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Jim Harris, A Dutch Landscape, Diptychon, Oil on canvas, 2015
Jim Harris, A Dutch Landscape, Diptychon, Oil on canvas, 2015
Dr. Stephan Zilkens

We make sure that your art is safe everywhere.

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

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Kobel's Art Weekly

Stefan Kobel

Annotated press review on the art market by Stefan Kobel, published weekly. Subscribe for free

Art Dubai; photo Stefan Kobel
Art Dubai; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 17 2025

The erosion of the art fair model, which has been in place for decades, has reached the top of the market. Following Luhring Augustin and Michael Haas, Air de Paris is also pulling out of Art Basel – and making it public. In letters to the fair and their colleagues, published in the newsletter Provence, Florence Bonnefous and Edouard Merino ... read more

Art Duesseldorf 2025; photo private
Art Duesseldorf 2025; photo private

Kobel's Art Weekly 16 2025

Basel, we have a problem. The Art Basel UBS Art Market Report 2025, among other things, for the market leader, summarises Sigmund Skalar at Finanzen und Wirtschaft FuW: ‘Art fairs like Art Basel no longer have the importance as a sales channel for high-priced art that they once had. While in 2019 more than ... read more

Vienna- ; image Werner Remm
Vienna- ; image Werner Remm

Kobel's Art Weekly 15 2025

Tariffs or no tariff on art? If so, how much? The question of why doesn't really arise when considering the mafia-like methods of the Trump regime, which rules without parliament. (No, I don't plan on travelling to the US in the next few years.) Given the chaotic situation, most of the trade media are capitulating in the face of the possible repercussions. Only Katya Kazakina ... read more

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We ensure that your art is optimally insured. We always strive to provide our customers with the best possible advice, neutrally and with a high level of expertise.
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Dr. Stephan Zilkens

Dr. Stephan Zilkens comments weekly on current events concerning art. Subscribe for free

Joachim von Sandrart: The Great Stage of Old and New Rome, Nuremberg 1685, detail: Photo Stephan Zilkens
Joachim von Sandrart: The Great Stage of Old and New Rome, Nuremberg 1685, detail: Photo Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 17 2025

John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis I are the popes I have been privileged to witness during my lifetime. During the papacy of John XXIII, the world population was approximately 2 billion, and Christians made up about 1 billion – that is, 50%. Now there are approximately 8 billion people on Earth and 1.3 billion Christians, which ... read more

Collectors : next generation Art Düsseldorf, Photo Stephan Zilkens
Collectors : next generation Art Düsseldorf, Photo Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 16 2025

In Washington, a raging man sits in the oval office and gives the term ‘volatile’ a human face, while in the German coalition negotiations, the tail has wagged the dog and not much has been left for culture except for a lot of hot air. In lines 3796 - 3953, one can read what the coalition has planned for culture and the media. At least ... read more

Oldenbourg meets Eliasson - Porto, Foto Stephan Zilkens
Oldenbourg meets Eliasson - Porto, Foto Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens‘ News Blog 15 2025

The American president is now raging through the cultural institutions. People who did not encounter any obstacles in the previous woke zeitgeist in leading positions of museums and institutions have to fear for their positions. The director of the National Museum of Afro American History and Culture, Kevin Young, has now been suspended from his position, Blake Lives Matter is disappearing from the streets and ... read more

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