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BLOUINARTINFO.COM | MARCH 2016 ART+AUCTION

Antiques

EUROPEAN FINE FURNISHINGS

Herman Doomer, cupboard in ebony and rosewood, 1595–1600

Available from Pieter Hoogendijk Antiquairs, Amsterdam

The antiques section is the largest at the fair, with more than 100 dealers offering

furniture, sculpture , textiles, porcelains, and other works of art from around the

w o r l d , d a t i n g f r o m t h e 1 6 t h t h r o u g h 1 9 t h c e n t u r i e s. tefaf boasts a particular

strength in European pieces from the Renaissance and Baroque periods such as

those tendered by Botticelli Antichità of Florence, which is presenting a late

17th-century marble statue of Hercules and Antaeus, and Carlton Hobbs of New

York, who is offering an early 18th-century Italian gilt- bronze folding stool.

Wo r k s o n Pa p e r

HISTORICAL &

CONTEMPORARY

Candida Höfer, Hermitage St. Petersburg XII, 2014

Available from Galleri K, Oslo

“More and more art collectors are interested

in photography,” says Ben Frija of Oslo-based

Galleri K, which is promoting works by

artists associated with the Becher school of

photography: Andreas Gursky, Candida

H ö f e r , A x e l H ü t t e , T h o m a s R u f f , a n d T h o m a s

Struth. Since debuting it in 2010, tefaf has

continued to expand its Paper section, which

includes not only photography but limited

edition prints, ranging from Old Masters

to contemporary works; antiquarian books;

and Asian calligraphy works. This edition, a

special exhibition titled “Collecting Collectors”

showcases prints and drawings from Museum

Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

“ This is the only event where

one can i nd the i nest in tribal

pieces alongside the i nest

in art from around the world.”

—PA R ISI A N DEALER IN OCEANIC ART ANTHONY MEYER