Claude Ruiz-Picasso, son of Pablo Picasso and the longtime administrator of the late Spanish artist’s estate, the Succession Picasso, has died in August 2023 at the age of 76 in Switzerland. Born in 1947, Claude was a photojournalist, graphic designer … Continued
The art magazine Kunstforum international, usually published every two months, is a recognized force within the German-speaking art scene. It is reflecting contemporary art and an indispensable tool for artists, art insiders and people who understand art as a living … Continued
We remember Horst Leichenich (1948 – 2021). Artists friend and collector Horst Leichenich was a central figure in Cologne’s cultural life. In 1974, with the founding of the legendary ROXY in Cologne, he made it possible for the international art … Continued
We remember Konstantin J. Safiriou (1949 – 2020). He was our friend and inspiration. Konstantin Johannes Safiriou (* 1949), private scholar, author, economic and cultural advisor, died too early, predictably and yet unexpectedly on September 14, 2020. He was a boisterous … Continued
Numerous levels and its facets explain the value. In any case, a broad and deep access to a work is necessary in order to experience its meaning. This is a difficult process about previous knowledge, prejudices, monetary valuations, own experiences … Continued
We will never forget our friend, the photographer and conceptual artist Heinz-Günter Mebusch (1952 – 2001). Mebusch was a unique combination of a deeply sensitive and empathic person and a visionary artist. On the traditional basis of subjective photography of his … Continued
On 16th February 2017 our friend, the Greek artist Jannis Kounellis, one of the leading figures of the Arte Povera movement, passed away in Rome’s Villa Mafalda hospital. Born in Piraeus, Greece in 1936, the artist moved to Rome at the … Continued
Our friend, the English artist and photographer John Constantin Brancusi Moore (* 1934), died in his home near Paris in November 2016. HIs parents, the father of modern sculpture, Constantin Brancusi, and the famous Schumann interpreter Vera Moore, created … Continued
Wolfgang Siemens, a great neo expressionist artist, we have accompanied for several years, died in February 2016. Scion of the famous Siemens-family, he studied with Friedrich Vordemberge and Karl Marx at the Kölner Werkschulen, where he had lectured later on … Continued