August 9, 2024
European Fine art

The Must-See Jewels at TEFAF Maastricht 2023

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

Read More
European Fine art

TEFAF is the Art Fair Curators Love

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

Read More
European Fine art

For Those Attending TEFAF, Art Outweighs a Robbery

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

Read More
European Fine art

The MENA art affair making a scene in Europe

The only European fair dedicated to modern and contemporary art from MENA, MENART Fair provides a window into this rich, cultural landscape too often underrepresented in the West. More than 200 works of art, from Morocco to Iran, were on show. Chairs are overturned, shoes are abandoned on the carpet and a dining set is

Read More
European Fine art

TEFAF Maastricht 2023 highlights | Apollo Magazine

From the March 2023 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. After a one-off opening in June last year, the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) returns to Maastricht this month as usual. Some 270 galleries and dealers in art and antiques bring the best of their wares to the Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC) from 11–19

Read More
European Fine art

Citation: European Artistic Research Network (EARN) annual conference

Citation: European Artistic Research Network (EARN) annual conferenceConvened by School of Fine Art in partnership with Leeds Art Gallery and PavilionNovember 7–8, 2019 Conference : November 7- November 8, 9:15 am- 5:30 pm Leeds Art Gallery The Headrow Leeds LS1 3AA Exhibition : October 30–November 20, private view November 7, 5:30–7:30pm Project Space, School of

Read More
European Fine art

dealers decry new EU sales tax that could wipe out Paris’s booming commercial scene

A new EU tax directive that will dramatically raise the cost of selling art in France “would be fatal” for the country’s art market”, warns Thaddaeus Ropac, the founder of the eponymous global gallery brand. He is one of a growing legion of dealers, auctioneers and advisers who are up in arms over what the

Read More
European Fine art

AI comes for the creative class – POLITICO

The job — annual salary $90,000-$100,000 — entails developing and testing “prompts,” the text that tells AI programs what to create. The ideal candidate would have an eclectic background, blending coding skills with creativity and, according to Addition’s CEO Paul Aaron, artistic sensibility.  Writing prompts has, in the view of many of its practitioners, become

Read More
European Fine art

Small Town, Big Show | Business Jet Traveler

In March, the place to be for anyone seriously connected to the art world is a small, remote medieval town at the crossroads of the Netherlands, France, and Belgium. Maastricht—better known to the world at large as the site of the signing of the 1992 Treaty of European Union—is the home of the European Fine

Read More
European Fine art

European & American Masters Triumph At Collector Fine Art’s First Annual Sale

Portrait of Margaretha de Geer (1585-1672), Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, topped the auction at $2.7 million. Review by Z.G. Burnett, Images Courtesy Collector Fine Art Auctions WARWICK, N.Y. – Collector Fine Art Auctions hosted more than 100 objects during its Fine European/American Paintings & Furniture auction on February 4, featuring lots from estates in Tuxedo

Read More