TEFAF Loan exhibition
In 2014, TEFAF will host a magnificent loan exhibition of around thirty-five drawings from the National Graphic Arts Collection, Munich (Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munchen), one of the world’s leading collections of prints and drawings. The exhibition, entitled Timeless Beauty, will be held in the TEFAF Paper section. The selection of images, which all focus on the female form, stretches from the 15th to the 20th centuries and includes work from the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain and France.
The exhibition not only provides a survey of depictions of women from over six centuries but also gives visitors the chance to view a number of rarely seen images by a range of European masters including work by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), Martin Schongauer (1445/50-1491), Matthias Gunewald (1470/80-1528), Federico Barocci (1535-1612), Henrick Goltzius (1558-1617) and Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 -1669) to drawings executed by some of the greatest artists of the 19th and 20th centuries including Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Eduard Manet (1832-1883), Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Max Beckman (1884-1950) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918).
(Photo above - Place de la Concorde facing J. Kugel and Ben Janssens - TEFAF 2013)
Art Market Report
The TEFAF Art Market Report is respected for its independent research and contribution to the understanding of the art market. The 2014 report commissioned by TEFAF and written by Dr. Clare McAndrew will have a special focus on the United States. Despite the dramatic changes in the market’s geographical infrastructure over the last decade, the US remains the dominant global market and the report will be looking at why it has
retained this position and bounced back so strongly from the contraction in the market in 2009. It will analyse the key strengths in the market, both from the point of view of the art trade and collectors, as well as the main threats and potential weaknesses it is currently facing. Although New York remains the dominant market for sales, the report will also look at the performance of such markets as Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago and regions in the South, focusing particularly on how wealth dynamics have contributed to important centres of art buying across the nation. It will also examine why, despite great changes in global wealth, the US is still by far the largest market for art collecting internationally.
Art Symposium
The Art Symposium was first launched at TEFAF in 2012, as part of its Silver Jubilee programme. Its success spawned a second version 2013, which provoked an equally enthusiastic response. In 2014 the focus of the symposium will fall on design and the event is entitled Addicted to vintage: trends in 20th century design.
Interim Chairman of Executive Committee
TEFAF has appointed an interim Chairman of the Fair, Robert Aronson, to lead the Executive Committee during the absence of Ben Janssens, who is recovering from a cycling accident. Robert Aronson of Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam said, ‘It is both a privilege and a responsibility to have been entrusted with the Chairmanship of the Executive Committee. TEFAF is an extraordinary Fair that holds a unique position in the marketplace, which has been achieved through having a strong vision, a commitment to excellence and careful management. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Executive Committee and the Secretariat at TEFAF to further enhance the Fair’s position and reputation’. (Photo right - vetting at TEFAF 2013)
TEFAF Showcase
TEFAF Showcase gives recently established galleries the opportunity to participate in TEFAF Maastricht and experience being part of an international art event. It also introduces visitors to the Fair to some of the most interesting emerging galleries. The invitation to exhibit is for one year only. This year’s six Showcase exhibitors come from Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom: between them, they cover a wide range of fine and decorative arts from Old Master painting and sculpture; modern and contemporary art; vintage photography to Kunstkammer objects; Japanese art and 20th-century decorative arts.
The selected Showcase candidates for TEFAF 2014 are:
Dr. Klaus Kleinschmidt, Taunusstraße 43, 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany. The gallery specialises in vintage photographs.
T: +49 (0) 611-5990701; W: www.klauskleinschmidt.de
David Lévy & Associés SPRL, Avenue Albert 199, 1190 Bruxelles, Belgium. A private dealer in modern and contemporary art with a particular interest in Cubism, Symbolism and Surrealism.
T: +32 475 661225; E: info@levydavid.com; W: www.levydavid.com
Galerie Mathivet, 10 rue Bonaparte, 75006 PARIS, France. Galerie Mathivet specializes in 20th-century decorative arts.
T: + 33 6 07 50 38 13: E: galeriemathivet@gmail.com; W: www.galeriemathivet.com
PORFIRIUS BVBA, Jan Vranckxstraat 7, B-3040 Neerijse, Belgium. The gallery specializes objects that made up the late-renaissance or Baroque Kunstkammer.
T: +32 (0) 485/66 46 50; E-Mail: alex.vandenbossche@axilius.be;
W: www.porfirius.be
Rutherston & Bandini Ltd, 5 Georgian House, 10 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AA, UK. A private dealership specializing in Japanese art particularly netsuke, inro and lacquer
T: +44 (0) 207 930 0395: E: max@netsukeandinro.com’ W: www.netsukendinro.com
Floris van Wanroij Fine Art, Bergstraat 52, 5551 AX Dommelen, The Netherlands. Floris van Wanroij speclalises in Dutch Old master painting and early European sculpture
T: +31 (0) 40 2040596; E: info@floris-art.com; W: www.floris-art.com
(Photo above - Visitors of all ages at TEFAF 2013)
TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s leading art fair, is renowned for its commitment to excellent, expertise and elegance. This is reflected not only in the magnificent range of rare works that are offered for sale at the Fair, which will be held in the MECC Maastricht from 14-23 March in 2014, but also in the number of art collectors, both private and institutional, that regard TEFAF as a must-see event in the art market calendar.
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