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BRAFA through the eyes of Claire Leblanc
Meet Claire Leblanc, director of the Museum of Ixelles, who shares her experience on why it is worth your while to visit the international BRAFA Art Fair at Brussels Expo.
Claire Leblanc has worked exclusively in museums for 20 years and has written several books on art. Very passionate about all aspects of the art world and what a work of art can bring, she recommends visiting BRAFA to discover new tastes and trends without hindrance, whatever your background.
BRAFA Art Fair
29 January - 5 February 2023
Brussels Expo | Heysel
Belgium
www.brafa.art
Architect Glenn Sestig on the BRAFA Art Fair 2023 in Brussels
Glenn Sestig is internationally known for his sophisticated architectural and design projects with minimalist and modernist influences. He always tries to integrate art in his work. For him, BRAFA is a unique place that shows diversity and connects people in the art world.
BRAFA Art Fair
29 January - 5 February 2023
Brussels Expo | Heysel - Belgium
www.brafa.art
BRAFA through the eyes of Benjamin Zurstrassen
Benjamin Zurstrassen is Curator at the Horta Museum in Brussels. He has always loved art, for him, the international BRAFA Art Fair can be compared to a Museum: it is a place where you can enjoy beauty.
BRAFA Art Fair
29 January - 5 February 2023
Brussels Expo | Heysel
www.brafa.art
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Art collector Pieterjan Van Biesen on the BRAFA Art Fair 2023 in Brussels
Pieterjan Van Biesen is active in the domain of fashion and luxury. He is a collector and a huge fan of aestheticism. When he goes to BRAFA, he appreciates the friendly atmosphere and the fact that he can meet art lovers while being surrounded by qualitative and wonderful pieces of art.
Discover the BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels between 29 January and 5 February 2023. Tickets and more information at www.brafa.art
BRAFA Favs: Inesa Kovalova on bench by François-Xavier Lalanne
The BRAFA Art Fair attracts many young and beginning collectors. Jewelry designer and Young Collectors Club member Inesa Kovalova finds her inspiration in art, design and architecture. She shares with us her favourite piece at the fair, La Double Tourterelle, a bench designed by François-Xavier Lalanne with Galerie Mathivet.
BRAFA, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern art, contemporary art and design it offers. See www.brafa.art for more information and visit the fair until February 5th, 2023.
Video by NOOT
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BRAFA Favs: Georges Petitjean on Frans Snijders' stillife
Curators and collectors love coming to the BRAFA Art Fair to find exquisite works of art from inside and outside their fields of expertise. In this video, Georges Petitjean, curator of the Fondation Opale / Collection Bérengère Primat and a specialist in Aboriginal Art, finds the still life with lobster by Flemish master Frans Snijders (1579 - 1657) a feast for the eyes and culturally and historically very interesting. Tune in and learn more about the oil painting, on view at Klaas Muller.
See you at the BRAFA Art Fair:
29 January - 5 February 2023
Brussels Expo | Heysel
www.brafa.art
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BRAFA Favs: Selma Seyhan of Velvet Castle on René Kern's horse bracelet
BRAFA 2023 is delighted to have new exhibitor VKD Jewels been featured by Selma Seyhan, jewellery consultant and founder of @Velvet_Castle.
Her BRAFA Fav is showcased on the Dutch family-run company's stand, which includes a unique range of fine and rare jewellery by the world's greatest designers from the late 19th and 20th centuries. Selma Seyhan's choice is a rare bracelet by René Kern in 18-carat yellow and white gold, with matching brooch, reflecting exceptional quality, craftsmanship and authenticity. The horse's mane consists of gold locks and locks set with diamonds, while the forehead is carved in lapis lazuli. Based in Düsseldorf, René Kern was the glamour address of choice for exceptional jewellery in the 1960s-70s. His clientele included top German industrialists, as well as the Shah of Persia and King Hassan of Morocco.
Find it at the BRAFA Art Fair between 29 January and 5 February 2023 at Brussels Expo | Heysel.
Featured pieces: René Kern, bracelet and brooch in gold, lapis lazuli and diamonds. Germany, circa 1960. With VKD Jewels.
Video by Noot.
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BRAFA FAVS: Borys Delobbe on a rare Art Nouveau book
Art historian and Art Nouveau specialist Borys Delobbe shares his favourite piece at BRAFA with us: Le quartier du Vieil-Anvers à l'Exposition universelle de 1894 (Max Rooses and Frans van Kuyck). This rare Art Nouveau book can be found with Gilles Wolles one of the members of the Belgian Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (CLAM-BBA).
BRAFA, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern art, contemporary art and design it offers.
See www.brafa.art for more information and visit the fair at Brussels Expo until February 5th, 2023.
Video by NOOT
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BRAFA Favs : Sergio Servellón on Felix De Boeck's Motherhood painting
The BRAFA Art Fair attracts museum directors, curators and collectors alike. FeliXart Museum director Sergio Servellón is always on the lookout to find works by Felix De Boeck, founder and namesake of the museum. He is thrilled to share his find 'Motherhood' by the artist which he spotted on the booth of MDZ Art Gallery during BRAFA 2023.
BRAFA, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern art, contemporary art and design it offers. See www.brafa.art for more information and visit the fair until February 5th, 2023.
Video by NOOT
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Discover the favorite artwork of NATAN fashion designer Édouard Vermeulen
Belgian fashion designer and art lover Édouard Vermeulen of the fashion house NATAN visits the international BRAFA Art Fair. For him, the most beautiful artwork at the fair is a painting by Serge Poliakoff (Moscow 1900-1969 Paris), Composition abstraite (1954), in rare pastel colours. You will find this oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm, with exhibitor Alexis Lartigue Fine Art.
Located in Paris since 2006, Alexis Lartigue Fine Art proposes an eclectic selection of modern and contemporary works to international collectors and art lovers. The gallery specialises in the masters of abstraction, cubism and narrative figuration, and the artists focused on include: Serge Poliakoff, Pierre Soulages, Georges Mathieu, Albert Gleizes, Olivier Debré, Erro and Robert Combas.
Video by RGB Media
Martin Kotthaus shows his Coup de Coeur: Philippe Geluck's Le Chat with Christo
Martin Kotthaus, German Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, leads us to his favourite piece at the international BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels: a work with the comic figure Le Chat by cartoonist and painter Philippe Geluck on the walls of Huberty & Breyne.
In his paintings, Philippe Geluck encourages us to think about modern artists by letting Le Chat ironize their works... with the greatest respect. Here the artist pays tribute to Christo.
Video by RGB Media
The Girl in The Gallery's Coup de Coeur at BRAFA 2022: 'Concetto Spaziale: Attese' by Lucio Fontana
BRAFA 2022 was happy to welcome art historian Cristina Giopp, on social media known as The Girl in The Gallery. In this video Cristina shares a very special piece with us: 'Concetto Spaziale: Attese', a monumental yellow canvas by Lucio Fontana from 1960. The work is presented at BRAFA by De Jonckheere, a specialist in Old master and modern paintings.
Video by RGB Media
BRAFA Art Fair 2022: Carla van de Puttelaar's love of Old Master paintings
Carla van de Puttelaar is a well-known Dutch art historian and artist who always had a keen interest in portraiture. Her photos show influences of the Dutch Golden Age and early Flemish painting in their composition, use of light and color, and rendering of textures and surfaces. No wonder that Carla chose two Old Masters as her Coups de Coeur at BRAFA 2022!
The Portrait of a Lady (Spanish school, 16th century) and Portrait of a Man (Dutch school, late 17th century) can be seen with Klaas Muller.
Video by RGB Media
Till-Holger Borchert presents his Coup de Coeur: a portrait by Anthony van Dyck
Till-Holger Borchert, Director of the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, presents his favourite work at the international BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels.
The oil sketch by a young Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) shows Christ and his facial expression in the moment of the Arrest. This rare Old Master painting is exhibited at the fair by Costermans & Pelgrims de Bigard of Brussels.
Video by RGB Media
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Till-Holger Borchert
Till-Holger Borchert, Director of the Musea Brugge and Co-curator of the exhibition 'Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution' at the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, will be giving a BRAFA Art Talk on January 31st, 2020 about the preparations and research underway for this exceptional exhibition which runs from 1 February – 30 April 2020. The masterpiece at the centre of the exhibition will without doubt be the Retable of the Mystic Lamb which has undergone extensive study and restoration since 2012.
While visiting the 65th BRAFA Art Fair, Till-Holger Borchert shared his coups de coeur of the art fair which is a panoramic landscape with the rest during the flight to Egypt by the Master of Half-Length Figures (active in Antwerp between 1500 and 1550). The painting is presented by Galerie De Jonckheere.
The BRAFA Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern and contemporary art and design it offers. BRAFA takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Professor Rachel Pownall
The international BRAFA Art Fair welcomes you to Tour & Taxis in Brussels from 26 January to 2 February 2020. In this video, Rachel Pownall presents us with her favorite artwork at the fair, a painting from the 1970s by the celebrated Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-Ki (1921–2013) in the booth of Omer Tiroche gallery.
Zao Wou-Ki studied calligraphy and painting before moving to Paris in 1948. His early exhibitions were met with praise from Miró and Picasso. Influenced by the work of artists such as Klee, Matisse and Cézanne, he began to develop a synthesis between Eastern calligraphy and European Art Informel. In 1957, Zao started to paint large-scale works with looser, more gestural brushstrokes. From the 1960s on, his paintings were focused around space and movement, often hovering between nature and abstraction. His expressionist take on Chinese painting transcended east and west with visions of the subconscious.
Rachel Pownall is Professor of Arts and Finance at the TIAS School for Business and Societyy at the Tilburg University and Director of the Executive Master in Cultural Leadership with the Royal Academy of Artsts. Her research interests and publications broadly cover the realm of understanding investor behaviour. She has a particular focus on art markets and assets with an emotional attachment.
The BRAFA Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern and contemporary art and design it offers. BRAFA takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video produced by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal for BRAFA
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Bart Suys
The international BRAFA Art Fair welcomes you to Tour & Taxis in Brussels from 26 January to 2 February 2020. Here, Bart Suys presents his coup de coeur at the art fair which is a complete Kunstkammer collection in the booth of Porfirius Kunstkammer.
Back in the Renaissance, Kunstkammers, also called curiosity cabinets, were intended to offer representations of the whole known universe, from both an intellectual and an artistic point of view. Kunstkammers were the predecessors of museums and were organized in accordance with four subdivisions: Preciosia (precious man-made objects), Scientifica (scientific instruments), Naturalia (objects from nature), and Exotica (objects from unknown countries and regions). Bart Sluys adores the eclectic quality of such art installations, which is also a wonderful starting point for an art collection.
Bart Suys is active at the Fundraising and Patronage department of the Royal Museum of Art & History in Brussels. The institution comprises 4 museums: the Art & History Museum, the Musical Instruments Museum, the Halle gate, and the Museums of the Far East.
The BRAFA Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern and contemporary art and design it offers. BRAFA takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video produced by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal for BRAFA
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Phillipa Duncan
Phillipa Duncan shares her fascination on 'Embroidery on silk', 2019 from the series Light on Light, by the Spanish artist José María Sicilia (1954). It gives a contemporary take on what many people see as a revival of arts and crafts, which is embroidery. Sicilia is playing with light and colours. The layers force the visitor’s eye to zoom in, look at the detail, and consider the various levels. His artwork is presented by Meessen De Clercq at the international BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels.
Phillippa Duncan is an independent art advisor and collection manager from South Africa who started her company In Association at the end of 2013. She is also trained as a paper conservator. The consultancy is run side-by-side with the paper conservation studio which specialises in vacuum-based techniques.
Olivier Meessen and Jan De Clercq founded a new platform for contemporary art in Brussels in 2008. The gallery presents solo and curated group shows, creating catalogues in close collaboration with the artists involved.
The BRAFA Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern and contemporary art and design it offers. BRAFA takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video produced by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal for BRAFA
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Mathieu Deldicque
Mathieu Deldicque, Cultural Heritage Curator at the Musée Condé, Domaine de Chantilly, shares his "Coup de Coeur" at the BRAFA Art Fair 2020 with Röbbig München: a pair of olio tureens by Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696 - 1775). The Meissen tureens of circa 1724/25 have been painted with chinoiserie scenes; the inner side is decorated with "Böttgerlüster" and a lobster in gold.
The Château de Chantilly is one of the finest jewels in the crown of France's cultural heritage. It is the work of a man with an extraordinary destiny: Henri d’Orléans, Duke of Aumale, son of the last King of France, Louis-Philippe. This prince, who is considered to be the greatest collector of his time, made Chantilly the showcase for his countless masterpieces and precious manuscripts. The Château survived down through the centuries and remains as it was when the Duke of Aumale bequeathed it to the Institut de France in 1886, making it the perfect place to take a journey back in time to the heart of a princely residence. In tribute to his illustrious predecessors, the Princes of Condé, the Duke of Aumale called the series of rooms housing his collection the "Condé Museum".
Röbbig München, one of the leading art dealers for early Meissen and German 18th century porcelain, is based in the historic Carolinenpalais, situated in the centre of the Bavarian capital. The gallery also specializes in important French and German furniture, paintings and art objets from the Louis XIV to the Louis XVI and early Empire period. Röbbig exhibits regularly at the world's most important art fairs in Maastricht, New York and Munich and publishes well-researched catalogues.
The BRAFA Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern and contemporary art and design it offers. BRAFA takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Harry Eigenberg
Harry Eigenberg, Art Advisor and Interior Designer shares his "Coup de Coeur" at the BRAFA Art Fair 2020 with Rueb Modern and Contemporary Art: a L.E.D on aluminium pigment and acrylic on canvas painting by the French brothers Florian & Michael Quistrebert.
Based in The Hague, art advisor and interior designer Harry Eigenberg aims to equip an interior with a combination of styles. 'This mix creates a dialogue. Without it, there is no excitement, it becomes bland.' He furnishes interiors with new discoveries, objects from his personal collection and tailor-made designs.
Rueb Modern and Contemporary Art is an Amsterdam based which is open by appointment. The firm specialises in modern and contemporary art and serves primarily private collectors. Once a year, the gallery organises a comprehensive exhibition at its own, exclusive premises.
The BRAFA Art Fair takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal
BRAFA 2020 - the Coup de Coeur of Thierry Boutemy
A small, early 17th century oil on copper still-life of roses on the booth of Floris van Wanroij Fine Art stole the heart of Brussels based floral artist Thierry Boutemy. In this video, he shares his thoughts on it.
This year, BRAFA called on Thierry Boutemy to adorn the alleyways of the fair. The Brussels based French florist's simple yet refined designs are inspired by his childhood walks in the countryside, explaining: ‘My work is about lightness, joy, and Romanticism, as the term was understood in the 19th century. I love projects that create a link with what I feel. My idea took root in the summer and grew: I would recapture the wild vegetation that grew in no man’s land. Nobody could get near the space so nature took over, flowers blooming around the watchtowers...’
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The BRAFA Art Fair, created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high quality fine art, antiques, modern and contemporary art and design it offers. BRAFA takes place from 26 January through 2 February 2020 at Tour & Taxis in Brussels. www.brafa.art
Video produced by Matthieu Wolmark of Biapal for BRAFA
Wim Weijland's coup de coeur at BRAFA 2019
At the international BRAFA Art Fair 2019, Wim Weijland, director of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) in Leiden, presents his 'coup de coeur' at the stand of Grusenmeyer - Woliner of Brussels (video in NL/EN; subtitles available).
The Roman life-sized sculpture of the Goddess Athena dates back to the 1st century BC and is based on a 5th century BC Greek original, delicately worked out of fine marble from Prokonnêssos with an impressive hight of 137 cm.
BRAFA takes place at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, from 26 January - 3 February, 2019. More information at www.brafa.art
Video by Biapal
Manolo Valdés, Coup de Coeur of Justine Verstraeten at BRAFA 2019
Justine Verstraeten of Hiscox spotted her coup de coeur at the international BRAFA Art Fair with Galerie de la Béraudière, a mixed media work by Manolo Valdés (1942).
Valdés established the artists' group Equipo Crónica in 1964 with Joan Toledo and Rafael Solbes in which he remained until Solbes' death in 1981. He now lives and works in New York City and Madrid. Influenced by Velázquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Matisse, Picasso, and others Valdés creates large works in which the lighting and colors express a sensation of tactility. His work is forceful and decorated with historical art symbols. Valdés creates paintings, monumental sculptures, etchings, and collages.
BRAFA takes place from 26 January - 3 February 2019. Learn more at www.brafa.art
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Benoit Provost presents his 'coup de coeur' at BRAFA 2019
Benoit Provost shows his 'coup de coeur' at the 64th edition of the BRAFA 2019, the international Brussels Art Fair: the dynamic, colourful work by Belgian artist Maurice Wyckaert (1923-1996). Several paintings are being presented by the Harold t'Kint de Roodenbeke Gallery, who specializes in Belgian and international 20th century art.
A graduate in economics, Benoit Provost works daily with his team to create positive dynamics between companies, culture and heritage. After a career that has led to BOZAR, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Charleroi-Danses, he has been the General Manager of Prométhéa for five years. Convinced that culture is one of the pillars of our society, he sees support for cultural heritage and creation as an essential axis of corporate social responsibility. A shared vision within Prométhéa.
Prométhéa's mission is the development of corporate philanthropy in the field of Culture and Heritage. Main reference in Belgium in terms of sponsorship, Prométhéa promotes exchanges between the patronage actors from the economic, political and cultural world and supports companies in their patronage strategy.
BRAFA takes place at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, from 26 January - 3 February, 2019. More information at www.brafa.art
Video by Biapal
The coup de coeur of Guy van Wassenhove at BRAFA 2019
The international BRAFA Art Fair 2019 in Brussels welcomes art collectors from all over Europe at Tour & Taxis in Brussels, between 26 January and 3 February, 2019. Guy van Wassenhove, Curator of the Fonds Baillet Latour, found his 'coup de coeur' at BRAFA with Dario Ghio. The gallery displays an exquisite micromosaic of an owl attacking a lamb, of circa 1810, made of the smallest glass pieces. The piece was created by Antonio Aguatti (before 1800-1846), one of the most important micromosaic masters from the Vatican City workshops.
Video by Biapal
BRAFA 2019 features a unique Art Nouveau choker by Philippe Wolfers
The international BRAFA Art Fair 2019 (26 January - 3 February) features breathtaking treasures from throughout the history of art. Epoque Fine Jewels is offering this Art Nouveau highlight by Philippe Wolfers of circa 1901-1902. This piece is the 'coup de coeur' of Werner Adriaenssens, a Professor of History of Decorative Arts at the VUB as well as curator Decorative Arts of the 20th Century at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels.
The jewel-encrusted ‘Glycines’ choker is a unique piece of Belgian heritage which once belonged to Sophie Willstädter, the wife of Philippe Wolfers. This choker is one of the most impressive pieces of jewelry ever designed by the Belgian goldsmith. Of the approximately 130 unique pieces of jewelry Philippe Wolfers designed under his own name (1897-1907), very few pieces of jewellery are still around. Dimensions: 35/38 cm x 6,3 cm.
Video by Biapal
Interview with Goudji at the international BRAFA Art Fair 2019
At the international BRAFA Art Fair 2019 (26 January - 3 February), Galerie Claude Bernard presents a remarkable solo show of the work of the celebrated French sculptor and goldsmith Goudji (1941), who was born in Georgia. His artwork combines dinandery technique with hard stone incrustations in metal.
Visitors to the international art fair are able to enjoy around 70 pieces in gold and in silver which have been brought together for this occasion. In this video Goudji shows one of his top pieces, describing the theme and complicated technique. Video produced by Biapal
BRAFA 2019: Coup de Coeur by Robert Wilson
At the BRAFA Art Fair 2019, theater director and playwright Robert Wilson was intrigued by Giancarlo Scaglia's 'Golden Aérea', presented by Bernier/Eliades Gallery. Here, Wilson shares his thoughts on why the Peruvian mixed media on Japanese paper appeals to him and how the artwork and the mixed, counterpoint set-up of the art fair perfectly links to his own world of directing.
Video by BIAPAL
Interior decorator Natalia Miyar finds inspiration at the BRAFA Art Fair
Interior decorator Natalia Miyar is a regular visitor to the international BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels. Global travel, a rich cultural heritage, and an academic background are the driving forces that inspire Natalia Miyar’s work. Art and antiques are important to her projects, bringing soul into every room she designs. An intuitive creator with a love of beauty, Natalia approaches design with an understanding of balance and proportion. The results are spaces which are both serene and lively. Learn more at https://www.nataliamiyar.com
BRAFA is one of the leading European art and antiques fairs. Here, all art works on show are for sale and quality and authenticity are two of the key requirements exhibitors live up to. BRAFA is an eclectic fair which encompasses a variety of specialities, from antiquity to the 21st century. BRAFA 2019 opens from 26 January - 3 February at Tour & Taxis, in Brussels, Belgium. Learn more at www.brafa.art
