Gallerist Alex Flick’s insider guide to Cologne

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I was raised by my mother in England, but my father is from the Rhineland so I often visited family in Cologne. When I was thinking about where to expand my gallery beyond London and Ibiza, I realised that, for a relatively small city, Cologne is steeped in cultural history. It’s where some of Germany’s greatest artists – Sigmar Polke, Isa Genzken, Joseph Beuys…