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It was in the news – big headline, jewels stolen from the Louvre yesterday! And from the Napoleonic era, too. The thieves – or were they men? – lost a few on the run! The pattern is familiar from Berlin and Dresden – anomalies in business operations expose gaps that criminals then exploit to make off with the loot.Starting on Wednesday, around 220 people will ... read more
Now, at the time of writing, the last remaining hostages are to be released by Hamas. In return, 2,000 fighters will be released from Israeli prisons. Whether they are really prepared to adhere to the peace plan is questionable – and unfortunately there are enough forces that have no interest in peace. Let us hope that they will not receive further support from states that ... read more
Art Jakarta has just come to an end – Esther Schipper was among those in attendance this time – In Europe, we can look forward to Frieze in London and the Art Salon in Zurich, and at the end of the month we will finally be heading to Paris for Art Basel at the Grand Palais. In Cologne, one day before the opening of Art ... read more
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
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
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