Zilkens' News Blog Archive

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Zilkens' News Blog 42 2026 - the last one with authorized English translation

The world is changing. This also applies to translation programmes that help us with our day-to-day tasks. We use DeepL – which is only natural for a Cologne-based company, as it is one of the few German ‘unicorns’ and the translation quality is very good. Many browsers also offer translation features – and we believe that those interested in our ... read more

Lempertz Brussels; Ai Weiwei exhibition in collaboration with Patrick Derom Gallery

Zilkens' News Blog 41 2026

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

Charity bonnets – The Royal Mail will cope – spotted in Gibraltar – Photo: Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 40 2026

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

What did I do while using my vote for change? Collage, Photo mit Chat gpt - Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 39 2026

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

Seen in Pobierowo, Photo Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 38 2026

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

This also applies in Germany – seen in Zug, Switzerland. Photo: Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 37 2026

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