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Kobel's Art Weekly Archive

Arco Madrid 2023; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 9 2023

One year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Only a few days later, at the instigation of actors from the Austrian art scene, the Office Ukraine was set up by the Ministry of Art, whose interim report is presented by Werner Remm at Artmagazine.cc: "In the first year of its existence, the Office Ukraine was contacted at its three locations by around ... read more

Stable AI's idea of an art fair in California

Kobel's Art Weekly 8 2023

A profound change in the art market is likely to come not in the form of real or imagined threats from techniques like NFTs and AI, but from marketing. This is supported by Daniel Cassidy's observations and thoughts on the occasion of Frieze LA for Artnews: "Some have argued that a behind-the-scenes change has also started the shift. Entertainment company ... read more

Aleksander Korol, Ukraine, free via creativesforukraine.com

Kobel's Art Weekly 7 2023

How Ukrainian artists deal with the war in their homeland is shown in the ARD documentary "Zwischen Exil und Front" (Between Exile and the Front), which is not yet (?) available in the media library, but will be shown again today on NDR.Sarah Cascone has compiled initiatives from the art world for the victims of the earthquake catastrophe in Syria ... read more

Artefiera in Bologna; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 6 2023

The spark of the Spark Art Fair in Vienna quickly fizzled out, the third edition was cancelled. Nicole Scheyerer reports for the FAZ: "Already towards the end of last summer it leaked out that the fair's director Renger van den Heuvel would be taking his hat off. His departure in October caused a frown, after all, the Dutchman, born in ... read more

The most unpretentious art fair entrance at artgenève; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 5 2023

The Brussels Brafa seems to have come through the pandemic well, according to Alexandra Wach in the Tagesspiegel of 28 January: "After two cancellations, they lastly offered a replacement date in June at the new location of the Brussels Expo. A trial run that apparently fulfilled expectations. Because with the return to the old winter rhythm, the spacious rooms are once again being used. For ... read more

How Midjourney's AI imagines a robot painting Andy Warhol.

Kobel's Art Weekly 4 2023

After NFTs, art generated by artificial intelligence, or AI for short, could be the next issue to set the art market abuzz. Stephan Scheuer explains the phenomenon in the Handelsblatt: "The question of intellectual property is easy to answer at first glance, said Sarah Polcz of Stanford University Law School. 'A work of art created solely by artificial intelligence is ... read more