Overview
- This year’s fair features 167 galleries, down by eight, a level the director notes is comparable to late-1960s editions.
- The visitor mix is shifting as the number of curators and museum directors has tripled while international collectors are less visible.
- The Neumarkt section expanded from 26 to 34 participants, spotlighting new Cologne spaces, with Berlin dealers returning and only sporadic participation from abroad.
- Several established Düsseldorf galleries, including Sies + Höke, Konrad Fischer and Lucas Hirsch, sat out Cologne as they target Art Düsseldorf in the spring.
- A new pop-up satellite called Neu Cöln drew large crowds with about 40 mini-presentations, and the fair’s leadership has flagged a planned Mallorca offshoot next spring.