Press releases of ART COLOGNE

Works by Joëlle Dubois and Chargesheimer for Museum Ludwig and the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

Around 45,000 visitors ++ Successful mix of new-to-market and established art ++ Strong sales in the five-to six-figure price range on all four days of the fair including a seven figure sale on sunday

++ 20 outstanding artistic positions in the sponsorship booths at this year's ART COLOGNE ++

18 programme points on three days ++ On site in Cologne and as live stream ++ Well-known guests like Franz Ackermann, Wolfgang Ullrich, Sasa Hanten-Schmidt, Julia Voss, Josh Baer and Walther König ++ Current challenges and themes of the international art scene

++ Artists and artworks presented at this year's ART COLOGNE ++

ART COLOGNE is taking place from 16-19 November 2023 in Cologne and presents a multifaceted and high-quality supporting programme. In addition to this year's collection presentation of the LBBW, there is also the second special event of the ZADIK, the gallery owner Barbara Gross.

The ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Associations 2023 goes to the Dortmunder Kunstverein Oliver Koerner von Gustorf receives the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism 2023 ++ ART COLOGNE, in cooperation with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (ADKV), is awarding the prize endowed with 8,000 Euro ++

++"past is present is past" – new acquisitions of the LBBW Collection ++ Past and present placed in a changeful relationship with one another: selected works from purchases between 2018 and 2023 ++

Around 170 galleries and dealers in Cologne in November +++ Galleries from Austria very well represented in all segments

Koelnmesse and the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (German association of galleries and art dealers) announce Walther König as this year's ART COLOGNE prize winner. This year's ART COLOGNE Award is the first time that a bookseller and publisher has been honoured for special achievements in art education. Far more than 4,000 exhibition catalogues, monographs,