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.
Form November 8, 2025 to 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.
Throughout 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 15 km
Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen
11 Seconds
Stefan Draschan (born 1979) is a master of visual symbiosis between people and art. In his fascinating photographs, he connects people with masterpieces from European museums, whose clothing, gestures or hairstyles harmonise in an astonishing way. With his series ‘People Matching Artworks,’ which has become internationally known on social media, he discovers matching pairs of images, merging the past and the present and thus completely redefining seeing and being seen. Irony always plays an important role in his photographs. Draschan emphasises that pure chance is his muse, which comes to him in fleeting moments. His sense for the decisive moment – the moment décisif, an expression coined by Henri Cartier-Bresson – makes his photographs as unique as the average time he has to take them: 11 seconds.
Until March 15, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 40 km
Limburgs Museum, Venlo
Family Goltzius
In the 16th century, the Goltzius family, originally from Venlo, grew into one of the most renowned artist families in Europe. Their innovative and beloved work can be found everywhere: from living rooms to royal palaces. In Family Goltzius – Masters from Venlo, the Limburg Museum brings together the full story of the family for the first time. See how generations of the Goltzius family inspire each other, how they collaborate, and how their talent spreads throughout Europe. Their prints not only demonstrate great craftsmanship but also a close family bond that bridges time and distance. Admire the impressive and diverse family oeuvre and gain an intimate view of the artists' family life. Back in Venlo, at the place where the success began.
Until 31st May, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 77 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.
Form February 20 to 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.
From February 6 to May 17, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 123 km
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Drawing from Nature
Drawing from Nature explores how our perspective on nature’s power, fragility and meaning has evolved over four centuries. Prompting reflection on our place as humans and sustainable coexistence. Centred around rarely exhibited landscape drawings, the exhibition combines historic and contemporary works including the immersive film ‘Broken Spectre’ by Richard Mosse.
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.
Form February 13 to May 17, 2026
Distance to TEFAF: 225 km