{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-js","path":"/photobook-publisher-steidl-faces-insolvency-proceedings/","result":{"data":{"wordpressPost":{"id":125069,"slug":"photobook-publisher-steidl-faces-insolvency-proceedings","title":"Photobook publisher Steidl faces insolvency proceedings","excerpt":"‘Times are very bad for the book industry'","content":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1230x1538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125070\" srcset=\"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1230x1538.jpg 1230w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-600x750.jpg 600w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-300x375.jpg 300w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-768x960.jpg 768w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-scaled.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1230px) 100vw, 1230px\" /><figcaption>Gerhard Steidl. Photo: Kaethe17. Wikipedia Creative Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary insolvency proceedings were opened against Steidl, the German publishing house known for its photobooks, at the request of a creditor. The proceedings, which took place last Friday in the Göttingen district court, concerned unpaid social security contributions, among other things.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other lawsuits have also been reportedly filed against the company for failing or delaying to pay salaries. In some cases five or six months’ worth of salary remained outstanding.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded by Gerhard Steidl in 1968, the publishing house has published work by artists including Nan Goldin, Martin Parr and Edward Burtynsky.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>‘Times are very bad for the book industry,’ <a href=\"https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goettingen/heute-steidl-verlag-aus-goettingen-in-vorlaeufiger-insolvenz,steidl-100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steidl told <em>NDR</em> </a>on Thursday.</p>\n","path":"/photobook-publisher-steidl-faces-insolvency-proceedings/","format":"standard","date":"17 July 2026","rawDate":"2026-07-17T11:39:03.000Z","branch":{"name":"artreview.com"},"author":{"name":"ArtReview","path":"/author/artreview/"},"category":{"name":"News","path":"/category/news/"},"featured_media":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-scaled.jpg","caption":"","alt_text":"","media_details":{"width":2047,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-300x375.jpg","width":300,"height":375},"medium":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-600x750.jpg","width":600,"height":750},"large":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1230x1538.jpg","width":1230,"height":1538},"wordpress_1536x1536":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1228x1536.jpg","width":1228,"height":1536},"wordpress_2048x2048":{"source_url":"https://backend.artreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gerhard-steidl-2022-1638x2048.jpg","width":1638,"height":2048}}}},"acf":{"article_artist":null,"article_video":null,"article_audio":null,"article_collaboration":"","article_custom_html_snippet":"","article_featured_title":"","article_featured_description":"","article_highlight":false,"article_custom_link_url":"","hero_image":null,"seo_title":"News | Photobook publisher Steidl faces insolvency proceedings","seo_description":"Preliminary insolvency proceedings were opened against Steidl, the German publishing house known for its photobooks, at the request of a creditor. 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