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Rendering of the AXA Art Lounge space at TEFAF 2011.

Walk on Water at the AXA Art Lounge during TEFAF 2011

Released: February 15, 2011

(MAASTRICHT) --When The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) opens its doors on March 18th, thousands of international collectors and art world luminaries will attend Europe’s leading art market event in search of quality works of art – from masterpieces, antiquities and rarities to selections from the Fair’s newly introduced section of works on paper. Over the past 24 years, TEFAF has built and continues to reinforce a strong reputation for presenting the very finest and desirable works of art. 2011 marks the eighth year of AXA Art’s support as Principal Sponsor of TEFAF. In line with its tradi...


The last fragment of an Egyptian water clock remaining in private hands, from Galerie Harmakhis, Brussels.

RARITIES AND REDISCOVERIES AT TEFAF MAASTRICHT MARCH 18-27, 2011

Released: November 24, 2010

TEFAF Maastricht has built its reputation as the world’s most influential art and antiques fair on the unique quality of its exhibits. The 24th edition at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from March 18-27, 2011 will include great rarities and recent rediscoveries among more than 30,000 works of art, all rigorously vetted by committees of international experts. Among them will be the last fragment of an Egyptian water clock still in private hands, a painting containing one of the few self-portraits of Bernardo Bellotto, and a bronze by Gustave ...


Pieter Bruegel the Younger, The Indoor Wedding Dance, 1622 To be exhibited by De Jonckheere, Paris at TEFAF Maastricht 2010

FROM YACHTS TO OLD MASTERS How investment helped the art market weather the economic crisis

Released: February 26, 2010

  A change in luxury spending habits caused by the recession has helped the international art and antiques market weather the global economic storm. This is revealed by a new report commissioned by The European Fine Art Foundation which organises The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) to be held in the Dutch city of Maastricht in the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) from March 12-21, 2010. The report The International Art Market 2007-2009, Trends in the Art Trade during Global Recession has been prepared by Dr. Clare McAndrew, a cultural economist specialising in the fine and d...


Deux Femmes by Paul Gauguin, 1902, oil on canvas, 74 x 64.5 cm

GAUGUIN TAHITIAN MASTERPIECE ON SALE AT TEFAF MAASTRICHT 12-21 MARCH 2010

Released: February 6, 2010

 One of Paul Gauguin’s last major works is to be offered for sale by the leading international art dealer Dickinson for a price in the region of €18 million (US$26 million) at TEFAF Maastricht. Gauguin created this painting during a final burst of creativity following his retreat to a remote Pacific island as far away from civilisation as possible. The 23rd edition of the world’s most influential art and antiques fair will take place at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from 12-21 March 2010. The rare late Tahitian Gauguin will be one of the h...