Kobel's Art Weekly 4 2024
As the first international art fair of the year, Art SG in Singapore is testing the market with its second edition. Naima Morelli reports in The Art Newspaper of - surprise! - "swift sales": "While the gallery participation dropped by 29% this year, this is not felt when walking around the stands. Works of art now have more breathing space, ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 3 2024
There has rarely been so much clashing of dates. It all starts with artgenève and Brafa at the end of January, which open on the same day. This will be followed by a late Arco Madrid with Tefaf in Maastricht at the beginning of March, Expo Chicago and Art Düsseldorf in April and Art Cologne in November, which has positioned itself immediately after Artissima in ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 2 2024 - The first one this year
Frieze London opens the second and final part of the season review. An entertaining polemical critique of Frieze London and the current art production on show at it was written by Jonathan Jones for the Guardian: "All of which makes such paintings lovely to hang on your wall, no? Only if you have a very high boredom threshold. They are ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 51 2023 - the last one for this year
The war in Ukraine will soon have been going on for two years, and the war in the Middle East is a new development. Nevertheless, the art market has almost returned to business as usual. This time, the review of the last six months consists of two parts.The reckoning comes at the end, and Ukraine is prudently keeping records, including ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 50 2023
There are twice as many private flights to and from Miami as in other weeks this year for Art Basel Miami Beach, according to our Viennese colleague Michael Huber found out from the local airport. Susanna Petrin paints a picture of the mood of ABMB and its environment in the NZZ: "So is the global ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 49 2023
The fifth edition of the Berlin Amtsalon, which Christiane Meixner visited for the Tagesspiegel of 2 December, could be described as an alternative fair format: "And of course the representative stairwell, the long official corridors and halls are buzzing as in previous editions. Nevertheless, it is noticeable that there are fewer galleries this time. The ground floor, usually the visual prelude, has become a cloakroom. ... read more