The 2025 edition of TEFAF Maastricht, presented by The European Fine Art Foundation, returned to the MECC in signature style, featuring historical rediscoveries, exceptional artworks, and museum-quality collectibles from a diverse breadth of exhibitors. TEFAF Maastricht runs from March 15th – 20th, 2025.
Globally recognized as the premier fair for fine art, antiques, and design, TEFAF Maastricht offers unparalleled collecting opportunities, showcasing 7,000 years of art history, from ancient to contemporary. Alongside the world’s leading dealers, the fair will feature the return of the TEFAF Focus section for a second year, where galleries with curatorial platforms explore the work of a single artist or concept in greater depth. The TEFAF Summit will also return for its second year on March 17, in association with the Netherlands Commission for UNESCO, AXA XL, and partner organizations including Deloitte and ICOM Belgium Flanders. This year’s TEFAF Summit will focus on the challenges of declining public funding in recent years, examining how philanthropy and innovative private funding models can support Europe’s non-profit fine arts sector.
In addition, TEFAF will showcase two landmark loan exhibitions from Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte and KMSKA, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, underscoring its commitment to fostering dialogue between institutions, collectors, and art enthusiasts worldwide.
FAD Contributor Lee Sharrock picks her Top 9.
Landau Fine Art
Landau Fine Art are exhibiting Picasso’s “Les Dormeurs”, an important painting that holds a distinguished place, not only in Picasso’s legacy, but also in the history of modern art. Chosen by Picasso’s esteemed and long-time dealer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, to hang behind his desk, this extraordinary painting went on to become a symbol of Picasso’s genius. It featured prominently in interviews and exhibitions, including Picasso’s seminal 1971 Retrospective at the Louvre, one of the rare occasions when the Mona Lisa was relocated to make way for another piece.
TAFETA
TAFETA–a London-based gallery founded by Ayo Adeyinka and speciliaizing in 20th century and contemporary African art–is exhibiting several 20th century African artists who were featured in the 2024 Venice Biennale. Artists featured at TEFAF include Ben Enwonwu MBE, Uche Okeke, Malangatana, Twins Seven Seven, Bruce Onobrakpeya and Yinka Shonibare CBE.
Richard Saltoun
Richard Saltoun’s presentation in the Focus section is dedicated to Lebanese artist Juliana Seraphim and showcase her Surrealist paintings from the 1960s-1980s. Seraphim engaged with the liberation of female sexuality and agency, nature and spirituality and was a pioneer of the Middle Eastern art scene of the period.
Daniel Crouch Rare Books
Cartographic innovation of the Dutch Golden Age is the focus of Daniel Crouch Rare Books’ booth, which recreates the library of celebrated cartographer Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer.
Bowman Sculpture
100 years of Art Deco, female artists and rare 19th century pieces are foregrounded through Bowman Sculpture’s presentation. Highlights include Sarah Bernhardt’s Autoportrait, Attilio Piccirilli’s Flower of the Alps, Boleslas Biegas’s The Wave (1907), Helaine Blumenfeld OBE’s Messenger of the Spirit (2006) and Dame Barbara Hepworth’s Three Forms (Winter Rocks) (1965). New works by contemporary artist Massimiliano Pelletti are also featured as well as several exquisite Auguste Rodin sculptures including L’Éternel Printemps(Eternal Spring), 1st Reduction (conceived in 1884, cast in 1907), and Le Baiser (The Kiss), 1st Reduction (conceived in 1886, cast in 1912).
Wienerroither & Kohlbacher Gallery
Wienerroither & Kohlbacher Gallery is exhibiting a rediscovered Gustav Klimt Portrait of an African Prince. Klimt’s beautiful 1897 portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona was lost after World War II and verified after its rediscovery by Klimt expert Alfred Weidinger. It’s avalaible for €15 million ($16.4 million).
White Cube
White Cube is exhibiting works by Georg Baselitz, Lynne Drexler, Tracey Emin, Imi Knoebel, Kenneth Noland, and Danh Vo. Highlights include Georg Baselitz’s radical early oil on canvas from 1962 titled Drei Kopfe (Three Heads) and Tracey Emin’s Barbed Wire Stitches 2024, which alludes to the artist’s recent battle with life-threatening illness.
Pauline Pavec
Previously overlooked Impressionist Marie Braquemond (1840-1916) is the focus of Pauline Pavec’s booth at TEFAF Maastricht. Braquemond studied under Ingres and his influence can be seen in her light-dappled canvases. Six of the paintings on display at TEFAF have sold to private collections and institutions in the US, Netherlands, France and UK.
Feng J
First TEFAF exhibitor from mainland China and one of youngest. Feng J great granddaughter of an esteemed 19th Century Court painter. She creates unique jewellery worthy of any Hollywood starlet. Inspired by abstract and impressionist art, Feng J paints with gems to blend Chinese heritage techniques with the Western art of high jewellery.
TEFAF Maastricht is at the MECC Maastricht until 20th March, 2025.
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Lee Sharrock is a global creative PR consultant, freelance curator, artist and contributor to FAD, Artlyst, Artplugged and Creative Review. Lee is also the founder of Culturalee.art. Culturalee is a celebration of the rich global tapestry of culture, including art exhibitions, museum shows, art fairs, cultural destinations, design, film, fashion, photography and literature. Culturalee highlights some of the most exciting talent and hotbeds of culture around the world with interviews, reviews and features. Lee studied at Norwich University of the Arts, University College London (UCL) and la Universita di Bologna, before embarking on a career in the art world and advertising industry. She started her career at Sotheby’s Auctioneers and worked at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), M&C Saatchi, Timothy Taylor Gallery and Saatchi & Saatchi before launching Lee Sharrock PR as a bespoke cultural PR consultancy.www.leesharrock.co.uk
