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
European artists enjoyed a record-breaking year at auction in 2015.Photo: Yahoo News The global art market remained strong and buoyant in 2015. Boosted by record-shattering auction sales and new buyers from emerging markets, it has been an exciting year for auction houses, dealers, and collectors. According to data from artnet’s Price Database, European artists have had an
Michel Witmercourtesy photo American art expert, Michel Cox Witmer, spearheads unique grant making program. In an unprecedented move, ten American museums have been awarded grants from The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF). TEFAF’s new grants program is the brainchild of art collector Michel Cox Witmer, who serves on TEFAF’s board. These TEFAF grants mark a
Since the dawn of the web, companies have tried — and mostly failed — to sell fine art online. In 1999, for example, eBay bought Butterfield & Butterfield, one of the largest traditional auction houses, for $260 million, promising to use technology to bring fine art to the masses. Three years later, finding Internet users
“It’s not enough to have good artists or ambitious galleries,” said Annamaria Molnar, a gallery owner in Budapest, explaining that Vienna provided a stronger cultural environment that could attract international collectors. She came to the fair with a curated selection of work by emerging Hungarian artists who explore how humans recede in urban landscapes. Her
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Wiley about his latest exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, “A New Republic.” This story originally aired on May 22, 2015, on All Things Considered. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And the first time I saw a Kehinde Wiley painting was out of the corner of my eye. I saw this blood red