Interview with Kirsten Witt and Matthias Arndt about a rediscovered Gesamtkunstwerk
From Cologne to Mexico
Corina Krawinkel has long been known in Cologne as a collector and museum patron. Now she has found a new role.
Rooms for Art
Interview with Johanna Hölscher and John Bock at Haus Mödrath
Everything flows
When the Bavarian Forest cooperates with Paris: a joint project by the Zink and Bao galleries in the COLLABORATIONS sector.
Interview with Daniel Hug
Who's coming in 2025, what's new: A first look at ART COLOGNE with fair director Daniel Hug.
Reopen Debate
The new talks program for ART COLOGNE was developed by curator Micaela Dixon. She focuses on internationality and more intensive discourse.
Experiments, dialogue, and ruptures
The Neumarkt sector of ART COLOGNE is booming. It is benefiting from up-and-coming newcomers such as galerie intershop, Cherry Hill, and zaza'.
Interview with Andrée Sfeir-Semler
Andrée Sfeir-Semler is receiving the ART COLOGNE Prize this year.
Doubts on the home front
The artist Stefan Strumbel adorns the entrance to ART COLOGNE with a bronze eagle sculpture.
The audibility of art
In a special exhibition at ART COLOGNE, the LBBW Collection presents works associated with sounds, noises or music culture.
The female body as a battlefield
Her retrospective at the Städel was a huge success, and now Annegret Soltau is being showcased at ART COLOGNE at the stands of two galleries.
From the outskirts to the cathedral city
With LC Queisser and Josey, Cologne's gallery scene welcomes two exciting new international additions.
Don't miss out
The most important fall exhibitions in Cologne, Düsseldorf, and the Rhineland
The star was the location
To mark the opening of the DC Open, ART COLOGNE presented its popular Sundowner event for the first time in the newly revitalised Café Central.
Callboys und Krokodile
The 17th edition of the DC Open once again celebrates the Rhineland as a creative hotspot for contemporary art.
‘More beautiful than a stock market list from the bank’
The spectacular collection of Swiss publisher Michael Ringier is on display in the Rhineland for the first time.
Fit for the future
The Important museum directors discussed new ideas for their museums at ART COLOGNE.
Can art create ethical value?
Academics Diedrich Diederichsen and Heinz Bude discuss the value system of art at ART COLOGNE.
‘We are obliged to keep fighting’
A highlight of the talks programme at ART COLOGNE was the appearance of Pussy Riot co-founder Maria Alyokhina.
High-calibre special shows
The Transitions, Pompeii and ZADIK: three special shows flank the gallery presentations at the fair.
Exterior view of the Dortmunder Kunstverein
The Dortmunder Kunstverein does a lot of things right and was honoured with the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Associations in 2023.
An eye on the avant-garde
At ART COLOGNE, Thomas Derda will be presenting a mix of classic museum works and astonishing rediscoveries.
Arrived in the city of your dreams
In the centre of New York's turbulent Tribeca, Silke Lindner runs her young gallery, which is now making its debut at ART COLOGNE.
Please do not forget the edge!
The Museum Ludwig remembers Ursula Burghardt and Benjamin Patterson - two lesser-known protagonists of Cologne's glorious Fluxus era.
Interview with Udo Kier: ‘I've always been interested in art’
To mark his 80th birthday, German Hollywood star Udo Kier is being honoured with an exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein. It is dedicated to his diverse relationships with art.
Interview with Annabelle Gräfin von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff: ‘It's easy for me to inspire.’
As ART COLOGNE Ambassador, Annabelle Gräfin von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff represents the fair on the social stage.
Women, network!
The queer-feminist initiative ‘And She Was Like: BÄM!’ campaigns for equal rights in the art scene.
The beauty of the roots
Melike Kara is one of the shooting stars of the year in the art scene. Galerie Jan Kaps is representing the artist at ART COLOGNE and her works will be on display at the young acquisition stand.
Endless food for thought
The German-French artist trio Troika is currently showing its hybrid installations at the Langen Foundation in Neuss and at ART COLOGNE at Galerie max goelitz.
“What is the most embarrassing thing?”
The Mülheimer Freiheit artists' group experienced a brief, frenzied rise in the early 1980s, but today it is almost forgotten. Galerie Michael Haas wants to change that.
Interview with Karen and Christian Boros: ‘We don't have to agree!’
Karen and Christian Boros have been awarded this year's ART COLOGNE Prize. We met the collector couple in Berlin, where they are presenting the Boros Collection in a spectacular bunker.
The privilege of collecting
Andra Lauffs-Wegner inherited her passion for collecting from her parents, which she enjoys sharing with the public in her private museum in Bad Honnef.
Next Generation
Alex Flick - son of a famous collector - is making his debut in the NEUMARKT sector of ART COLOGNE with his young gallery Gathering (London/Ibiza)
Rhenish Art Autumn
Museums and galleries in Cologne and Düsseldorf open the season with new shows. Five art tips for the autumn
Global Storyteller
Anna Boghiguian will be honoured this year with the Wolfgang Hahn Prize of the Society for Modern Art at the Museum Ludwig. A portrait.
Raise the curtain!
Who will be at ART COLOGNE this year? Which positions can we particularly look forward to? A first look at the 2024 exhibitor list with ART COLOGNE Director Daniel Hug.
Interview with Daniel Hug
Nine questions for Director Daniel Hug about ART COLOGNE 2023
Frog or Eagle?
The Art + Object section brings together galleries focusing on original objects and spectacular design. In this context, Atelier Hornemann presents a compelling collaboration with the artist Thomas Grünfeld.
The Freedom of Abstraction
Classic modernism and postwar art have always held a special place at ART COLOGNE. The Swiss gallery Henze & Ketterer is one of their key mediators.
Round Anniversaries - Part 3
Some important galleries are celebrating anniversaries at ART COLOGNE. This includes Galerie EIGEN + ART, the only gallery from the former GDR to make the leap onto the international stage.
Making the Art of the World Visible!
The legendary collectors Irene and Peter Ludwig were had a long-standing association ART COLOGNE for many years. A new book offers a glimpse into their international activities.
Interview with Yvette Mutumba
We spoke to the C& co-founder about contemporary art from Africa
Interview with Sasa Hanten-Schmidt
We met the lawyer, art expert, collector and author Sasa Hanten-Schmidt in her Cologne flat and spoke to her about her various roles in the art world.
The non-conformist was his favourite thing
He was one of the most renowned collectors in Germany. Now Harald Falckenberg has died shortly after his 80th birthday. ART COLOGNE mourns the loss of a valued partner.
ART COLOGNE Prize Awarded to Walther König
Walther König is the first bookseller and publisher to be honored with the ART COLOGNE Prize. A portrait.
Mangoes, Jute, and Father’s Mask
Traditional and contemporary Viennese galleries will showcase sculptures and paintings at ART COLOGNE, including a mural by Rosemarie Trockel, new sculptural works by Benjamin Hirte, and exceptional paintings by Jongsuk Yoon.
Black Lives Matter Is a Lived Reality for Us
We spoke with Yvette Mutumba, co-founder of Contemporary And (C&) about the platform’s accomplishments thus far and the challenges that lie ahead.
Round Anniversaries - Part 2
We would also like to congratulate Karsten Greve and the Produzentengalerie on 50 years of gallery activity.
“It's All About Love”
Sasa Hanten-Schmidt is a lawyer, art expert, collector and author. We talked with her about her roles in the art business, her latest book, and her most adventurous art acquisition.
Round Anniversaries - Part 1
At this year's ART COLOGNE there are some anniversaries to celebrate, for example 40 years of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac and 50 years of Galerie Baronian.
Boundless Fun - Part 2
In the second part of the interview with Francis Alÿs, WORLD ART editor Tim Ackermann talked about growing up in war, working in crisis areas and air football as resistance.
Boundless Fun - Part 1
On the occasion of his current exhibition in Brussels, WELTKUNST editor Tim Ackermann spoke with the artist, whose works are being shown at ART COLOGNE by Galerie Peter Kilchmann from Zurich.
A Place for All Beneath the Heavenly Canopy
Füsun Onur has exerted a profound influence on the Turkish art scene since the 1970s. Museum Ludwig in Cologne is currently hosting the first retrospective of her work outside her home country.
Wounded Souls
Düsseldorf’s K20 pays homage to the eminent outsider Chaïm Soutine with a retrospective.
kaɦ.na.vˈaw - Spirituality, Economics and Politics
Cologne and Rio de Janeiro are famous for their carnival. The project wants to reflect the connection between this and spirituality, economy and politics in an artistic way.
Red collection growth in Cologne
With the presentation of the 2022 Wolfgang Hahn Prize, an abstract painting by Frank Bowling will move into Cologne’s Museum Ludwig parallel to the opening of ART COLOGNE.
Voloshyn Gallery: From Kyiv to the world
Anyone interested in young talent from Kyiv and the surrounding area was in the right place at Voloshyn Gallery.
Neighborly Relations: The Regional Anchoring of ART COLOGNE
This fair can only exist here: The Rhineland and ART COLOGNE are so closely connected that no canvas can fit between them.
Star Artists at ART COLOGNE - Part II
At ART COLOGNE, the gallery owners present art works of museum quality
Star Artists at ART COLOGNE - Part I
The signs are good that this year’s edition of ART COLOGNE will be remembered thanks to its highlights.
Ella Bergmann and Robert Michel – a Franco-German project
The Paris-based Eric Mouchet gallery represents the estate of the artist couple Ella Bergmann-Michel and Robert Michel. These pioneers of pictorial collage were way ahead of their time.
Belgian galleries at ART COLOGNE
Creativity and collaboration: At ART COLOGNE, the "mothership of all global art fairs", Belgian galleries establish their cooperation model.
Is Informel the New Zero?
Informal art returns to the booths of international art fairs
Fresh Wind from Overseas
Bitforms Gallery, The Hole and The Pit impress with outstanding positions and enrich ART COLOGNE with new artistic media.
An Invitation to Change Your Perspective
With the galleries Zilberman, Dirimart, and Öktem Aykut, ART COLOGNE is bringing a piece of Istanbul to Cologne.
From Utopia to the Rhine
In the fifty years of its existence, the SmithDavidson Gallery has changed direction several times. One of its specializations today is Australian Aboriginal art, which the ART COLOGNE newcomer is showing for the first time at the fair.
An Indoor Garden All to Yourself
Museum Ludwig in Cologne traces people’s fascination for potted plants in art and society and sets an example in terms of sustainability
Art lovers present their fair favorites
With the digital collections of art market experts - “Expert's Choice” - Galerieplatform_DE shows highlights of ART COLOGNE 2022
New faces in the International Committee of ART COLOGNE
Sakhile Matlhare, Gabrielle Ammann and Rodolphe Janssen support the art fair now to present an international and relevant field of participants this year
Collectors Stories
Collectors Lounge: At the Teunen family’s home at Schloss Johannisberg contemporary art meets anatomical models
_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Installation view of Dutch artist Sabina Maria van der Linden at the Josey Gallery in Cologne")
/neo_rauch_heimwaerts_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Neo Rauch, Heimwärts, 2022, Five-colour chalk and ink lithograph on laid pa-per. Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner. Photo: Uwe Walter, Berlin")
/karstengreve2019_foto_albrecht_fuchs_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Gallery owner Karsten Greve in 2019 in Cologne © Albrecht Fuchs")
/2023_t_ropac_photo_barbara_gindl_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Thaddaeus Ropac in front of the painting „View out of the window“ by Georg Baselitz, 1982 © Barbara Gindl/ Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac")
/children_ukraine2023_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Ukrainian children engage in a roadblock game in Kharkiv in 2023, showcased in \"Children's Game #39: Parol.“ . Copyright: Francis Alÿs/Courtesy of the galle-ries Peter Kilchmann, Jan Mot and David Zwirner")
/francis_alys2022_photo_by_louise_stigsgaard_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Portrait of the artist Francis Alÿs")
_1200x675_t01_1025.jpg "Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Water and Tucker (1972), 76 x 91 cm, Courtesy SmithDavidson Gallery")
