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Kobel's Art Weekly Archive

Kobel's Art Weekly 49 2024

When someone points at the moon, the fool will look at the finger – or so the Buddhist wisdom goes. Or maybe it was Bruce Lee who said it. In any case, the shocking thing about the banana man is not that he has eaten the fruit (unfortunately not the fruit of knowledge). Nor the ... read more

FAB Paris 2024; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 48 2024

Banana again. In an unusually extensive report, even CNN's Oscar Holland talks about the sale of Maurizio Catellan's work at Sotheby's in New York for $6.24 million. The Chinese collector Justin Sun will pay with his play money from the crypto-currency industry. He had indicated that he wanted to eat the banana. Perhaps a suitable use can also be found ... read more

Good-bye White Cube party in Miami Beach

Kobel's Art Weekly 47 2024

First things first: the White Cube party, which used to ring in the Miami season every year, is no more, as Annie Armstrong of Artnet (paywall) and a few other things that you might have preferred not to know: "The event was notorious for letting the more buttoned-up patrons of the art world let their hair down. Marc Spiegler, ... read more

Art Cologne 2024; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 46 2024

Art Cologne doesn't let anything throw it off course that easily, notes Christof Habres for recalls the tradition of the fair in the Tagesspiegel: “With so much nostalgia, one cannot help but think of the glory days of the longest-running modern and contemporary art fair in the eighties: an era that had yet to ... read more

Artissima 2024; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 45 2024

There are no bananas here. If the big international auction houses believe they have to counter a structural crisis in the entire industry and their own business model with an ever-increasing infantilisation of the speculative commodity art, one can only hope they enjoy a happy market correction.And finally someone, even in the finance department, is saying it: art is a ... read more

Contemporary Istanbul; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 44 2024

The art market Monopoly continues: after a good eight years, the Endeavour event and entertainment group wants to part with Frieze, along with two tennis tournaments. A press release states: “'Endeavor's portfolio includes iconic, global, and must-attend events spanning sports, entertainment, and the arts,' said Mark Shapiro, President and Chief Operating Officer, Endeavor. ‘As part of Endeavor, Frieze and the ... read more