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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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