TEFAF Maastricht

This year the fair runs from March 15-24 at the usual venue, the huge Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre.

TEFAF Maastricht celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012 and is now universally regarded as the world’s leading art fair, setting the standard for excellence in the art market.  From the outside the MECC is yet another soulless convention centre in a business park. But inside it is a stunning sight, millions upon millions of pounds/euros/dollars worth of art, antiques and jewellery, and more cut flowers than you'll see all year - 64,500 tulips and 33,000 roses last year.

Unlike events in metropolises such as London and New York, TEFAF truly takes over the small Dutch city - its restaurants, hotels and bars refer to its run as their 'golden weeks', as the world's collectors, curators and dealers arrive and spend. Maastricht is centrally positioned within Europe, undoubtedly picturesque and steeped in history.

Presenting 260 of the world’s leading galleries from 20 countries, TEFAF Maastricht is a continuously evolving showcase for the best works of art currently on the market. In addition to the traditional areas of Old Master Paintings and antique Works of Art, you can see and buy at TEFAF Maastricht a wide variety of Classical Modern and Contemporary Art, as well as Jewellery, 20th Century Design, and Works on Paper.

TEFAF Maastricht is unequalled in its level of quality and in the methods it employs to establish and guarantee the authenticity of every painting and object on offer. Participating dealers are admitted only after a strict selection process. TEFAF Maastricht’s ground breaking vetting system involves no fewer than 175 international experts in 29 different categories, who examine every work of art in the Fair for quality, authenticity and condition, ensuring that you can buy with the greatest possible confidence. But it has now widened to include disciplines such as furniture, design, jewellery, tribal art, antiquities, illuminated manuscripts and Asian art, with Modern and Contemporary art playing an increasingly prominent role.

From its modest beginning as The Pictura Fine Art Fair in 1975, to its current position as the world's leading fine art fair, TEFAF Maastricht has always sought to lead the way and set the standards which others follow.