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He certainly has courage, the Chancellor! Just to drive straight into the Sunday bombardment of Kyiv by Russian forces, to assure the Ukrainian people of Germany’s solidarity in their fight for freedom. None of the ‘Blues’ and none of the ‘reds’ – from the reddish to the deep reds – are to be seen there. The colour of hope – well? – yes, green is ... read more
Art can influence and enrich entrepreneurs. Between 1896 and 1899, Giovanni Segantini created ‘Becoming, Being, Passing’, his monumental work of symbolic Alpine painting, originally intended for a world exhibition; it is now housed in the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz. Life cycles feature in the works of many artists. Caspar David Friedrich also captured this in a single painting. However, Segantini had a lasting influence ... read more
Following this election Sunday, one thing is clear: Berlin, as the German capital, in no way represents the mood across the country as a whole. What we are seeing is a stalemate between realistic ideas, right-wing fantasies of rejection and left-wing orgies of socialisation. It would be reckless to draw conclusions about the mood across the country as a whole from this. The same applies ... read more
Art Week in Berlin is already over, and with it the Positions exhibition at the Tempelhof Airport hangar. The fair attracted 28,000 visitors this time round. Despite the lower visitor numbers, the galleries’ sales figures were stronger than ever. The segment above 30,000 EUR in particular was very active. Zilkens Fine Art supported the event with the Best Booth Award, which Stephanie Oeing presented to ... read more
And that's also Germany: now the predictions actually match the result quite closely. Around 2.1 million people live in Saxony-Anhalt (the same as in Lithuania), of whom around 250,000 – or 12 per cent – have a migrant background. Around 1.7 million people were eligible to vote, 2 per cent of whom had a migrant background. These proportions are typical of the eastern federal states. ... read more
Sad news first – Carolin Scharpff-Striebich has lost her battle with cancer. She lent her strength and voice to many art initiatives, including the Kunstsammler e.V., the Ludwig Foundation and the Kunstfreunde in Bonn. We shall miss her reserved manner, coupled with her clear focus on what was essential. Our thoughts are with her family.There has been a rise in thefts from museums once again ... read more