Zilkens' News Blog 40 2025
For those who attended the Cologne Art Insurance Conference last Tuesday, this is no longer news. Zilkens Fine Art Insurance Broker will be transferred to new ownership on 1 January 2026 and will become part of the ATTIKON Group, a company that is now one of the top 20 in the German insurance brokerage market. Dr. Stephan Zilkens will remain managing director and will continue ... read more
Zilkens' News Blog 39 2025
Morgen & Stern GmbH in Berlin has published the Global Blue-Chip Art Market Report 2025, which is based on a variety of publicly available sources and individual experiences. The company has a constant portfolio of exciting artworks in stock, ranging in value from USD 500 million to USD 1 billion. The six summarised findings on the blue-chip market in the art sector are certainly interesting:1. ... read more
Zilkens‘ News Blog 38 2025
So now they have voted, the people in the most populous federal state in the republic, and somehow all the public broadcasters, along with the accompanying media, wanted to turn it into a test election for the federal government, which has been in office for more than 100 days. That didn't work out – if it had been up to the people of North Rhine-Westphalia ... read more
Zilkens' News Blog 37 2025
Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor for 19 years from 161 to 180, who died in a military camp near Vienna, can be seen in an exhibition at the Landesmuseum in Trier, featuring first-class loans from museums in Paris, Rome and other locations. It's well worth a visit. And if you're lucky enough to be guided through the exhibition by Dr Marcus Reuter, the director of the ... read more
Zilkens' News Blog 36 2025
MTAB, the Scandinavian specialist logistics provider for art and special transports, has a new minority shareholder. Hasenkamp in Cologne has acquired 25% of the company, thereby strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian countries. This will benefit all Hasenkamp customers who handle loan transports with Scandinavia. In addition to his extensive duties as CEO of the Hasenkamp Group, Dr Thomas Schneider will also join the MTAB ... read more
Zilkens' News Blog 35 2025
Only 17 weeks to go – and then this year will be behind us again. Tempus fugit, and despite frenzied diplomatic travel between Alaska and the White House, the Russian potentates are digging in their heels. Even on Ukrainian Independence Day – which was yesterday – the bombing continued. Ukraine is now increasingly building its own weapons, having learned that the lofty speeches of its ... read more