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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
Annotated press review on the art market by Stefan Kobel, published weekly. Subscribe for free
Gen Z: The Golden Generation of the Art Market? Photo: Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 42 2026
This is the final edition of Kobel’s Art Week in English. All major browsers now offer high-quality translation of entire web pages. A right-click is all it takes!With great conviction, the Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2026 (PDF) claims: “Generation Z spends the most on art”. To put this into perspective: Gen ... read more
‘Environmentally responsible’ superyachts; photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 41 2026
The next art fair is being snapped up by some conglomerate or other. Brian Boucher and Maximilíano Durón report on the sale of the New York-based Independent to London-based Informa in Artnews: “Among its major shareholders are BlackRock, Newton Investment Management, Lazard Asset Management, Norges Bank, Artemis Investment Manager, and Invesco. Informa is listed on the London Stock Exchange and ... read more
Biennale Internazionale dell'Antiquariato di Firenze (Biaf); photo Stefan Kobel
Kobel's Art Weekly 40 2026
The Armory Show has been refining its profile for years in order to remain New York’s leading art fair. Daniel Cassady and Brian Boucher describe the process in Artnews: “And despite all the changes, the Armory continues to fulfil one function remarkably well: it signals to New York that summer is over (or, as cliché lovers call it, ‘Back to ... read more
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The original from September 1939 showed Hitler and Stalin, after their agreement about their interest spheres.
Zilkens' News Blog 42 2026 - the last one with authorized English translation
The world is changing. This also applies to translation programmes that help us with our day-to-day tasks. We use DeepL – which is only natural for a Cologne-based company, as it is one of the few German ‘unicorns’ and the translation quality is very good. Many browsers also offer translation features – and we believe that those interested in our ... read more
Lempertz Brussels; Ai Weiwei exhibition in collaboration with Patrick Derom Gallery
Zilkens' News Blog 41 2026
He certainly has courage, the Chancellor! Just to drive straight into the Sunday bombardment of Kyiv by Russian forces, to assure the Ukrainian people of Germany’s solidarity in their fight for freedom. None of the ‘Blues’ and none of the ‘reds’ – from the reddish to the deep reds – are to be seen there. The colour of hope – well? – yes, green is ... read more
Charity bonnets – The Royal Mail will cope – spotted in Gibraltar – Photo: Stephan Zilkens
Zilkens' News Blog 40 2026
Art can influence and enrich entrepreneurs. Between 1896 and 1899, Giovanni Segantini created ‘Becoming, Being, Passing’, his monumental work of symbolic Alpine painting, originally intended for a world exhibition; it is now housed in the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz. Life cycles feature in the works of many artists. Caspar David Friedrich also captured this in a single painting. However, Segantini had a lasting influence ... read more