ART, AN EMOTIONAL ASSET

The Economy of Aesthetics: Museums, Brands, and the New Grammar of Desire

Imagine an exhibition that looks exactly like a luxury brand flagship store. The walls immaculate white,...

Vol. 268 Live from Art Basel Paris

Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff & Aurelia Rauch

This week, Aurelia Rauch and Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff (Bergos Art Consult) report from Art Basel Paris....

Vol. 267 Live from Frieze London

Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff & Aurelia Rauch

This week, Aurelia Rauch and Marie-Kathrin Krimphoff (Bergos Art Consult) report directly from Frieze in...

Vol. 264 In Loving Memory of Dr Thomas Kellein

Dr Thomas Kellein

Dr Thomas Kellein passed away on 22 September 2025. We share this January 2024 episode in loving memory of a...

The Art Summer after Dürer

I was already reading this book several months ago. It begins with incredible suspense. It’s about...

The Art market lives

And long live the art market, now as ever! The first half of 2025 was, if you followed the media, a...

Vol 251 Live from the Art Basel fair in Basel

This week, Marie Krimphoff (Bergos Art Consult) joins us in Basel to share some insights from the Art Basel...

Facts Behind the Facts

According to Karl Marx, there is an economic base and a superstructure. Included in the latter are all forms...

Has the Time for Panic Come?

“Thee 1930s all over again?”— this headline from the Italian-British Art Newspaper elicits a shudder....

What Does It Mean to Own Art?

“What does owning art mean to you?” Gerd Presler once asked the now-deceased auctioneer Eberhard W....