Press releases of ART COLOGNE

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.

Jagoda Bednarsky, Enya Burger, Jakub Choma, Alyce Ford, Josephine Jannack, Tomas Kleiner, Fabian Knecht, Eden Naël Liedtke, Jens Pecho, Barbara Proschak, Aelita le Quément, Elliott Jamal Robbins, Madeleine Roger-Lacan, Lukas Städler, Prateek Vijan

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 ++

From Asian Indian, geometric, abstract textile art of the 15th century through contemporary textile sculptures from Africa to minimalist, historical ceramics - Nine galleries and dealers will present a curated crossover in the further-developed ART + OBJECT section at ART COLOGNE from 7 to 10 November 2024.  When ART COLOGNE takes place in November for the 57th time, Cologne will once again

More than 175 galleries and dealers from 24 countries in Cologne in November +++ Strong increase in young galleries

Koelnmesse and the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (German association of galleries and art dealers) announce Christian und Karen Boros as this year's ART COLOGNE prizewinners. The couple has rendered outstanding services in the mediation of contemporary visual arts and is being honoured with the prize for its achievements as museum founders, exhibition organisers and book publishers. Christian and Karen Boros have been making parts of their art collection accessible to the public through exhibitions in a former bunker in Berlin since 2008.

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