IN GENERAL, MY COLLEAGUES WERE HAPPY OF THE MOTEL PLUS BERLIN AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY BIG TROUBLE.
BRAFA 2025
About the event
Update
BRAFA 2025 will be hosted as a live exhibition between January 26th and February 2nd, 2025, at the Brussels Expo (Heysel). The event will be held without coronavirus precautions. This is due to the country repealing its coronavirus restrictions.
Calling Card
BRAFA has been a key meeting point for the art world in Belgium ever since its birth almost 70 years ago. The annual art fair creates the necessary conditions for gallerists, collectors, and curators to meet, appraise, educate and buy art pieces. BRAFA occurs annually at Brussels Expo and showcases fine art, antiques, and contemporary art for eight days. Previously, the art fair opened the year in January, but now organisers have decided to move it to a slot in mid-June. BRAFA has always been a barometer for the art market. You can see trends form in how collectors and other buyers react from year to year. It’s important to note that every single piece at BRAFA has been appraised and verified.
Business Potential
BRAFA continues to expand its list of galleries to showcase the very best from art and antiques. The names you should definitely learn are:
- Axel Vervoordt;
- N.Vrouyr;
- Thomas Deprez;
- MDZ Gallery;
- QG Gallery;
- Galerie Kraemer.
They contribute to the wide variety of art objects, which span human history since the Bronze Age. There are currently 20 categories at the art fair. These include classical archeology, tribal artistry, pre-Colombian artwork, Asian artistic creations, jewelry, and silverware. They also feature coinages, furnishing, and art items ranging from the Middle Ages to today. Among them are old and modern-day paintings, contemporary artwork, sculpture, ceramic wares, contemporaneous glass and earthenware, carpetings and fabrics, drawings, original cartoons, etchings, rare publications, photography, and writings. The galleries come from the Italian Republic, Japan, the UAE, and the United States.
Did You Know?
Each year, BRAFA invites a guest of honour. Sometimes this can be a respected art institution. Other times it’s a remarkable artist who has left their mark in the art world. In the upcoming edition, the Guest of Honour is Belgian-born Arne Quinze, who first broke into the art world with his graffiti work and has since moved to wooden constructions and other installations. Buyers and art lovers can get the most out of the rich assortment of artworks and antiques by taking part in one of the many Art Tours held during the fair. Another highlight is the line-up of BRAFA ART TALKS – a series of conversations and lectures on modern artists such as Keith Haring and historical periods.
Your Hotel Room in Brussels
Travel 2 Fairs Ltd has sent business travellers all over the world and knows exactly what you need in your hotel accommodation for BRAFA. Book hotels near Brussels Expo at affordable rates and keep your daily commute to the art fair short. Make terrific savings no matter how small your budget is. We have a wide selection of hotels, hostels, and apartments. Large groups of over twenty people are no challenge to us all. In addition to your online hotel booking for BRAFA, Travel 2 Fairs Ltd can help you with logistics. Do you want a quick commute to your hotel from Brussels airport? We can arrange for a private airport transfer upon arrival. We’re also a rent-a-car vendor.
Past Iterations
BRAFA 2022
BRAFA 2022 occurred between June 19th and June 26th, 2022, at a novel location – Brussels Expo. The live restart edition featured 115 exhibiting galleries from 15 nations. The event venue did not include coronavirus precautions because of the improved pandemic situation.
BRAFA 2023
The 2023 iteration occurred as a live trade exhibition between January 29th and February 5th, 2023 at the Brussels Expo. The event did not include coronavirus precautions because Belgium repealed its pandemic restrictions. The iteration featured 130 exhibiting galleries and 65 000 visitants, with 65% of the visiting representing a foreign country.
BRAFA 2024
The 2024 iteration was a live trade exposition hosted between January 28th and February 4th, 2024. The event was attended by around 67 000 visitants and more than 130 exhibiting firms from 14 nations on 21 000 m2.
68,000+
international visitors
15,000
art objects
115
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15
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I was very happy with my stay at Novum Hotel Lichtburg am Kurfurstendamm***. I'm happy with the standard. It is clean and very well located. And for the price you pay is worth it. Thank you very much. For next edition I will make sure to let you know.
B&B hotel Paris Nord 2 CDG Aeroport Smeelly rooms. Poor standard. NOT somewere you stay for more than one night if their is not any other hotel avalible. Megan was a pleasure to work with!
Hello Tom,
As far as I am concerned, you provided in a very diligent matter, efficiently, … the booking services The hotel was rather well located, great breakfast, a kind of cosy room.
Thanks for the support.
Fabien.
Many thanks for handling the reservation of the hotel so professionally. Its interesting to note that when Interschutz 2021 was cancelled the hotel, and yourselves, did not hesitate to carry the booking over to 2022 at the same cost. The hotel, although a little out of Hannover (this was as per choice) was excellent. The food was excellent and the rooms larger than normal, and well appointed. My stay was greatly enjoyed.
Hi my name is Phillip from the Medit Field Marketing team. We stayed at the Leonardo Hotel during the IDS, and the condition was great! The room service, hospitality, room conditions. We will be participating in the IDS again and would love to stay at this hotel again. Looking forward to meeting you again!
All went well, we liked the location of the hotel, right in the historic center of the city with many restaurants around, no problems at check in!
Dear Tom,
We have had a very pleasant stay at the hotel, well situated nearby the tube that brings you in one stop to the Fair Ground. Thanks very much for your assistance.
Kind regards,
Marieke Emke
Hi Michelle!
I dont know how to thank you enough for your help during the last two years!
But now is the check in ready and we are sittning with a cold pint in our hands!
Thanks once again and if your in Sweden anytime, let me know! I o you one!😀
All the best and i hope we Will do business again!
Best regards
Peter
Dear Michelle,
Everything went well with the ibis Styles Parc des Expositions de Villepinte (3). Thank you for your services.
Ratko
Hotel was OK Service staff OK too Parking lot was not available, a bit difficult to park around there.
Restaurant got busy very soon, was not possible to dine one night.
Interlift 2023
Dear Megan,
Thank you very much for your email.
Yes, everything went well.
We will remember you on our next trips.
Best regards,
Agnieszka Kula
CPhI Worldwide 2023