Press releases of ART COLOGNE

Sales in the four to seven-figure price range ++ Around 45,000 visitors ++ High level of visitor quality ++ International collectors from Europe and the USA

Successful opening ++ Sales in the four to seven-figure price range ++ Top sale of 2.75 million Euro ++ Positive mood of galleries and visitors

"Charlotte Zander: collector, gallery owner, museum founder"

The 58th ART COLOGNE will open next week from 6 to 9 November 2025. Daniel Hug, Director and artistic director of the art fair, provides a first overview of the offering in the interview.

On the occasion of the 58th edition of ART COLOGNE, which is taking place from 6 to 9 November 2025, the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg will present an exhibition conceived of especially for this occasion. The "Worlds of Sound" collection presentation curated by Barbara Thomann will show around 40 works from the LBBW Collection that are associated with sounds, noises or music culture in totally different ways. The exhibits thereby range from painting of the 1930's to contemporary art.

19 outstanding artistic positions in the sponsorship booths at ART COLOGNE 2025

Koelnmesse, the parent company of ART COLOGNE, announces the new art fair in Palma, Majorca, set to take place next spring from 9 to 12 April 2026.

Noemi Y. Molitor distinguished with the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Criticism 2025 ++ Dresdner Kunstverein awarded the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Art Associations 2025 ++ In cooperation with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine (ADKV), ART COLOGNE is awarding the prizes endowed with 5,000 and 8,000 Euro respectively

165 galleries from 25 countries from 6 to 9 November in Cologne ++ Strong mix of established positions and young talents ++ NEUMARKT and COLLABORATIONS expanding

Koelnmesse and the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (German association of galleries and art dealers) announce Dr Andrée Sfeir-Semler as this year's ART COLOGNE prize recipient.

14 art associations nominated ++ 17 direct applications received from Kunstvereine

The application phase for this year's ART COLOGNE, which will take place from 6 to 9 November 2025 in the Cologne exhibition halls, has started. Galleries from around the world have the possibility until 24 April 2025 to submit their applications for the GALLERIES (art of the 20th and 21st centuries), COLLABORATIONS, ART + OBJECT as well as NEUMARKT sections and to thus become part of the 58th ART COLOGNE.

++ Generous support of the "Freunde der ART COLOGNE e.V." ++ Hanging takes place on 17.12.2024 ++

Well-known guests like Maria Alekhina von Pussy Riot, Karen and Christian Boros, Hans-Georg Esch, Tobias Rehberger, Reinhard Ernst, Andra Lauffs-Wegner, Arno Morenz, Diedrich Diederichsen, Meron Mendel or Forensic Architecture in a dialogue about collector culture, art and societal themes.

The immersive panorama installation "Pompeii" by HGEsch and the experimental audio book adaption "LSD" by Kerim Seiler, interpreted by Laura Sundermann and Krzysztof Honowski enrich the programme of this year's ART COLOGNE.

In its special event at ART COLOGNE, the ZADIK (Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies) provides exciting insights into the activities, history and development of the Hamburg auction house Hauswedell & Nolte. The company archive of an important auction house, founded prior to the Second World War and existing until 2016, found its way into the possession of a publicly

++ Collection presentation curated by Birgit Wiesenhütter ++ Positions on 240 m² ++ LBBW Art Talks with Monopol ++

The application phase for this year's ART COLOGNE, which will take place from 7 to 10 November 2024 in the Cologne exhibition halls, has started. Galleries from around the world have the possibility until 18 April 2024 to submit their applications for the CONTEMPORARY, MODERN / POSTWAR ART, COLLABORATIONS, NEUMARKT and ART + OBJECT sections and to thus become part of the 57th ART COLOGNE. An