May 18, 2012 - PresentationThe Brussels Ancient Art Fair (BAAF) was created completely from scratch on a whim in 2003 in less than three months by two antiquities dealers, Jacques Billen and Vincent Geerling, both of whom are members of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA). It was a major challenge and few people would have bet on it being successful. This fair is held in early June in various galleries around the Sablon Square in Brussels, the heart of the art market in Belgium. From the outset this specialist fair became the most important event for antiquities collectors in the world, and shortly afterwards a sister-fair was established in Switzerland, in Riehen, the Basel Ancient Art Fair (BAAF). 10 years later, the fair still exists as a not-to-be-missed date for archae [...] Read More >

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May 18, 2012
The idea of uniting a handful of primitive antique dealers to tie in with the inauguration of the Ambre gallery and offer the public the first “Non European Art Open Days” at the Sablon fi [...] Read More >

May 18, 2012
The Brussels Oriental Art Fair (BOAfair) is taking place for the 8th time from June 6 to 10, 2012 around Place du Grand Sablon, Brussels. This exceptional Continental European Fine Asian and Oriental [...] Read More >

May 15, 2012
An artistic interaction on an unparalleled scale, MONUMENTA invites an internationally renowned artist each year to transform the Nave of the Grand Palais with a new, site specific work filling the 13 [...] Read More >

May 15, 2012
Sophie Dickens’ work as a sculptor is figurative, not conceptual, and she describes her subjects as ‘within the context of traditional art.’ Her inspiration comes from Michelangelo, [...] Read More >

May 14, 2012
The summer selling exhibition from May 28 - September 29, at The London Silver Vaults in Chancery Lane, will focus on the achievements of leading British designer silversmiths of the past 60 years. G [...] Read More >

May 14, 2012
In addition to offering a wide breadth of 20th Century masters, SeaFair plays host to an unconventional and energizing new wave of special installations and performance projects from living contempora [...] Read More >

May 10, 2012
INVITATION ON A JOURNEY A journey through the history of a man: a figure in Art nouveau and Art Deco; creator of jewelry in glass and crystal; a poet, father of a timeless heritage. An avant-gard [...] Read More >