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A warm welcome to Zilkens Fine Art Insurance Broker GmbH, your specialised insurance broker who finds answers to your art-related insurance questions.
We offer to find the best insurance for your art - at no cost to you.
Insurance products are complex. Being well-insured is therefore no easy task. There are numerous types of art insurance on offer, but which is the right one for your project?
It is often the case that the quality of insurance policies does not become evident until a claim arises. That is why, together with our customers, we prepare an individual insurance concept that is adapted sensitively to the respective customer’s project and describe to you the features of some of our individual insurance products.
Two characteristics define our brand essence. One is our love of art and the other is our customers’ absolute satisfaction. Only the consonance of these two factors makes us successful. Learn more about us
Dr. phil. Stephan Zilkens
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Kobel's Art Weekly
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Art Cologne 2025; photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 46 2025
Georg Imdahl describes the atmosphere of optimism during his visit to Art Cologne for the FAZ: "Suddenly, there is talk of a “Cologne effect”, which, surprisingly, is not depressing, but rather seen as a mood booster for Art Cologne. Cologne has not experienced such a shift towards positive energy in a long time. It is fuelled by all kinds of ... read more
Artissima 2025; photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 45 2025
Georg Imdahl from the FAZ clearly enjoyed Artissima in Turin: "With around 170 exhibitors, Artissima presents a serious, reliable selection of paintings, sculptures and installations. Fassi would like to reduce this number somewhat in the future. As can be heard in conversations with them, some exhibitors appreciate the fair as a welcome opportunity to ‘try something out’ – meaning that ... read more
Art Basel Paris 2025; photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 44 2025
Art Basel Paris is seen as a rejuvenating cure for the French capital by Bettina Wohlfarth in the FAZ: "As if Paris had awakened from a deep sleep, the French capital has been radiantly elegant again for several years now, building on its great past and, at least in terms of art, offering something joyful to counteract the ongoing political ... read more
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together with Handelsblatt and Weltkunst at Art Cologne
Zilkens’ News Blog 46 2025
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
Poseidon? National Museum, Athens. Photo Stephan Zilkens will this pass facebook censorship?
Zilkens' News Blog 45 2025
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
Award at Art Salon Zürich - Photo: unknown (Barbara ?)
Zilkens' News Blog 44 2025
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