Is it a strange coincidence that on Saturday, June 11, 2022 not only the 12th Biennale for Contemporary Art will open in Berlin but also the WTA-500 tennis tournament at the Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiss? There are only so few really international events in the German capital that it sounds at least mysterious to […]
12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art opens next week Weiterlesen →
The silkscreen entitled “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” from 1964 will come to auction in May in New York. The auction house Christie’s just published the estimation which is a sensation: 200 million US-Dollar are expected for the silkscreen. Why is the estimation so high as there are several versions of Monroe’s portraits in different colours
Andy Warhol’s Marilyn: The New Icon of the 20th Century Weiterlesen →
The painting “The Foxes” by Franz Marc from 1913 was sold in London for more than 42 million pounds on March 1, 2022. By the sale Christie’s achieved a record for Franz Marc. Before the auction could take place, the scramble about the “Foxes” took more than three years. Only in January, 11th – two
Franz Marc: Scramble about his “Foxes” Weiterlesen →
The pandemic seems to have given some people more time to think about their professional future. At the moment we see an unusual high amount of new businesses on the art market. You find some interesting new galleries in the Western centres of the market: In Paris, a new gallery for African art is founded
New Businesses in Art World Weiterlesen →
The 10th edition of the Berlin Art Week started for the second time under pandemic conditions. As the German art market is still not back to its level from before the Corona crises this is one of the most important events in Germany for collectors, curators, galleries and art enthusiastics to talk and discuss about
Berlin Art Week 15-19 September 2021 Weiterlesen →
The German Fluxus, happenings and performance artist Joseph Beuys had great influence on the German and European art scene as an artist as well as a theorist of art. He was born 100 years ago on May 12 in 1921. In occasion of this anniversary it seems to be appropriate to take a closer look
Joseph Beuys and the art market in the jubelee year 2021 Weiterlesen →
From May 21, 2021, the Picture Gallery in Berlin opens its doors for the exhibition: “The Late Gothic Era: The Birth of Modernity“ From today on the Picture Gallery (Gemäldegalerie) in Berlin shows an impressive new exhibition on late Gothic art in featuring some 130 objects, including key works from the German-speaking world in the
Forgotten Art: The Late Gothic as a New Field for Collecting Art? Weiterlesen →
Last Friday, April 23, 2021 the new regulations of the German state come into force which shall help to reduce the spread of the Corona virus. In all German cities and areas with an incidence of more than 100 all museums, operas, theaters and other cultural institutions have to close apart from other strict regulations
London opens – Berlin closes Weiterlesen →
Auction Record for Digital Art: A JPEG for 69 Million US-Dollar Last Thursday March 11, 2021, a digital art work was sold for more than 69 million US-Dollar at Christie’s New York. The lot was sold at a standalone pure online-sale which had started on February 25. The work sold after bidding opened at 100
Digital Art: $ 69 Million for a JPEG Weiterlesen →
Fridy, March 12, 2021, 10 am till 2.30 pm Fee: 5 EUR Registration is open at: https://shop.kuma.art/#/product/event/274?date=2021-03-12&date_id=6085 Participants of the panel discussion at 11 am: Klaus Gallwitz, Andreas Beyer, Esther Graf and Harriet Häußler The symposium will examine how Anselm Kiefer draws on literature, religion and history. The artist’s choice of media and his way
