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On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced museum acquisitions made at its 2026 Maastricht and New York fairs, led by the Art Institute of Chicago's purchase of Lavinia Fontana's 'Christ Expelling the Merchants from the Temple,' offered by Trinity Fine Art and the first Fontana painting to enter that c.
On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced that works by Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, and Sonia Delaunay have been acquired by public museums, facilitated through its recent fairs in New York and Maastricht.
On October 21, 2026, TEFAF announced major museum acquisitions from its 2026 fairs in Maastricht (March 14–19) and New York (May 15–19). The fairs, covering 7,000 years of art, attracted over 600 museum directors and 130 patron groups.
The Uffizi Galleries in Florence has acquired Luca Giordano's "Christ and the Samaritan Woman," a fresco tondo painted around 1685 on a portable wicker support known as a "paniera." The work, presented at TEFAF Maastricht 2026, was purchased and donated by the Amici degli Uffizi - Friends of the .
On September 23, 2026, TEFAF announced the renewal of multi-year agreements ensuring the long-term continuity of TEFAF Maastricht at MECC Maastricht until 2036 and TEFAF New York at Park Avenue Armory until 2031.
On September 8, 2026, TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) announced a long-term agreement with MECC Maastricht, the Province of Limburg, and the Municipality of Maastricht to keep the fair in the city through 2036.
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