GAA GALLERY – Alexandra Hecker

GAA GALLERY – Alexandra Hecker

A spirited youthful crossatlantic gallery operation, with gallery dog and next generation in tow. GAA focuses on contemporary, mainly emerging artists, but also represents more historic artists and estates. Presenting progressive work, including more often than not...
ALEX SERRA – Paulo Nunes

ALEX SERRA – Paulo Nunes

Crossing town to Köln-Nippes, we discover the well-lit, double storied, glass fronted, high-ceiling Alex Serra gallery in what used to be a photography studio. “It actually was like this – I didn’t need to renovate much,” explains Paulo Nunes, founder and...
WALTHER KÖNIG BOOKSTORE – Franz König

WALTHER KÖNIG BOOKSTORE – Franz König

WALTHER KÖNIG BOOKSTORE & ART COLOGNE “Art Cologne is very closely linked to the history of our bookstore. Both started around the same time and by now we are the only exhibitor who took part in every Art Cologne ever1! At the fair, we are a neutral space, at the...
Women‘s Work is Never Done – Barcelona Manifesta 15v

Women‘s Work is Never Done – Barcelona Manifesta 15v

Choosing from her vast oeuvre, often focusing on female labour and representation celebrating unsung heroines from diverse cultures and socioeconomic histories, here I ask her about the Barcelona Manifesta 15 in 2024.  Over the course of two years Schnitger created a...
RISE! – Lara Schnitger

RISE! – Lara Schnitger

Lara Schnitger and I first spent great times together in the mid-nineties in New York which involved a generous amount of partying, Lara dazzling with her great sense of style. I opened UP&CO September 1996 – some six months after Anton Kern opened his gallery –...