TEFAF Maastricht is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012! tefaf.com

Posted on December 10, 2011 by

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TEFAF Maastricht is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012! Visitors will be greeted by a spectacular new entrance hall designed specially for the Fair’s Silver Jubilee containing a stunning light installation. There will be a number of initiatives celebrating an extraordinary 25 years which have seen TEFAF transformed from a relatively small-scale event into the world’s most important art and antiques fair attracting collectors, curators and connoisseurs from more than 50 countries.

Candidates selected for TEFAF Showcase 2012  Six galleries have been selected to take part in TEFAF Showcase, which gives younger dealers a one-off opportunity to exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht. “As the years progress, we find that the level of applicants is getting higher as people have realised that they need to be of a certain standard to be considered,” says Ben Janssens, Chairman of the Executive Committee of TEFAF. “Showcase is now an established feature of the Fair and many visitors head straight for that section because they know that there are new dealers there”.

■ Didier Antiques (London) Didier Haspeslagh and Martine Newby Haspeslagh launched the gallery in 2006. It specializes in artist’s jewels by post-war painters and sculptors and silver and gold wares by leading 20th century designers and architects.

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■  Fergus Hall – Master Paintings(London) Fergus Hall set up his independent dealership in 2008 and specializes in Old Masters, primarily 17th century Dutch and Flemish paintings and British pictures from the 18th century.
■ Kálmán Makláry Fine Arts (Budapest) This modern and contemporary art gallery focuses on the works of Hungarian artists who have lived in France such as Judit Reigl, Alfréd Réth and István Sándorfi.
■ Giuseppe Piva Japanese Art (Milan) Giuseppe Piva deals in a range of Japanese works of art, including armour, helmets, swords, screens, netsuke and lacquers.
■ Christophe de Quénetain (Paris) Established in 2001, Christophe de Quénetain specializes in 17th, 18th and 19th century furniture and objects d’art. The gallery’s expertise also covers Old Master paintings and drawings from the same period.
■  Vigo Gallery(London) This new contemporary gallery was set up by Thomas Williams and Toby Clarke in September 2011. Williams has been championing contemporary figurative artists since 1999 while Clarke was previously Director of Contemporary Art at The Fine Art Society in London.
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