Eat at…
Le Courage
Healthy, fresh food catered for people with other demands on their time or in search of a modern dining experience.
Ristorante Mediterraneo
Good, old-fashioned Italian food, with a special menu section devoted to truffles.
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A chance to sample 16 courses of high-level food at substantial but not crippling prices.
Guus Roell
This lavish Maastricht gallery (below) – once the dealer’s home – holds an open house every year during TEFAF and hosts a series of collectors’ dinners among the antiques. Book dinner via the website.
See…
An opera
March 14, 19:30
This year at Theater aan het Vrijthof, the Nederlandse Resiopera performs Mozart’s classic opera Don Giovanni.
An art exhibition
My Stories of Painting features the works of Cai Guo-Qiang, winner of the Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary art at the Bonnefantenmuseum (pictured top).
Ongoing until May 1.
A museum exhibition
March 2-June 11
Passion for TASCHEN celebrates the life and work of Benedikt Taschen with objects from his archives.
A concert
March 18
‘Breathtaking – The voice and the cornetto’ has nothing to do with ice cream, but will introduce visitors to the music that would have entertained at least some of the Old Master painters.
Visit
An antiquarian book fair
March 10-12
The Maastricht Antiquarian Book & Print Fair, organised by ILAB, is in its 10th year. It runs on TEFAF’s opening weekend in St
John’s Church.
A Contemporary art fair
March 9-13
The YIA Art Fair has its first event in the Dutch city, hosting 28 curatorial projects at Gebouw M – Tapijnkazerne in the city centre.
Another city
This could be Antwerp (90-minute drive), where returning TEFAF exhibitor Axel Vervoordt Gallery has opened a new space. In Amsterdam (2.5-hr drive) you will find the Stedelijk Museum, featuring artworks celebrating 100 years of De Stijl. The Hague is a 2.5-hr drive, where the Hague Historical Museum is exhibiting portraits by Jan van Ravesteyn.
