your project?
It is often the case that the quality of insurance policies does not become evident until a claim arises. That is why, together with our customers, we prepare an individual insurance concept that is adapted sensitively to the respective customer’s project and describe to you the features of some of our individual insurance products.
Two characteristics define our brand essence. One is our love of art and the other is our customers’ absolute satisfaction. Only the consonance of these two factors makes us successful. Learn more about us
Dr. phil. Stephan Zilkens
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Kobel's Art Weekly
Annotated press review on the art market by Stefan Kobel, published weekly. Subscribe for free
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Kobel's Art Weekly 3 2026
2026 is shaping up to be no different from the last six years. And Melanie Gerlis in The Art Newspaper is not giving the all-clear for the art market either: "Within the art market, the shift in taste towards lower-priced art (plus a few trophies) seems here to stay as collectors nurse the reality that their “investments” in art have ... read more
Real-life satire, here: Vatican; photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 2 2026
As expected by some and hoped for by many, the auction market picked up noticeably in the second half of the year, both internationally and in German-speaking countries. The major auction houses are trying to save themselves from the slump in the art market with handbags, trainers and jewellery, according to an analysis by George Nelson in mid-August for Artnews: ... read more
Then and now; photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 1 2026
Normal fair business was overshadowed in the second half of the year by the dominant corporations, which made headlines primarily with their expansion into the Arab world. The current art fair model does not seem sustainable to many market participants, according to a survey of gallery owners summarised by Karen K. Ho in mid-Augustfor Artnews: "First Thursday, a London-based sales ... read more
Zilkens' News Blog
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Viennese tradition – a Kleiner Brauner at the Hawelka – Photo Stephan Zilkens
Zilkens' News Blog 3 2026
Ukraine continues to be attacked on a daily basis – it is clear that international law is being violated on a constant basis and that this is also being acknowledged in the West. Now Trump and his administration are violating international law, and some want to hear verbal condemnation from European leaders, because Russia and China are rightly pointing out the violation (in order to ... read more
The Team welcomes the new year - Ungers Bibliotheque; Photo: Mike Christian
Zilkens' News Blog 2 2026
That's it for a peaceful start to the New Year – the American president has thrown a spanner in the works and pushed Russia's atrocities into the background for the time being. Maduro rigged the elections to stay in power (Trump is redrawing electoral districts), the Venezuelan state confiscated and nationalised the assets of American oil companies decades ago (the same thing is currently happening ... read more
William Kentridge, Dear Diary, Seen at Flokwang Museum, Foto: Stephan Zilkens
Zilkens' News Blog 1 2026
Now there are only three days left of the old year, and this week a new year begins. It is time to look back a little, also in an attempt to understand why so many things are currently moving in directions that are initially confusing. To do this, I need more lines than our readers are normally expected to read – but perhaps this time ... read more