It’s increasingly common for art museums to play host to comics exhibitions. But what do comics — and manga, in particular — have to teach us about traditional forms of western fine art? Jiro Taniguchi’s latest work, Guardians of the Louvre, offers an exquisite example of the use of manga to present and showcase other
The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) has announced the lineup of exhibitors at its debut New York outing, to be organized in collaboration with ArtVest Partners. Major Old Masters and antiquities dealers such as Colnaghi (London and Madrid), Dickinson (London and New York), and Talabardon & Gautier (Paris) will bring their wares. Slated to take
Caldwell, N.J. – Caldwell University is pleased to announce that Art History Professor Jennifer Noonan is one of a select group of faculty members nationwide chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to participate in a special week-long seminar on Teaching Pre-Modern European Art in Context. The seminar on “Sight and Sound in Renaissance
This article is more than 7 years old. With the globalization of the art market, the number of art fairs has exploded and now every city wants to get in on the act, but is it positive for the industry? In recent times, the art market has witnessed a revolution in the way works are
During the 28 previous editions of The European Fine Art Fair in the Dutch town of Maastricht, its appeal has been straightforward. “It’s like the Met museum, but everything is for sale,” said Boris Vervoordt, a director of Axel Vervoordt, a gallery based in Belgium. The gallery is again among the 275 dealers showing their
MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands — The European Fine Art Fair, held on the outskirts of this historic Dutch city, has for almost three decades been the world’s pre-eminent commercial event devoted to pre-21st-century art and objects. But the dealer-organized fair, known as Tefaf, whose 29th edition opened on Thursday and runs through March 20, faces challenges,
The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in the small Dutch town of Maastricht opened its doors for the 29th time on Friday with 35,000 works on display. Spanning 7,000 years of art history, the objects have been inspected by 170 experts and include an early, previously unknown painting by Dutch master Rembrandt from the 1620s
Robbig-Munchen gallery’s booth at TEFAF 2015. (Photo: Alanna Martinez) The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF), which typically takes places in the Netherlands every March and showcases a range of art and antiquities from Old Masters paintings to Banksy prints, is coming to New York. TEFAF will host two editions in the Big Apple: TEFAF New
Art Fairs The two-part fair will begin this year. Cait Munro February 3, 2016 Inside the Park Avenue Armory. Courtesy of the Park Avenue Armory. New York may not need another art fair, but another art fair it shall get. The New York Times reports that TEFAF Maastricht, Europe’s most prestigious fair, will arrive in Manhattan as
LONDON — Tefaf Maastricht, Europe’s biggest and most prestigious fair devoted to art, antiques and design, is expanding into New York. The Netherlands-based event, organized by dealers under the umbrella of the European Fine Art Foundation, a nonprofit body, is collaborating with the New York art advisers Artvest Partners to hold two annual fairs at