“Art needs places to bring it to life.”

Dorothee M., museum director

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“To really understand art, you need to collect it.”

Manuel S., art collector

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“I don’t deal in diamonds, but in feelings!”

Fernando K., gem dealer

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“My instrument is my life. And I want it to be in the best of hands.”

Natalie P., cellist

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“Art is not a mass commodity, which is why it should not be shipped as such.”

Reinhold K., art shipper

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Creating and protecting values
Creating value is one of humankind’s main driving forces. It is a millennia-old human preoccupation. Gold was being wrought into ritual objects and jewellery as far back as 4,000 BCE – and more than 300 years ago, Antonio Stradivari created likely the most precious violin in the world.

However, the thrill is not confined to creating and possessing valuables. Collecting, buying and selling, and displaying precious objects holds a special fascination for people of all cultures.

However, irrespective of the passion gripping them, those lovers of valuable objects have one thing in common: the desire to protect them in the best possible way.

Wolfgang Tillmans, Freischwimmer 177, 2011 | Courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Köln | Munich Re Art Collection

We share
your passion

ERGO offers the optimum insurance cover for every passion revolving around values. For collectors who possess the most precious of objects. For shippers to whom valuables are usually entrusted for only a short time. For exhibitors who display them and gallery owners who buy and sell them. And finally, for musicians who use these precious objects every day. For all these people, ERGO provides arguably the most practical of all values: security.

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Collecting

Collecting

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Exhibiting

Exhibiting

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Buying and selling

Buying and selling

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Making music

Making music

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Markus Linnenbrink, Exitbehindmyeyelids, 2010 | Foto: Holger Siepmann | Corporate Collection ERGO
“ERGO designs the first children’s gaming website for the Kunstpalast Museum.”

“ERGO designs the first children’s gaming website for the Kunstpalast Museum.”

In 2019, the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast was the first museum in Germany to launch an interactive website for children.

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“Limited editions – affordable art for everyone”

“Limited editions – affordable art for everyone”

Art dealer Sebastian Vogel turned his passion into his work.

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“The heist must have been well planned.”

“The heist must have been well planned.”

ERGO art expert Julia Ries commenting on the robbery of the century in Dresden’s Historic Green Vault.

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ERGO: you can
rely on us

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ERGO Versicherung AG is part of ERGO Group AG, one of the major insurance groups in Germany and Europe. Our extensive portfolio of tailored products and services reflects our high level of customer centricity and decades of experience – also with regard to insuring valuable works of art and precious objects. Independent rating agencies attest to our financial clout. Furthermore, ERGO is part of Munich Re AG, one of the world’s leading reinsurers and risk bearers. Our clients are thus guaranteed more experience, power and security – also for very special values.

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