Maastricht Art Fair 2016

The yearly Maastricht fine arts fair known as TEFAF has just wrapped. This is the most prestigious fair in the yearly arts calender covering 7,000 years of history. Top world class Gallerists bring their carefully selected and vetted best pieces to show here. In 2015 the fair welcomed 75,000 visitors and 262 museums from all over the world. This year there are 273 galleries participating.

You can be sure to see the highest quality furniture, painting, modern, contemporary and medieval art as well as the finest jewellery ,rare books and classical artefacts .This is the best that is available outside the museum context. To prove this point museum directors are to be seen scouring the aisles looking for the next exquisite object?

to enhance their collections.

The scenography and flower decorations are ?exceptional to match the quality of the exhibits. This year's feature colour is white. Opening day is always a grandiose starry event with the most well- healed on the planet arriving in their private jets and Bollinger champagne flowing.

This year's offerings include Renoir paintings , Joan Miro, many Picasso works a fabulous ?Paul Delvaux, 'La Grand Allee' painting that sold on the first day for over 2 million us dollars, and many high flying names.

Shanghai gallerist Pearl Lam sold two works by Su Xiao bai, 'Turquoise Blue' and 'Kuanhou -peaceful' for 250,000 us dollars each. And Chinese jeweller ,Wallace Chan ,made a huge splash with his fantastical exotic creations. Alongside his flamboyant bejewelled artefacts other jewelers offerings receded into the background. His entry into TEFAF (the european fine arts fair) was the talk of the town.

One of the most interesting galleries is Belgian Axel ?Vervoordt who was the first to mix contemporary and classic art to impressive effect. This year his minimalist stand highlights an Egyptian bronze sculpture of a Bastet sarcophagus dated 26th-30th Dynasty 664-332 BC.

Already By the end of the first day many red dots were to be seen. A good omen for the rest of the fair!

Catch this ?event if you can and also enjoy one of the oldest city in Holland ,Maastricht ,with a history of more than 2000 years.It is three hours by train from Paris and one hour from Brussels. While in Holland visit Hertogenbosch for the 500 anniversary of Dutch painter Jheronimus Bosch. Article by Claudia Barbieri

马斯特里赫特艺术博览会

欧洲艺术节中的每年一度的马斯特赫特艺术博览会刚刚结束。这是艺术界每一年最盛大的展览，已经有7000多年的历史了。世界顶尖的画廊都会通过精心的挑选审核，选出最好的作品来这里参展。2015年，展览共接待了来自世界各地的75000位访客和262家画廊参展。今年更有273家参展。

在这样的展览中，你一定会看到最顶尖最高质量的家具、绘画、现代和中世纪艺术，还有最优秀的珠宝，珍贵书籍以及古典艺术品。这是除博物馆之外最好的展出。为了证明这一点，博物馆馆长们都会在这个展会期间，来到这里寻找心仪之物，以提高博物馆的藏品质量。

舞台布景和花卉装饰，是衡量展会高质量的另一个标准。今年展会的主题色是白色。开幕当天在香槟的点缀之下，显得格外星光熠熠。

今年的展品中包括了雷诺阿(Renoir)，米罗(Joan Miro), 毕加索(Picasso)的作品。其中Paul Delvaux，的画作’La Grand Allee’在开展第一天就以超出2亿美元的天价卖出。

上海画廊林明珠(Pearl Lam)卖出两件苏小白(Su Xiao bai)的作品，‘Turquoise Blue’(翠兰) 和 ‘Kuanhou peaceful’ （宽厚的平静）各以25万美金的高价卖出。中国珠宝商，Wallace Chan 也以他极具异国情调的作品吸引着大家的注意力。他的珠宝让其他的珠宝商产品黯然失色。他进军欧洲艺术节的话题也已经传遍大街小巷。

最有趣的画廊之一当属比利时的Axel Vervoordt，是提出现代及古典艺术相结合的第一人。今年，他将极简主义，运用在了公元前664到332年期间，埃及石棺中的青铜雕塑上。

展会刚刚开始的第一天，就有如此多的焦点，为今年的展览开了个好头！

如果你有机会，可以来到荷兰这个已有2000多年历史的城市，马斯特里赫特(Maastricht)来一睹展会的各种珍品。从巴黎出发，只需3小时火车，而从布鲁塞尔出发，仅需1小时车程。若在荷兰停留，也可以去Hertogenbosch，看一下几年荷兰籍画家Jheronimus Bosch五百周年纪念展览。

（Claudia Barbieri 著）