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Zilkens' News Blog Archive

Zilkens' News Blog 3 2024

Johann König opens another gallery in Mexico City. Corina Krawinkel, who has long been a collector and museum patron in Cologne, will be in charge of setting up the gallery. Young Mexican positions are to be the focus and strengthen the current wave reminiscent of New York in the 1980s, according to Artnet. At the beginning of February, a delegation from the Federal Association of ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 2 2024 - The first one of the year

The year has already started with a bang: In France, the 17th century castle of Serquigny burnt down, in Japan the earth shook and there was a near-disaster in air traffic, the Swiss franc is becoming ever stronger against the euro, in Germany large swathes of land are under water, which the government now wants to use to declare a state of emergency in order ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 51 2023 - the last one this year

Christmas Eve will be over in a week's time and hopefully you have had a great Christmas.2023 was a mixed year in many respects: the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is experiencing its second turn of the year and the supporters of freedom are tiring of selfish motives. Hamas' bloody attack on Israel opens our eyes to Islamist-induced anti-Semitism, which has been dormant in ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 50 2023

O ano está lentamente a chegar ao fim, mas o panorama artístico continua a ser interessante. O nosso chefe numas merecidas férias. Saudações da sua equipa!Life without a pug is possible, but pointless. We know this phrase from Loriot. You may not agree with the breed, but what could be better than dachshunds? Life is pointless without a dog.Elliott Erwitt, one of the grand masters ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 49 2023

Just in time for the 1st Advent, the Cologne theatre staged a beautifully spoken production of Franz Kafka's "Trial" in which Josef K. does not know why it is being done to him. Another K. was told by the author of a catalogue raisonné of a no longer living artist that the work he had offered for expensive money at an auction would not be ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 48 2023

Kobels Kunstwoche has now been around for 10 years. We would like to thank our loyal readership and warmly congratulate Stefan Kobel for not allowing himself to be bent over the years, but for retaining his critical spirit and writing style. When we started putting the idea of critically commenting on the art market online in 2013, I had cuffs because I feared that customers ... read more