Chillida, Rembrandt, Dora Maar and Mapplethorpe, protagonists of the First Look at TEFAF Maastricht

The European Fine Arts Foundation (TEFAF) has announced a selection of 43 works that will be exhibited at TEFAF Maastricht, in whose preview artists such as Rem burns, Claude Monet, Paul Gaugiin, Berthe Mosot, Dora But, Hepworth, Edurdo Chileda y Mapplethorpe.

Thus, this First Look, which will take place on March 12 and 13will offer works from different disciplines such as painting, drawings and prints, sculptures, installations, photography and decorative arts.

During the eight days that the 39th edition of the fair lasts, 278 galleries from 24 countries on five continents will meet, including eight from Spain and three from Latin America.

The largest group of this first selection revolves around paintings and works on paper, covering more than six centuries of artistic creation, from the Renaissance to the present day.

Specifically, they highlight masterpieces of Symbolism, Impressionism and Expressionism – with key figures such as Odilon Redon, Morisot, Monet, Max Pechstein, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Gauguin – along with historical rediscovery by artists such as Jacob Jordaens or Giuseppe Bonito.

Drawing occupies a central place exemplified by Bartolomeo Bandinelli and Dora Maarwhile contemporary and modern painting expands the visual language towards abstraction, gesture and spirituality with artists such as Arnulf Rainer, Léon Spilliaert, Emily Kam Kngwarray and Heisch.

Then, photography, present in pieces by Robert Mapplethorpe, Sohei Nishino and the duo Anna and Bernhard Blume, introduces “new readings of the body, nature, memory and the urban landscape, expanding the dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity,” the fair explains in a statement.

Regarding the field of sculpture, a history is traced from Antiquity to the 20th century. There will be funerary works from the classical and Egyptian world, such as the Attic-Greek stele of Medeia or the statuette of Ptah-Sokar.

The Renaissance and the Modern Age are also represented by reliefs in wax and marble, like the memento mori portrait of Matthäus Carl. Sculptural modernity is expressed in pieces by Barbara Hepworth and Eduardo Chillida, ‘Leku III’, where space, emptiness and the tactile relationship with the work take center stage.

Added to this are bronze busts and sculptures such as the portrait of Suzanne Lion, made by Bourdelle before 1929, which underline the continuity between artisanal tradition and modern language.