Hundreds of private jets had begun streaming into the airport. More than 100,000 individual flowers had been delivered, as had the 11,000 oysters and 3,400 bottles of champagne that would be shucked and poured over the course of six days, keeping all the gathered UHNWIs—not to mention reps from the greatest arts institutions in the
Maastricht, Netherlands—Attendees and exhibitors at the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht, Netherlands were temporarily evacuated Tuesday following an armed smash-and-grab robbery. According to Dutch police, around 11:30 a.m. local time, four men, unmasked, approached the showcases of British jeweler Symbolic & Chase, an antiques dealer specializing in 20th century European fine jewelry and
Police say they’ve arrested two men in connection with the suspected robbery, but are still looking for two more. ADVERTISEMENT Police in the Dutch city of Maastricht have arrested two men after a suspected robbery at a prestigious art fair was caught on camera. Two other suspects are still on the run. The drama unfolded
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A man clad in the drab finery of a European art show attendee interrupted the staid hobnobbing of a premier gathering for buyers and sellers of fine art in the Netherlands on Tuesday, when he whipped out a sledgehammer, and with calm focus, smashed open
On Tuesday morning, Marian Bies-de Wolf was working at TEFAF, the world’s pre-eminent fine art and antiquities fairs, when she saw a group of men running through its corridors. It was a strange sight, she said in a telephone interview, since “nobody runs at TEFAF,” which is held annually in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Then things
28 June 2022 Image caption, A picture taken after the raid showed the damage caused to the display cases Two men have been arrested after a gang of robbers smashed glass display cases at a European fine art fair in the Dutch city of Maastricht. In a brazen raid on the Tefaf art fair, one
A band of stylishly dressed robbers pulled off a “terrifying” broad day heist at one of Europe’s top art fairs on Tuesday, which art insiders told Page Six had “people panicked.” The attack went down at the Netherlands-based megafair TEFAF — which New Yorkers know from its annual iteration at the Park Avenue Armory in
As the art world attempts to get the global art fair calendar back on track, it seems there are still some final pivots needed—after more than two years of adaptation and reshuffling—before a full return to IRL events. That is at least part of the reason why the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) chose to
Art Market Paul Laster Booths at the 2022 edition of TEFAF Maastricht. Image courtesy TEFAF. Touting itself as the world’s leading art and antiques fair, The European Fine Art Fair—popularly known as TEFAF—delivers on its branding by consistently offering world-class works, and this year is no exception. Presenting some 7,000 years of art, the 2022
Tefaf (The European Fine Art Fair) in Maastricht is known as the pre-eminent fair for old masters and European works of art—and for its baroque fresh flower displays blossoming out of walls and overspilling banquettes placed strategically down its aisles. For the 35th edition, which opened on Friday instead of in its usual March slot,