Kobel's Art Weekly 36 2022
The fall season has begun. The start is traditionally made by the Rhineland galleries, where Susanne Schreiber has discovered a new modesty for the Handelsblatt: "The times seem to be over when loud boasts were made, when super-expensive works were waiting in galleries for bragging rights. Art should be financially attainable in difficult times and spread joy, provoke a wink ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 35 2022
The Ukrainian artist Olena Pronkina receives the Claus Michaletz Prize, reports dpa: "The award, endowed with 10,000 euros, is given this year for the third time to an artist from Eastern Europe. The award is linked to the KVOST residency grant.The prize is awarded in honor of the publisher and founder of the Secco Pontanova Foundation, Claus Michaletz, and is ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 34 2022
Gerhard Richter in particular has generously stocked the Charity Art Cologne webshop for the benefit of Ukraine. Monopol calls the ongoing initiative to mind.With Postcards for Ukraine, Brita Sachs presents in the FAZ of August 20 another initiative with which the art scene is organizing humanitarian aid for Ukraine: "The idea of the artists' postcards ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 33 2022
Paris+ par Art Basel does not do things by halves when it comes to the successor to Fiac, reports Olga Grimm-Weissert in the Handelsblatt: "Paris Plus will not only take place in the Grand Palais Ephémère from October 20 to 23, but will also take over all the additional venues of Fiac for further sales offers: With large sculptures in ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 32 2022
Even without a Western boycott, Russia's cultural scene is on its knees, Kerstin Holm found out for the FAZ of August 1: "We asked the curator of modern art Andrei Yerofeyev, an avowed oppositionist, in Moscow. The cultural scene has practically united against Putin and the Ukrainian war, says Jerofejew, the brother of the writer Viktor Jerofejew, who emigrated to Germany, on the phone. Among ... read more
Kobel's Art Weekly 31 2022
Is it still growing pains or are the digital purchase receipts called NFT already shrinking to normal size? In the third and final part of the seasonal review, there are signs of both.The dominant theme of 2021 has been NFTs, whose market is nearly half the size of the art market, but which intersects with it only slightly. Dan Milmo explains in the read more