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Kobel's Art Weekly Archive

Good-bye White Cube party in Miami Beach

Kobel's Art Weekly 47 2024

First things first: the White Cube party, which used to ring in the Miami season every year, is no more, as Annie Armstrong of Artnet (paywall) and a few other things that you might have preferred not to know: "The event was notorious for letting the more buttoned-up patrons of the art world let their hair down. Marc Spiegler, ... read more

Art Cologne 2024; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 46 2024

Art Cologne doesn't let anything throw it off course that easily, notes Christof Habres for recalls the tradition of the fair in the Tagesspiegel: “With so much nostalgia, one cannot help but think of the glory days of the longest-running modern and contemporary art fair in the eighties: an era that had yet to ... read more

Artissima 2024; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 45 2024

There are no bananas here. If the big international auction houses believe they have to counter a structural crisis in the entire industry and their own business model with an ever-increasing infantilisation of the speculative commodity art, one can only hope they enjoy a happy market correction.And finally someone, even in the finance department, is saying it: art is a ... read more

Contemporary Istanbul; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 44 2024

The art market Monopoly continues: after a good eight years, the Endeavour event and entertainment group wants to part with Frieze, along with two tennis tournaments. A press release states: “'Endeavor's portfolio includes iconic, global, and must-attend events spanning sports, entertainment, and the arts,' said Mark Shapiro, President and Chief Operating Officer, Endeavor. ‘As part of Endeavor, Frieze and the ... read more

Art Basel Paris 2024; photo Stefan Kobel

Kobel's Art Weekly 43 2024

The first edition of Art Basel Paris was an impressive demonstration. Who is top dog in Europe should be clear by now. It is not only the Swiss with their event that is outstripping London. There is now also a whole range of attractive satellite fairs, above all the Paris Internationale, for which there has never been a comparable avant-garde forum in the UK. However, ... read more

Frieze London 2024; photo Stephan Zilkens

Kobel's Art Weekly 42 2024

Silke Hohmann from Monopol is impressed by Swinging London and the new layout of Frieze: “Placing all the big names next to each other, at the back, is bold, but coherent. After all, everyone can be sure of finding their way to White Cube, Sadie Coles, Gagosian or Ropac anyway. After the VIP opening at 11 o'clock on Wednesday ... read more