Courtesye TEFAF Maastricht A Balkan gang is suspected of being behind the theft of diamonds at last year’s edition of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), the renowned Dutch art fair, the Limburg police department announced Friday. An international consortium of researchers and detectives working on the case believe the theft to be the work

A global pandemic, an attempted armed robbery and four leadership changes over three years—it’s fair to say that The European Fine Art Foundation (Tefaf) has faced a few challenges of late. Nevertheless, with its Maastricht event returning to its usual springtime slot in the calendar (11-19 March) following a slimmed-down edition in June last year,

From March 11 through 19, a treasure trove of incredibly rare jewels can be explored at one of the world’s top art fairs, the European Fine Art Foundation’s TEFAF Maastricht in the Netherlands. Staying true to the standards set by previous TEFAF fairs, the jewels—along with Old Masters paintings, antique furniture, and more—were carefully curated

The last thing the organizers of a venerable event like the European Fine Art Fair want to be associated with is a heist. But during last year’s fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands, four men smashed a glass display case with a sledgehammer and took jewelry, the police said, in broad daylight as horrified collectors and

Designing a major art fair is like creating a temporary metropolis. It involves months of research, imagining and planning; weeks and weeks of building; and, above all, it requires a singular vision: to bring hundreds of presenters and thousands of attendees together. Based in Amsterdam, Tom Postma and his firm, Tom Postma Design, have designed

In theory, any collector who is willing to pay for a work of art is a good collector. But art dealers favor having a museum as a client, since an institutional purchase confers prestige on the art, as well as the gallery that sold it. TEFAF Maastricht has always prided itself on having groups of