Forbes’s Abigail Esman went to the Brussels Antiques and Fine Art Fair which is in is 56th edition:
True, BRAFA doesn’t have the “wow” factor of the main mega-fairs like Basel, Basel Miami or TEFAF Maastricht or Frieze; but it offers up a host of surprises and quite a number of treasures among them, from 18th-century French diamond-and-ruby brooches to Oceanic and Oriental art, Medieval icons, Old Master paintings, and 20th century masters from Picasso to Warhol, from Christo to Wang Guangyi. […]
[T]he (real) pigs by Wim Delvoye who sat quietly greeting visitors to Guy Pieters’ stand. The stuffed, tattooed swine are among the artist’s “signature” pieces, a play on the idea of art as investment (or, that is, art as “piggy” bank). Continue Reading
