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Christmas is in four weeks – the first Sunday of Advent is next Sunday, and one would like to believe in the beautiful and peaceful aspects of life. After the latest proposal negotiated by the USA, in particular a coward named Wittkoff, with the Russian president who is wanted by the International Court of Justice in The Hague, one wonders how this is supposed to ... read more
For almost 16 years, Silivia Zoerner was responsible for finance and projects at the BVDG office. She has now announced by email that she has not been working for the BVDG since November and is turning her attention to other tasks in the field of cultural and artistic promotion. We are all eager to find out what her new role will be.In a wave of ... read more
Last week in Germany, everything revolved around Art Cologne. Stefan Kobel reports on this in detail. For us, the focus was on the sponsorship we have been providing for years for young buyers at the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst e.V. (Society for Modern Art) and a joint event with Handelsblatt and Weltkunst. Dr. Susanne Schreiber spoke with Stephan Zilkens about the rather complex topic of ... read more
Just over seven weeks to go until Christmas. It's a good thing that there are still a few art fairs coming up before then, where willing HNWIs (high net worth individuals) can happily spend their cash. Statistically, members of this group (i.e. those with more than USD 1 million in liquid assets, including shares) spend around USD 38,000 per year on art. This was once ... read more
We are already living in difficult times. Someone may express something in a somewhat clumsy and undifferentiated way that reflects the feelings of the vast majority of the population, but this does not bother the assembled public press, which nevertheless focuses its reporting primarily on the opinions of perhaps 20% of the population, including their deliberate misinterpretations. Backing down with the flow seems to take ... read more
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