2024 BRAFA Art Fair

BRAFA, one of Europe's leading art and antiques fairs, returns from Sunday 28 January to Sunday 4 February again in the prestigious venue of Brussels Expo at Heysel. Renowned for the quality and diversity of its offer, the Fair will welcome for its 69th edition more than 130 leading galleries from 14 countries who will present exquisite works of ancient, modern & contemporary art and twentieth-century design. BRAFA is the art event not to miss at the beginning of the year!

In the frame of the BRAFA Arts Talks, ENCATC is proud to organise a session under the theme "Public/Private collaborations in the visual arts sector", reuniting the expertise of members coming from University ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles, University of Antwerp, Creative Europe Culture Desk Flanders, and ENCATC Ambassador Liliana Turoiu. This Talk will explore how synergies between public institutions (academia, museums, institutes…), private art market stakeholders (collectors, art fairs, dealers…) and artists can contribute to heritage preservation but also drive research innovation and foster creativity. They will discuss recent initiatives, highlighting the benefits but also the challenges of these collaborations in shaping and dynamising the visual arts sector.

Organised by ENCATC in partnership with the Creative Europe Desks Vlaanderen in the framework of the very successful Cultural Happy Hours initiative, this gathering will be the occasion to kick-off 2024 with a fresh intake of inspiration, new ideas and contacts with colleagues from Brussels and beyond.