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    AN IRISH ARTIST AT TEFAF ONLINE FAIR

    Saturday, September 11th, 2021

    Siobhan Hapaska is one of a very small number of Irish artists who feature at TEFAF online fair.  This not to be missed event runs until September 13 with no less than 255 leading global dealers available to everyone at the click of a keyboard. It offers masterworks across all collecting categories. Us is the title of this piece by Hapaska at Hidde van Seggelen’s gallery, previously based in London and operating out of Hamburg since 2018. Hidde van Seggelen is chairman of TEFAF. Hapaska uses a variety of synthetic and natural materials to create work that ranges from abstract to hyperrealistic. Born in Belfast in 1963 Hapaska’s art is in numerous public and private collections including Tate Modern and the British Council.  In Ireland she is represented by the Kerlin Gallery. 

    Siobhan Hapaska – Us  Image copyright the artist and Kerlin Gallery.

    A FRAGMENT OF EAST AND WEST IN DIAMONDS AND EMERALDS

    Friday, September 10th, 2021
    BHAGAT Diamonds – Fragment brooch

    Inspired by Mughal architecture this brooch is designed as a jewelled ‘fragment’. It features an Old-European cut diamond weighing 4.82 carats surmounted by a faceted Colombian Emerald drop weighing 9.77 carats. The brooch is mounted in Platinum, signed BHAGAT. This Fragment Brooch by BHAGAT Diamonds of Mumbai is now on display at TEFAF online.

    BHAGAT produces fewer than 60 pieces a year and works with a strictly limited but opulent palette of precious gemstones, often rare and important stones in vintage cuts, and platinum. The essence of BHAGAT’s originality lies in the manner in which classical Indian forms and motifs are united with a contemporary sensibility that, while it combines aspects of east and west, is entirely original. Now in its fourth and fifth generations, BHAGAT is run by Viren along with his two sons, Varun and Jay. In recent years their works have been displayed at The Kremlin State Museum in Moscow, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Victoria & Albert Museum in London, The Miho Museum in Kyoto, The Grand Palais in Paris, The Palazzo Ducale in Venice and the Palace Museum in Beijing.

    TODAY IS PREVIEW DAY FOR TEFAF ONLINE

    Wednesday, September 8th, 2021

    The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has virtually gathered a community of collectors, institutions, and art lovers from around the world for todays preview of TEFAF Online 2021. The fair will open to the public tomorrow and runs until September 13. This second edition of TEFAF’s digital fair brings the rich stories behind each work of art to life through TEFAF Collections, robust virtual programming, and the unsurpassed scholarship of over 267 top exhibitors. 

    “TEFAF Online 2021 is a celebration of expertise, art and storytelling.” said Charlotte van Leerdam, Managing Director of TEFAF. “We are grateful that our community is able to come together safely online during this time to enjoy the beauty of these works and continue participating in the top levels of the international art market from wherever they are in the world.”

    THIS SMALL PLATE IN LACQUER WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATIONS AT GALERIE MARCELPOIL IS BY THE IRISH DESIGNER EILEEN GRAY (1878-1976)

    TEFAF ONLINE COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER

    Sunday, August 15th, 2021

    Leading international dealers from New York to London to Paris to Mumbai and Tokyo and all points between will take part in the online version of The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF)  online fair. This daddy of all fairs will  run from September 9-13 with no less than 255 world class exhibitors available to everyone at the click of a keyboard. TEFAF is normally held in Maastricht and in New York in latter day pre-pandemic years. Exhibitors are known for the unrivaled quality of the works they present from antiquity to the present day. Organisers say the event will offer exciting new digital features to showcase a rich array of more than 700 works. There will be 12 next exhibitors.Meantime the British Museum, with the support of TEFAF, has announced a project ot restore eight ancient glass vessels severely damaged in the Beirut port explosion last August.  Dating from the Roman and Islamic periods they were on display at the Archaeological Museum at the American University of Beirut, 3.2 kms from the blast. The collaboration will see hundreds of glass fragments pieced together and restored at the conservation laboratories at the British Museum.

    A 1st/2nd century AD marble Head Fragment of a Polykleitan Youth at TEFAF.  Image Courtesy of Kallos Gallery London.

    VIRTUAL ANTIQUE FAIR NOW ONLINE IN IRELAND

    Saturday, June 26th, 2021

    This Georgian oak tilt tip table with original snap action can be found online at the tenth virtual Hibernian antique fair which is open today and tomorrow. It is priced at just €195 at The Very Thing stand by Barry and Fiona O’Leary. The fair is now live and can be accessed on the following link: https://hibernianantiques.com/fairs/10

    MASTERPIECE ONLINE GETS UNDERWAY IN LONDON TODAY

    Thursday, June 24th, 2021

    This exceptional ormolu mounted commode by Pierre Langlois is among the items being showcased by Harry Apter at London’s Masterpiece Fair online which runs from today until June 27. This leading British fair normally held at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea attracts dealers and buyers from around the globe. The wide ranging exhibits include contemporary art, jewellery, ceramics, Old Master paintings, Asian and Western contemporary painting, rare books and manuscripts, glassware, antiquities, natural history, sculpture, post war design and British art. Masterpiece’s exhibitors span all eras and disciplines and include many of the world’s most distinguished art dealerships. Visitors can login online at the Masterpiece website.

    TEFAF ANNOUNCES FULL LINE UP FOR SEPTEMBER DIGITAL FAIR

    Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

    The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) today announced the full line up for TEFAF online in 2021. This most exclusive of fairs will be available to everyone right on their own computer from September 3-19, 2021. This will be a full on digital fair with 255 world class exhibitors from around the globe, known for the unrivalled quality of the works they present.

    “TEFAF is about discovery and storytelling. We are excited to bring that spirit to the digital realm with TEFAF Online 2021,” said managing director Charlotte van Leerdam. “It is an honor to work with each of our specialty dealers. We
    cannot wait to take visitors on a digital journey through their vast expertise this September.”

    VIRTUAL ART FAIR THIS WEEKEND

    Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

    Free to Roam by Mark O’Neill is one of the artworks to be displayed at the virtual fair by Hibernian Antique Fairs this coming weekend. This is the tenth virtual fair organised since lockdown by Robin O’Donnell of Hibernian. All items in the fair will be posted online on Saturday morning. We will put a link to the fair on this post then.

    A VIRTUAL ANTIQUE FAIR IN IRELAND THIS WEEKEND

    Saturday, May 29th, 2021

    THIS Georgian oak tilt top table, priced at just €195, is at Barry and Fiona O’Leary’s stand at the Hibernian Antique Fairs virtual fair this weekend. The link to the online fair is hibernianantiques.ie/fairs/9

    VIRTUAL ANTIQUE FAIR 8 NOW UNDERWAY

    Saturday, April 24th, 2021

    The eighth virtual fair by Hibernian, which gets underway today, offers a broad selection of antique furniture, art, jewellery and collectibles as well as several house contents.

    18th Century 1790 Georgian giltwood and gesso pier table and mirror.