TEFAF Maastricht: Answers to Your Questions
Dates, access, stay, journeys, evenings: the essentials, in short, verified answers.
Last updated 6 October 2026 · 3 min read
TEFAF Maastricht 2027, the fortieth edition, takes place at MECC Maastricht, in the Netherlands: invitation-only preview on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 March, public days from Saturday 13 to Thursday 18 March, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are sold by TEFAF, on its website, from mid-October 2026; invitations to the preview days, issued by TEFAF and by exhibitors, cannot be bought. The fair is organised by TEFAF, The European Fine Art Foundation. TGZ Conciergerie, an independent house, composes the stay around it: accommodation, transport, chauffeurs, dinners and evenings, on bespoke quote.
Dates and organisation
TEFAF Maastricht opens on Thursday 11 March 2027 with two invitation-only preview days; the public days follow, from Saturday 13 to Thursday 18 March, every day from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The fair is organised by TEFAF, The European Fine Art Foundation, founded in 1988; the 2027 edition is the fortieth.
More than 260 dealers from some twenty countries exhibit there, in ten sections, and around 200 experts organised in 30 committees examine every work before the opening.
Tickets and invitations
Tickets are sold by TEFAF, on its website: entry ticket, multiple-entry ticket, youth ticket for 12 to 18-year-olds, free entry for under-12s. Invitations to the preview days are issued by TEFAF and by the exhibiting dealers; they are not for sale.
TGZ Conciergerie sells no invitations and resells no tickets: we arrange the purchase of tickets in your name through TEFAF's ticket shop where possible. Our guide How to Attend TEFAF Maastricht? sets out each type of access.
Stay and journeys
The old town puts evening tables a few steps away and the fair some ten minutes away; the estates of the nearby countryside offer quiet, some twenty minutes away. The fine addresses go early, often with a minimum stay.
You arrive by train from Paris via Liège, by air through the region's airports, or by private jet via Maastricht Aachen Airport. Our guides Where to Stay During TEFAF Maastricht? and How to Get to TEFAF Maastricht? go into detail.
Style and evenings
There is no dress code imposed at the fair. The custom is understated elegance, suited to March: comfortable shoes for long hours on your feet, light clothing under the coat, which you leave at the cloakroom, something more formal for the evening. Dinners and receptions sometimes specify their dress on the invitation.
Exhibitors' dinners and collectors' receptions are held by invitation; we pass on requests where possible, without guarantee, and create your own evening if you wish.
Frequently asked questions
According to TEFAF, from Thursday 11 to Thursday 18 March 2027: invitation-only preview on 11 and 12 March, public days from 13 to 18 March, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
At MECC Maastricht, Forum 100, in the south-east of the city, 250 metres from Maastricht-Randwyck station.
It is issued by TEFAF and by the exhibiting dealers, to their clients and to professionals. It cannot be bought. TGZ does not sell them and promises none.
On TEFAF's website, tefaf.com, from mid-October 2026. TGZ arranges the purchase in your name where possible and resells no tickets.
More than 260 dealers from some twenty countries, in ten sections, from antiquity to contemporary design.
No: coats, umbrellas, large bags and suitcases are left at the cloakroom or in the lockers, at the entrance to the fair.
None is imposed at the fair. Understated elegance and comfortable shoes by day; something more formal for dinners, whose invitation sometimes specifies the code.
No. TGZ Conciergerie is an independent house, with no affiliation to TEFAF, MECC Maastricht, the exhibiting dealers or the fair's partners, and no official status. We compose the stay around the fair, on bespoke quote.
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