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Zilkens' News Blog Archive

Zilkens' News Blog 43 2022

From 14.11. the exhibition "Worth Fighting For" with works of contemporary Ukrainian art combined with positions from the Museum für Hedendaagse Kunst in Antwerp and parts of the Russian War Crimes will take place in Cologne and can be seen every day for 4 weeks. Admission is free. In preparation, we are in contact with the team of the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kyiv. It's ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 42 2022

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Fingers crossed have helped! Worth fighting for can now take place if we do everything right with the applications and the early start of the measures is also approved on condition that the measure as a whole is approved. - As entrepreneurs we know: There is always risk and there is no insurance against loss of support. We have ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 41 2022

"Worth fighting for" - It might still be possible to open the exhibition in Cologne on 14th of November - everything now depends on a funding commitment from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), which still has funds available for projects in connection with Ukrainian art and artists. If the funds are approved this week, we will have a maximum of ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 40 2022

Yesterday we celebrated our German National Day of Celebration. 32 years ago, the 5 "new" federal states joined the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The celebrations were not exactly exuberant, but the autumn holidays were all the more so. Even a national Sunday newspaper, which is printed on Fridays and delivered on Saturdays, did not find the event worth mentioning. Yet there is ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 39 2022

Voting is going out of fashion - as it is now in Italy, where just 64% of eligible voters went to the polls to exercise their democratic right (and, strictly speaking, their duty). The 36 % non-voters certainly have an opinion, only it won't matter in the next few years. Politicians usually think of their electoral chances and stare at poll numbers, and these are ... read more

Zilkens' News Blog 38 2022

Only 12 weeks to go until Christmas and so much could still take place until then - but not in Cologne (with the exception of Art Cologne, which is taking place and is looking forward to a dynamic collector community that is not intimidated by the general howl of crisis).When Ms Reker took office as mayor in 2015 in the 2000-year-old city on the Rhine, ... read more