In March, parallel with TEFAF, the
world-renowned art fair in Maastricht, Wim Reiff
Gallery exhibits a fine collection of international art
in his own gallery, for serious art lovers and
professionals. The exhibition shows work of, among many
others, Dumas, Fabre, Balkenhol and Carlier. Opening is
on March 11th. On top of that, a rare Mondriaan will be
up for sale, as well as paintings of Picasso, Kabakov,
Courbet and Richter.

Throughout the whole month of March the gallery acts as
a ‘parallel universe’ and exhibits works that would not
look out of place in a museum. Featured artists are
Appel, Balkenhol (5 pieces), Baselitz (3), Beecroft,
Constant, Cragg (13), Dumas, Fabre (14), Fôrg (30),
Kippenberger, Klaucke, McCollum, Melgaard, Messager,
Panamarenko, Rainer, Salvo, Struth, Trockel and
Wesselmann. Their fine work will be on display on the
ground floor of the gallery. The first floor features
the exhibition ‘Masquerade or a tribute to women’ with
sixty works of, among others, Jan Carlier, Man Ray and
Quik Lin Felton (curated by Frank Hendrickx). All the
exhibited works will be up for sale. A large part of
Wim Reiff’s own collection will also be shown. The
vernissage is on 11th March, 15.00-18.00 h., with food,
drinks and music by Sound Kitchen.




The exposition could not be timed more suitably. Every
art professional and private art lover will be in
Maastricht during TEFAF, which is held from 8-18 March
in the MECC congress centre, Maastricht, the
Netherlands. “I would like to invite these people to
also look beyond TEFAF”, emphasizes Wim Reiff. “As they
are already in the city anyway, this is an excellent
opportunity to combine their stay with a visit to this
unique exhibition. And don’t forget that some of the
finest restaurants of Maastricht are located in the
Rechtstraat, too.” To be of extra service to TEFAF
visitors, the gallery has extended opening hours from
8-18 March, from 10.00 – 23.00 h.

Mondriaan, Picasso, Kabakov, Courbet,
Richter

Another interesting event related to the
exhibition, which will surely attract professional art
dealers to the gallery, is that Wim Reiff will be
acting as the broker for a rare Mondriaan painting from
the 1920’s. It will be traded via the so-called
‘private art dealing’ system, where an artwork is
bought or sold outside of the traditional trade
channels, without direct contact between buyer and
seller. The expected price of the painting is estimated
to be around USD 12,5 million. For that reason, the
work itself will not be available to be exhibited in
the gallery, as Wim Reiff explains: “That would be too
much of a risk. Additionally, the world of private art
dealing is very discrete, we only want the work to be
seen by serious buyers. Therefore, not even a
photograph of the picture will be shown.” In addition,
five more paintings are offered: two Picasso’s (from
1945 and 1963), a Kabakov (1991), a Courbet (1860) and
a Richter painting (1977). All are oil on canvas
paintings. Seriously interested buyers are invited to
contact Wim Reiff directly at 00-31-43-3900721 or
00-31-6-50616299, or via e-mail: info@wimreiff.com




For more information, contact Wim Reiff at


00-31-43-3900721 or 00-31-6-50616299,

or via e-mail: info@wimreiff.com




Gallery opening hours:

8th-18th march: 10.00 - 23.00
h.


Regular opening hours: Friday - Saturday:
12.00 - 18.00 h. & by appointment

Wim Reiff Gallery,


Rechtstraat 43,


6221 EG Maastricht,


The Netherlands


www.wimreiff.com