Kobel's Art Weekly Archive

‘Humour’ or an expression of discontent? Photo: Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 30 2026

And there is, in fact, an international autumn art fair in Vienna, reports Werner Remm in Artmagazine: “From 10 to 13 September, an art fair initiated and organised collectively by galleries will take place in Vienna for the first time. The VAU – Vienna Art United association, founded a few weeks ago by 35 Viennese galleries, has managed to secure ... read more

Summer edition III/III; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 29 2026

At the start of the year, auction coverage typically focuses on retrospectives and outlooks, which kick off the third and final part of our season review. Melanie Gerlis highlights the extent to which large fortunes influence the art market in her report on single owner sales for the Financial Times (paywall): ‘What is new is the scale, in volume and value,’ says ... read more

Summer edition II/III; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobels Art Weekly 28 2026

For art fairs the year is off to a rough start, as becomes clear right at the beginning of the first part of our three-part season review. The art market in Austria has suffered two heavy blows. The leading art fair Viennacontemporary will no longer take place, as I report in Artmagazine. The financial background and the position of the gallery ... read more

Summer edition I/III; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 27 2026

The art market began 2026 with a faint hope that things would now start to pick up again. However, the differences compared with previous economic cycles cannot be ignored, as the first part of our three-part review of the spring season makes clear.In WeLT, Marcus Woeller in the first days of January searches for an explanation for the trend towards the ... read more

Art Basel 2026; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 2026

In his report in WeLT on Art Basel, which he says “got off to a flying start”, Marcus Woeller peppers his piece with art market anecdotes: “Above all, however, it is the selling prices at Art Basel that are truly exclusive. The asking price of 35 million dollars, for instance, with which the Hauser & Wirth gallery announced the sale ... read more

Open since Sunday: Maze Basel; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 25 2026

The June Art Fair in Basel was cancelled on Sunday, one day before it was due to begin, without any explanationJo Lawson-Tancred has combed through the list of participants at Frieze London for Artnet, looking for galleries that are not taking part this year: “Several galleries, including Almine Rech, James Cohan, Sean Kelly, Gathering, Kurimanzutto, ... read more