Explore the Region
Many cultural institutions in Maastricht and across the Euro-region present exciting exhibitions to discover during TEFAF Maastricht 2026. Find an overview of the rich cultural offerings below, to enhence your visit to TEFAF in March.
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht - Four times Two: half a century of art from the collection (1965–2015)
The artwork Four times Two (1967) by the Japanese-American artist Shinkichi Tajiri, forms the starting point for this collection presentation. Tajiri’s distinctive knot is a recognisable symbol of connection and unity all over the world. Each room in the exhibition displays work by four artists. Their art is very different. It is up to the visitor to make the connection and discover what links the artworks to each other and to the viewer. As a suggestion or hint, each room has a title.
When: November 8, 2025 - June 14, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 1.5 km
Kasteel Wijlre estate, Wijlre - solo presentations Giorgio Andreotta Calò and Minne Kersten
In 2026, Kasteel Wijlre estate opens its exhibition season with striking solo presentations by Giorgio Andreotta Calò and Minne Kersten. Calò transforms the Hedge House into an immersive world in which visitors are enveloped in a captivating interplay of light and sculpture. In the Coach House, Kersten creates a poetic, psychological landscape through paintings, sculptures and film works that explore the genius loci. Together, the artists connect themes such as ecology and memory to the architecture and the unique surroundings of the estate.
When: 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 15 km
Bozar, Brussels - Bellezza e Bruttezza
Beauty and ugliness have always fascinated people, yet their meanings shift over time. Bellezza e Bruttezza explores how artists from Italy and Northern Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries depicted these extremes, from refined ideals to deliberate grotesques. A rare opportunity to see extraordinary works, some appearing in Belgium for the first and only time.
When: February 20 - June 14, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 118 km
KMSKA Antwerp - The Fall of Alba's Citadel: Image and Memory in Turbulent Times
The KMSKA holds a painting of the demolition of the Antwerp citadel in 1577. At first glance, it seems a lively cityscape full of activity. But look closer, and you’ll discover a layered story about power, manipulation, and how images shape our view of the past. What do we remember, and what do we prefer to forget? And who decides what we get to see? This exhibition shows how history is not only written, but also painted.
When: February 6 - May 17, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 123 km
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Metamorphoses
Passion and desire, lust and jealousy, cunning and deceit — few classical texts have stirred the imagination of artists as deeply as Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In the eponymous exhibition artists as Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rodin, Brancusi, and Bourgeois rival the imaginative power and artistic vision of one of Antiquity’s greatest poets. Over 80 masterpieces will be brought together from museums and collections worldwide. This exhibition has been developed through close collaboration between the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and Galleria Borghese in Rome.
When: February 6 - May 25, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 225 km
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - Yellow
Yellow. Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour is the first exhibition to explore what the colour yellow meant to Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. Furthermore, an installation by Olafur Eliasson provides a unique experience of this colour. This exhibition invites you to discover why yellow represented courage and renewal in the 19th century, and what the colour means in the arts.
When: February 13 - May 17, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 225 km