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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
Let’s get the most important thing out of the way first! Zilkens Fine Art Insurance Broker GmbH is looking for people who enjoy art and insurance – and, in particular, aren’t afraid of customer-focused work! If this sounds like you, please get in touch with Petter Börgers or our colleagues in the HR department at Attikon.I’ve been travelling around the Baltic states for a few ... read more
There’s a lot going on in the Ruhr region – no, not the organised gangs involved in welfare fraud, although they’re there too – but far more importantly, the nomadic Manifesta (16) biennial, which is being held in Germany for only the second time. Duisburg, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen and Essen are the cities where 12 former churches serve as exhibition spaces, in which curators of all ... read more
It’s really rather daft that it hasn’t rained properly for months! The rivers have reached record low levels, throwing global supply chains into disarray. You suddenly realise just how important river transport is. As a stopgap measure, lorries are now to be allowed back on the motorways at weekends. Actually, that’s the right thing to do! One can only welcome the fact that the federal ... read more