Cologne Fine Art 2013 Preview / Interview with Director Cornelia Zinken

In this video, the director of Cologne Fine Art provides us with a preview of the art fair that takes place in Cologne, Germany, 20-24 November 2013. Cornelia Zinken talks about the theme of this year’s edition (Excellent Beyond Time, Beautiful Beyond Borders), the different segments and the fair architecture, and the exhibitors and visitors. Zinken also tells us what to expect of the special exhibitions such as the Style Icons, the Cologne Fine Art Prize, and the Young Dealers, and what her goals and expectations are for the fair.

Cologne Fine Art 2013 is scheduled for 20-24 November 2013. The fair will host around 100 exhibitors and presents a crossover of styles and epochs: old and modern masters, decorative art, design and works on paper. The unique mix will be presented in an open-plan stand architecture. For the first time, Cologne Fine Art features a sponsorship program called Young Dealers, which offers attractive rates to young galleries and dealers. The complete exhibitors list and press release is available after the break.

Cologne Fine Art 2013 / Interview with Director Cornelia Zinken, Cologne (Germany), October 9, 2013.

PS: VernissageTV will cover the fair.

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Cologne Fine Art 2013: Top-of-the-range list of galleries and dealerships
Imaginative and arresting crossover of styles and epochs
New sponsorship programme for seven ‘Young Dealers’
High-calibre ‘Works on Paper’ section

Cologne Fine Art 2013 has finalised its exhibitor list. The Fair is scheduled for 20 to 24 November and will host around 100 exhibitors. They are showcasing a well-balanced, top-quality range of art objects drawn from the Fair’s traditional fields of specialization: old and modern masters, decorative art, design and works on paper. This year’s roster of exhibitors features a strong contingent of returnees and among the newcomers, seven exhibiting in the new ‘Young Dealers’ programme. The generous, open-plan stand architecture and the crossover element that defines the Fair’s specialist profile encourage spectators to engage with work of different styles and epochs and to discover exciting artistic parallels and affinities.

A sponsorship programme for ‘Young Dealers’ is a first at this year’s fair. Seven German galleries and dealerships are featuring: Galen (Greven), Kunsthandel von Seckendorff (Bamberg), 401 contemporary (Berlin), Julia Garnatz (Cologne), Kornfeld (Berlin), Galerie Ulf Larsson (Cologne) and Luzán (Berlin). Their specialist fields are Old Masters, 20th-century art, decorative art, fine furniture and sculpture. The new programme offers attractive rates tailored to young galleries and dealers to help them exhibit at Cologne Fine Art. Koelnmesse and the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler (BVDG) are sponsoring the new initiative and see it as a contribution to the long-term sustainability of the art market.

In 2011, Cologne Fine Art introduced a special section titled ‘Works on Paper’. The section has its own catalogue. Exhibits range from Old Master prints and drawings to contemporary works. They offer fascinating insights into the whole range of works on paper. Thirteen leading galleries and dealerships invite visitors to engage with some of the finest examples of work by key figures in the history of the graphic arts.

Cologne Fine Art 2013 exhibitor list, grouped by specialist field:

Old Masters and Nineteenth-Century Art
Graphisches Antiquariat & Kunsthandel H.-G. Braun (Wuppertal), Kunsthandel Georg Britsch (Bad Schussenried), Kunsthaus Bühler (Stuttgart), Fine Art & Antiques R. Bürgerhausen (Aachen), Kunsthandel Stefan Decker (Baden Baden), Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), Galen Galerie (Greven), Galerie am Elisengarten (Aachen), Maier & Co. Fine Art (Stuttgart), Dr. Michael Nöth Internationaler Kunsthandel (Ansbach), Galerie Paffrath (Düsseldorf), Galerie Dr. Riedl (Munich), Dr. Tilman Roatzsch Kunsthandel (Haag), Schlapka (Munich), Kunsthandel Dr. Thomas Schmitz-Avila (Bad Breisig), Kunsthandel Karl Schwarzer (Düsseldorf), Kunsthandel von Seckendorff (Bamberg), SETAREH carpets ∙ art (Düsseldorf), Galerie Teutschbein (Frankfurt)

Works on Paper
Arnoldi-Livie (Munich), Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel (Munich), Galerie Klaus Benden (Cologne), C. G. Boerner (Düsseldorf), Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese (Stuttgart), Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens (Cologne), Kunsthandel Ralph R. Haugwitz (Berlin), Galerie Fred Jahn (Munich), LEVY Galerie (Hamburg), Galerie Ludorff (Düsseldorf), Thole Rotermund Kunsthandel (Hamburg), Thomas Salis art & design (Salzburg), Galerie Michael Werner (Cologne)

Non-European Art – Asian Art
Blue Elephant (Steinach), Dierking Galerie am Paradeplatz (Zurich), Galerie Flachsmann (Kronberg), Galerie Peter Hardt (Radevormwald), Galerie Hirschmann (Berlin), André Kirbach Kunsthandel (Düsseldorf), Ollis & Oostermeijer Chinese antiquities (Beekbergen), Gottfried Ruetz (Munich), Hans-Martin Schmitz Alte Kunst aus Japan und China (Cologne), Galerie Simonis (Düsseldorf), Galerie Vömel (Düsseldorf), Michael Woerner (Hong Kong)

Design
Galerie Hans-Peter Jochum (Berlin), Frank Landau (Frankfurt), SETAREH carpets ∙ art (Düsseldorf)

Prints – Rare Books
Graphisches Antiquariat & Kunsthandel H.-G. Braun (Wuppertal), Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), Galerie Hirschmann (Berlin), Antiquariat Hans Lindner (Mainburg), Gottfried Ruetz (Munich), Stefan Schuelke Fine Books (Cologne)

Icons
Dr. Brenske Gallery (Munich), Galerie V. Puch (Deisenhofen), Ikonengalerie Rutz (Düsseldorf)

Twentieth-Century Art
401 contemporary (Berlin), Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie (Bielefeld), Beck & Eggeling (Düsseldorf), Galerie Klaus Benden (Cologne), Berengo Studio 1989 (Murano), Galerie Andreas Binder (Munich), Galerie Boisserée (Cologne), Graphisches Antiquariat & Kunsthandel H.-G. Braun (Wuppertal), Kunsthaus Bühler (Stuttgart), Kunsthandel Stefan Decker (Baden-Baden), Dierking Galerie am Paradeplatz (Zurich), Galerie Döbele (Dresden), Galerie Française Gérard Schneider (Munich), Galerie am Elisengarten (Aachen), Galerie Julia Garnatz (Cologne), Kunsthandel Hagemeier (Frankfurt), Galerie Marianne Hennemann (Königswinter), Galerie Hirschmann (Berlin), Galerie Heinz Holtmann (Cologne), André Kirbach Kunsthandel (Düsseldorf), Galerie Koch (Hanover), Galerie Kornfeld (Berlin), KRÜMMER fine art (Hamburg), Galerie Ulf Larsson (Cologne), Galerie Ludorff (Düsseldorf), Galerie Luzán (Berlin), Galerie Maulberger (Munich), Kunstkontor Dr. Doris Möllers (Münster), Dr. Michael Nöth Internationaler Kunsthandel (Ansbach), Galerie Paffrath (Düsseldorf), Galerie Dr. Riedl (Munich), Galerie Rudolf (Kampen ), Schlapka (Munich), Galerie Schlichtenmaier (Grafenau), Galerie Schüller (Munich), Kunsthandel Karl Schwarzer (Düsseldorf), Galerie Schwarzer (Düsseldorf), SETAREH carpets ∙ art (Düsseldorf), Galerie Franz Swetec (Düsseldorf), Galerie Utermann (Dortmund), Galerie von Vertes (Zurich), Galerie Vömel (Düsseldorf)

Decorative Art
Basedau Feine Alte Spazierstöcke (Hamburg), Boettcher & Ofner (Burgwedel), Fine Art & Antiques R. Bürgerhausen (Aachen), Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), Grobusch Kunsthandel (Aachen), André Kirbach Kunsthandel (Düsseldorf), MEDIEVAL ART COLOGNE – Elmar Robert (Cologne), Galerie V. Puch (Deisenhofen), Dr. K. & R. Schepers (Münster), Kunsthandel Dr. Thomas Schmitz-Avila (Bad Breisig), Kunsthandel von Seckendorff (Bamberg), Bob Shimanovich (Berlin), Kunsthandel Steinbeck (Aachen), The old Treasury (Kerkrade)

Fine Furniture
Kunsthandel Georg Britsch (Bad Schussenried), Fine Art & Antiques R. Bürgerhausen (Aachen), Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), MEDIEVAL ART COLOGNE – Elmar Robert (Cologne), Dr. Tilman Roatzsch Kunsthandel (Haag), Schlapka (Münster), Kunsthandel Dr. Thomas Schmitz-Avila (Bad Breisig), Kunsthandel von Seckendorff (Bamberg)

Porcelain
Boettcher & Ofner (Burgwedel), Galerie Flachsmann (Kronberg), Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), Kunsthandel Dr. Dagmar Holz (Königswinter), Kunsthandel Steinbeck (Aachen)

Jewellery
Claude-Noëlle (Brussels), Fabéry de Jonge Antique Jewellery (Sluis), van Kranendonk Duffels (Volkel), Rí–DER (Bergisch Gladbach), The old Treasury (Kerkrade)

Silver
Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), Boettcher & Ofner (Burgwedel), Dr. K. & S. Schepers (Münster), Kunsthandel Dr. Thomas Schmitz-Avila (Bad Breisig), Kunsthandel Steinbeck (Aachen), The old Treasury (Kerkrade)

Sculpture
Galerie Andreas Binder (Munich), Kunsthaus Bühler (Stuttgart), Fine Art & Antiques R. Bürgerhausen (Aachen), Christian Eduard Franke Antiquitäten (Bamberg), Galerie Hirschmann (Berlin), MEDIEVAL ART COLOGNE – Elmar Robert (Cologne), Galerie V. Puch (Deisenhofen), Dr. Tilman Roatzsch Kunsthandel (Haag), Schlapka (Munich), Kunsthandel Dr. Thomas Schmitz-Avila (Bad Breisig), Kunsthandel von Seckendorff (Bamberg), Bob Shimanovich (Berlin)

Antique Rugs & Carpets – Gobelins and Tapestries
Teppichkunst Hirschberg (Cologne), SETAREH carpets ∙ art (Düsseldorf)

For a complete exhibitor list, please visit the Cologne Fine Art website at: http://www.cofaa.com/exhibitor_list

About Cologne Fine Art:
‘Zeitlos gut. Grenzenlos schön’ [Excellent beyond time. Beautiful beyond borders]. The Fair’s exciting juxtaposition of styles and epochs, its outstanding mix of ancient art and Old Masters, modernism, decorative art, design and works on paper showcased under one roof, sets it apart from all national and international events of its kind.

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