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Berlin’s Gallery Weekend is a testament to the resilience of the local art scene, notes Niklaas Maak in the FAZ (paywall): “What has disappeared, if anything, are the affordable rents for flats and studios, and the Senate is still doing too little to keep the art world—which the capital’s image campaigns are keen to promote—in the city. The good news ... read more
Since 1968 (initially as a biennial, and annually since 1997), Art Brussels has established itself as a contemporary art fair with its ups and downs. This year, it has been significantly scaled back. Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas express their delight in the Tagesspiegel: “[Discovery] features just as many exhibitors as last year. The main Prime section, by contrast, has ... read more
The tenth edition of Art Düsseldorf has impressed the critics. Georg Imdahl writes in the FAZ (paywall): “Large stand, small formats is the principle adopted by Frankfurt-based gallery Bärbel Grässlin, which, like Esther Schipper from Berlin, is taking part in Art Düsseldorf for the first time. ‘We’ve been watching this for two years, and we like the line-up,’ says Schipper ... read more
Josie Thaddeus-Johns presents Art Cologne’s second attempt in Palma, Mallorca, on Artsy: “Enter Art Cologne Palma Mallorca 2026. Although the fair will certainly be attractive to Spanish collectors, its German roots are unmistakable. On the fair’s VIP day on 9 April, a gallery owner remarked that the audience was predominantly German, many of them owners of second homes on the ... read more
1 April is also a recurring opportunity for media literacy exercises. Monopol has Wolfram Weimer relocating documenta to Lake Tegernsee. In Artmagazine, VAT on art is being raised to 30 per cent. According to Hyperallergic, the Louvre is now getting door locks.No April Fool’s joke is the read more
The Munich-based auction house Neumeister closes. According to a press release, the long-established company will cease operations at the end of October: “This decision was taken by Katrin Stoll, managing partner at NEUMEISTER, for personal reasons. It relates to her life plans and coincides with the dissolution of the private ownership and heirs’ association within her family. This also included the auction house’s premises at ... read more