TEFAF
TEFAF stands for ‘The European Fine Art Fair’. It is an organisation that runs some of the world’s leading art and antiques fairs: TEFAF Maastricht, which takes place annually in March, and TEFAF New York which takes place twice a year in the autumn and spring.
The former event takes place at the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre (MECC) in The Netherlands. The fair began life in 1975 as the bi-annual Pictura Fine Art Fair with 28 dealers specialising in Old Master paintings and medieval sculptures.
It has since expanded with exhibitors numbers increasing ten-fold and has become widely recognised as a leading art and antiques fair, attracting major collectors, both private and institutional, from around the world.
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Early trading brings brisk sales at TEFAF
27 June 2022The TEFAF Maastricht fair opened with a raft of high-value sales last week.
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A flurry of museum and private sales mark TEFAF Maastricht's return
24 June 2022The Metropolitan Museum of Art was among those making purchases at TEFAF Maastricht as it opened for the first time in two years today.
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Medieval map lays out the routes to royalty
20 June 2022The Chaworth Roll, a 14th century genealogy of the kings of England that includes the second-earliest recorded road map of the country, is on offer at TEFAF Maastricht this week.
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TEFAF: Special date for the summer
13 June 2022Flagship art fair TEFAF Maastricht has a later date than before as it returns to being an in-person event this year.
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SUMMER OF ART AND ANTIQUES: Introduction - get ready for events galore
13 June 2022The summer season is back in force. For the first time since 2019 there is a wealth of major art and antiques events for eager buyers and dealers.
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Traders and buyers united by cross purposes
30 May 2022TEFAF New York and Eye of the Collector are both cross-collecting fairs with an emphasis on Contemporary art but staged in historic buildings and also offering antiques.
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Covid and data drive ticketing changes at fairs
02 May 2022Dealers and fairgoers are having to come to terms with widespread changes in the ticketing of fairs.
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TEFAF New York back in the groove two years later
25 April 2022With heroic bearing, patrician features and draped fabric fit for a Roman emperor, an iron bust by Kehinde Wiley exemplifies the spirit of TEFAF New York.
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First timers offered chance at TEFAF
11 April 2022TEFAF Maastricht hosts 19 first-time exhibitors this year plus six new galleries in its Showcase.
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Stand prices rise for shorter TEFAF fair
21 March 2022Exhibitors at the trade showpiece TEFAF Maastricht will pay significantly more for their stands this summer despite the fair being smaller and shorter than in previous years.
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International fairs on the rise again as the shadow of the pandemic fades
14 March 2022Old Masters dealers on the international fairs circuit have a robust range of exhibiting options ahead, despite nearly two years of pandemic-related disruption.
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TEFAF to clash with Masterpiece London in busy June schedule
24 January 2022The June calendar for art and antiques fairs is filling up as TEFAF revealed new dates.
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June fair calendar fills up as TEFAF reveals new date
18 January 2022TEFAF Maastricht has announced a new date following its postponement in March.
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TEFAF Maastricht 2022 fair postponed due to “global volatility” of pandemic
16 December 2021Organisers The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) announced the March 2022 edition of the Maastricht fair has been postponed.
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Bruges museum buys Old Master portrait at the ‘last’ TEFAF Online
04 October 2021Over six days, collectors and institutions gathered virtually for TEFAF Online 2021 to peruse the high-end offerings of more than 250 international galleries.
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Édouard Manet portrait in Welsh museum gets funding for restoration from TEFAF grant
28 August 2021The National Museum Wales has received a €20,000 (£17,130) grant to restore an Édouard Manet (1832-83) picture.
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TEFAF opens its virtual doors
23 August 2021Online version of the huge fair takes place for a second time with physical event not until 2022
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Life of a saint comes up at TEFAF Online in September
09 August 2021This 15th century copy of the Life of St Radegund is an illuminated biography of the canonised sixth-century Frankish queen Radegund.
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Baroque chess set bought at TEFAF unveiled at Polish museum
09 August 2021This impressive Baroque chess set by the Danzig amber artist Michel Redlin has returned to the city of Gdansk in Poland where it was made over 300 years ago.
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From Paul Storr silver to Sèvres porcelain – 10 highlights from dealers at TEFAF Online 2021
31 July 2021The first details of objects that dealers will exhibit at ‘TEFAF Online’ in September have been revealed.
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