"Brafa, Belgium's premier art and antiques fair, is one of the few such events to actually grow this year. Its 71st edition, which runs from 25 to 1 February following two preview days, boasts 147 exhibitors, 23 of them new. It has expanded physically too, now incorporating a third hall, which houses a range of eateries, from an oyster bar to fine dining."
"Thickly impastoed works by Bram Bogart are showcased throughout the fair, notably at Whitford Fine Art and Samuel Vanhoegaerden among many others. Early 20th-century French artists are much in evidence: Serge Poliakoff, Victor Vasarely, Bernard Buffet and swathes of post-Impressionist names. With Paris just an hour and a half away by train, French buyers also find it easy to visit Brafa."
"In the Old Master section, a stand-out is the newly rediscovered Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of an Old Man, about 1609, shown by Klaas Muller, who is also the Brafa chairman. Used as a model for other works, the portrait is by the hand of Rubens, according to Muller, who found it at auction two years ago and recognised it as by the artist. It is priced at over €1m."
Brafa's 71st edition runs from 25 to 1 February with two preview days and features 147 exhibitors, 23 of them new. The fair has expanded into a third hall that includes a variety of eateries from an oyster bar to fine dining. The venue is the 1930s Brussels Expo convention centre in the north of the city, offering easy motorway access and parking that suits Flemish collectors. Offerings span design, jewellery, tribal art, archaeology and a primary emphasis on painting from Old Masters to Modern artists. Notable highlights include thickly impastoed Bram Bogart works and a newly rediscovered Rubens portrait priced over €1m.
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