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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 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
Highlights Munich photo S.K.
Kobel's Art Weekly 43 2025
The fair duo Frieze London and Frieze Masters are returning to their old strengths with new formats, observes Gina Thomas for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "White Cube, Gagosian, Thaddaeus Ropac and Hauser & Wirth may generate the highest sales with the stars they represent. However, Frieze London is also keen to promote smaller, partly subsidised galleries with experimental art in ... read more
VIP passes for the highest bidder
Kobel's Art Weekly 42 2025
Cut-throat competition has broken out among art fairs in the Persian Gulf. After Art Dubai initially positioned itself more internationally with a new management team, Art Basel announced the launch of a new fair in Qatar in May. The initial plan was to have around 50 galleries. In fact, almost 90 exhibitors are taking part in the premiere of Art ... read more
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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
Almost 3.000 years ago …
Photo Stephan Zilkens
Zilkens‘ News Blog 43 2025
It was in the news – big headline, jewels stolen from the Louvre yesterday! And from the Napoleonic era, too. The thieves – or were they men? – lost a few on the run! The pattern is familiar from Berlin and Dresden – anomalies in business operations expose gaps that criminals then exploit to make off with the loot.Starting on Wednesday, around 220 people will ... read more
Does AI help combat bureaucracy? - Graphic: Technology Forum 2025, Essen
Zilkens' News Blog 42 2025
Now, at the time of writing, the last remaining hostages are to be released by Hamas. In return, 2,000 fighters will be released from Israeli prisons. Whether they are really prepared to adhere to the peace plan is questionable – and unfortunately there are enough forces that have no interest in peace. Let us hope that they will not receive further support from states that ... read more