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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

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Viennacontemporary 2025; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 38 2025

The crisis in the art market is described in figures in the new Artnet Intelligence Report (PDF). In her analysis contained therein, Katya Kazakina paints a bleak picture: "The art world finds itself in a precarious position as it moves towards the second half of 2025. It seems like not a week goes by without ... read more

DC Open RendezVous Brussels Frankfurt Art Experience; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 37 2025

Relief in New York: According to consistent reports, including those from reputable press outlets, the Armory seems to have gone well. Elisa Carollo reports in the Observer: "American collectors seem to have taken the back-to-school spirit seriously this year, with several dealers reporting a brisk and buoyant first day at the Armory Show. The New York fair—one of the city’s ... read more

RIP Clearing

Kobel's Art Weekly 36 2025

An apocalyptic summer is coming to an end – thankfully. It wasn't just the temperatures across much of Europe that brought bad news. The art market also saw a spate of bad news. The number of Art Basel galleries giving up this year is steadily rising and seems set to increase over the summer.The Clearing Gallery, with locations in New York and Los Angeles (and ... read more

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Zilkens Fine Art Academy Award 2025 at Positions Berlin.Front row the winning artists Kay-Lotte Pommer from Leipzig academy and Super Vivaz from Stuttgart academy. Photo Clara Wenzel-Theiler

Zilkens‘ News Blog 38 2025

So now they have voted, the people in the most populous federal state in the republic, and somehow all the public broadcasters, along with the accompanying media, wanted to turn it into a test election for the federal government, which has been in office for more than 100 days. That didn't work out – if it had been up to the people of North Rhine-Westphalia ... read more

Chrysippus, representative of Stoicism in the 1st century AD. Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, currently in Trier Mark Aurel exhibition – Photo Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 37 2025

Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor for 19 years from 161 to 180, who died in a military camp near Vienna, can be seen in an exhibition at the Landesmuseum in Trier, featuring first-class loans from museums in Paris, Rome and other locations. It's well worth a visit. And if you're lucky enough to be guided through the exhibition by Dr Marcus Reuter, the director of the ... read more

Viking warriors spotted in Denmark - Photo Stephan Zilkens

Zilkens' News Blog 36 2025

MTAB, the Scandinavian specialist logistics provider for art and special transports, has a new minority shareholder. Hasenkamp in Cologne has acquired 25% of the company, thereby strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian countries. This will benefit all Hasenkamp customers who handle loan transports with Scandinavia. In addition to his extensive duties as CEO of the Hasenkamp Group, Dr Thomas Schneider will also join the MTAB ... read more