TEFAF Maastricht 2026: Strong Sales Despite Global Tensions
The TEFAF Maastricht 2026 took place at MECC Maastricht from March 12 to 19 and saw impressive sales results. Jörn Günther Rare Books achieved its best performance in three decades, with manuscripts priced between $200,000 and $5 million. Agnews facilitated the sale of Willem Drost's 'Man with a Plumed Red Beret' (1654) to the Leiden Collection. Colnaghi sold Tintoretto's 'Portrait of a Gentleman' to a collection in the US and Lavinia Fontana's 'Portrait of Isabella Runi' to an Asian buyer. The Van Gogh Museum purchased Virginie Demont-Breton's 'L'homme est en mer' (1887-1889) for €500,000–€1,000,000. Stuart Lochhead sold 'Vaso di Nerone' for £1.8 million. On March 16, the TEFAF Summit included a report by Deloitte on the fair's economic influence.
Key facts
- TEFAF Maastricht 2026 runs March 12–19 at MECC Maastricht.
- Jörn Günther Rare Books calls it his best edition in 30 years.
- Agnews sold Willem Drost's 'Man with a Plumed Red Beret' to the Leiden Collection.
- Colnaghi sold Tintoretto and Lavinia Fontana works to private collections.
- Van Gogh Museum acquired Virginie Demont-Breton's painting for €500,000–€1,000,000.
- Stuart Lochhead Sculpture sold 1st-century 'Vaso di Nerone' to a US museum for £1.8 million.
- David Aaron sold 'Stele of Medeia' (£450,000) to a major institution.
- Showcase section: AGO Projects sold pieces for €5,000–€10,000.
- Italian galleries reported strong sales: Caretto & Occhinegro, Antonacci Lapiccirella, Fondantico, Robilant+Voena, Berardi.
- TEFAF Summit 2026 featured Deloitte's economic impact report, organized with Netherlands Commission for UNESCO.
Entities
Artists
- Willem Drost
- Rembrandt
- Vermeer
- Tintoretto
- Lavinia Fontana
- Virginie Demont-Breton
- Massimo Stanzione
- Jean Cousin I
- Pieter Coecke van Aelst
- Gustaf Fjaestad
- J.J. Frey
- Morbelli
- Artemisia Gentileschi
- Gaetano Gandolfi
- Jacobello del Fiore
- Depero
- Lucio Fontana
- Myungjin Kim
- Claude Monet
- Yves Klein
- Max Beckmann
- Mary Cassatt
- Pablo Picasso
- François-Xavier Lalanne
- Augusto Favalli
- Silvio Bicchi
- Cuno Amiet
- Angelica Kauffman
- Georges Lemmen
- Adriaen Coorte
- Maria van Oosterwijck
- Gaetano Monti
- Bouke de Vries
- Franz Conrad Linck
- Augustino Brunias
- Jan Daniel Beynon
- William Paterson
- Giorgio Morandi
- Tony Cragg
- Marino Marini
- Otto Piene
- Barbara Hepworth
- Lynn Chadwick
- Henry Moore
- Naum Gabo
- Choi Myoung Young
- Vio Choe
- Grayson Perry
- Frank Auerbach
- Glyn Philpot
- Henri De Braekeleer
- Gustav Klimt
- Egon Schiele
- Lyonel Feininger
- Max Ernst
- Jean Arp
- Pol Pury
- Georges Braque
- Shihoko Fukumoto
- KAKU
- Masaaki Miyasako
- Terumasa Ikeda
- Guy de Rougemont
- Tom Dixon
- Roberto Matta
- Paul Klee
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Paul Signac
- Maurice Denis
- Fernand Khnopff
- Edgar Degas
- Peder Balke
- Lotte Laserstein
- Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Arthur Craco
- Erwin Olaf
- Hans van Manen
- Isaac Julien
- Hans Op de Beeck
- Joseph-Marie Vien
- Geoffroy Dumonstier
- Raphael Lamar West
- Alexej von Jawlensky
- Gabriele Münter
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Dora Maar
- Johannes Leemans
- Gerrit Rietveld
- Andy Goldsworthy
- Nobuo Sekine
- Victor Vasarely
- Agnese Dolci
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Julius Hübner
- Alonso Cano
- Angela Heisch
- Michael Raedecker
- Caroline Walker
- Robert Zandvliet
- Max Pechstein
- Gerhard Richter
- Bridget Riley
- Edvard Munch
- Eileen Agar
- Sheila Hicks
Institutions
- TEFAF
- MECC Maastricht
- Jörn Günther Rare Books
- Agnews
- Leiden Collection
- Colnaghi
- Van Gogh Museum
- Gallery 19C
- Stuart Lochhead Sculpture
- David Aaron
- AGO Projects
- Taller Los Tepalcates
- Caretto & Occhinegro
- Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art
- Fondantico
- Robilant+Voena
- Berardi Galleria d’Arte
- Deloitte
- Netherlands Commission for UNESCO
- Altomani & Sons
- Matteo Salamon
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Rijksmuseum
- Louvre
- Musée d'Orsay
- V&A
- National Gallery of London
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Princessehof Ceramics Museum
- Aga Khan Museum
- Albuquerque Foundation
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Centraal Museum
- AkzoNobel Art Foundation
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Museum of Decorative Art in Paris
- Maastricht University
- JP Morgan
- TEFAF Maastricht
- Berardi Galleria d'Arte
- Dr Jörn Günther Rare Books
- De Wit Fine Tapestries
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston
- National Gallery of Canada
- GRIMM
- Ludorff
- D Lan Galleries
- Alison Jacques
- Galleri K
- William Weston
- Plektron Fine Arts
- Galerie Boquet
- James Butterwick
Locations
- Maastricht
- Netherlands
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Mexico
- United States
- Canada
- Europe
- Asia
- UK
- Germany
- US
- France
- Italy
- Belgium
- South Korea
- Austria
- Japan
- Portugal
- Sintra
- Utrecht
- Amsterdam
- Paris
- Abu Dhabi
- London
- Boston
- Leeuwarden
- Ontario
- Houston
- Chicago
- Dubai