EXHIBITORS NEWS
03/11/2025
MassModernDesign - Press release BRAFA 2026
For its first participation at Brafa Art Fair in January 2026, the gallery will present a curated dialogue between Brazilian modern furniture and Italian lighting and decorative arts. The presentation will bring together the organic warmth of Brazil’s mid-century masters with the refined luminosity of Italian postwar design, creating a vivid counterpoint to the European winter.
At the center of the exhibition stands a selection of exceptional Brazilian works by José Zanine Caldas, Jorge Zalszupin, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Carlo Hauner, among others. These designers each represent a distinct chapter in Brazil’s design history, combining artisanal craftsmanship with a modernist sensibility rooted in tropical materials and natural forms. Their work captures the essence of mid-century Brazil, tactile, expressive, and profoundly human.
To complement this ensemble, the gallery will showcase lighting by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte and Angelo Lelii, two of Italy’s most celebrated figures in glass and light design. Their poetic compositions in brass, opaline glass, and crystal embody the refined sophistication that defined Italy’s postwar design renaissance. The installation will be further enriched with artworks by Dedalo Montali and Christoph Bollinger, whose sculptural and painterly gestures bridge the space between art and design.
Together, these pieces create a dialogue between continents, a meeting of Brazil’s sensual modernism and Italy’s sculptural elegance. The presentation seeks to evoke the warmth, rhythm, and material richness of South America within the refined architectural context of Brafa, celebrating a cross-cultural harmony that feels both timeless and invigorating.
Our debut at Brafa marks a long-awaited milestone. Having admired the fair for many years, we chose to join only when our collection felt mature enough to fully represent our vision. In 2026, that moment arrives. We will bring the best of the best, a selection that embodies the spirit, sophistication, and vitality of twentieth-century design.
At the center of the exhibition stands a selection of exceptional Brazilian works by José Zanine Caldas, Jorge Zalszupin, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Carlo Hauner, among others. These designers each represent a distinct chapter in Brazil’s design history, combining artisanal craftsmanship with a modernist sensibility rooted in tropical materials and natural forms. Their work captures the essence of mid-century Brazil, tactile, expressive, and profoundly human.
To complement this ensemble, the gallery will showcase lighting by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte and Angelo Lelii, two of Italy’s most celebrated figures in glass and light design. Their poetic compositions in brass, opaline glass, and crystal embody the refined sophistication that defined Italy’s postwar design renaissance. The installation will be further enriched with artworks by Dedalo Montali and Christoph Bollinger, whose sculptural and painterly gestures bridge the space between art and design.
Together, these pieces create a dialogue between continents, a meeting of Brazil’s sensual modernism and Italy’s sculptural elegance. The presentation seeks to evoke the warmth, rhythm, and material richness of South America within the refined architectural context of Brafa, celebrating a cross-cultural harmony that feels both timeless and invigorating.
Our debut at Brafa marks a long-awaited milestone. Having admired the fair for many years, we chose to join only when our collection felt mature enough to fully represent our vision. In 2026, that moment arrives. We will bring the best of the best, a selection that embodies the spirit, sophistication, and vitality of twentieth-century design.
03/11/2025
Dei Bardi Art - A Nottingham Alabaster with Museum Pedigree
Dei Bardi Art is delighted to present at Brafa 2026 an exquisite 15thcentury alabaster relief of The Resurrection of Christ, created by the celebrated Nottingham workshops - Europe’s leading centre for devotional alabaster sculpture.
Christ rises triumphantly from the tomb, his figure softly modelled with the luminous warmth unique to English alabaster. At his feet, soldiers lie sleeping, their armour and expressions carved with remarkable precision.
This panel carries an exceptional provenance, having belonged to two major museum collections. Once in the renowned Hubert Wilm Collection in Munich, it then entered the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, where it remained for nearly forty years. In the 20th century it joined the esteemed John & Johanna Bass Collection, before entering the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach in 1963. Historic museum numbers remain visible on the Stone - rare, tangible witnesses to its journey through major collections and institutional history.
Provenance :
– Collection Hubert Wilm, Munich (XIXᵉ siècle)
– Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg (c. 1880–1920)
– Lamperts, Cologne, 1944
– Collection John & Johanna Bass, New York
– Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, 1963
Christ rises triumphantly from the tomb, his figure softly modelled with the luminous warmth unique to English alabaster. At his feet, soldiers lie sleeping, their armour and expressions carved with remarkable precision.
This panel carries an exceptional provenance, having belonged to two major museum collections. Once in the renowned Hubert Wilm Collection in Munich, it then entered the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, where it remained for nearly forty years. In the 20th century it joined the esteemed John & Johanna Bass Collection, before entering the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach in 1963. Historic museum numbers remain visible on the Stone - rare, tangible witnesses to its journey through major collections and institutional history.
Provenance :
– Collection Hubert Wilm, Munich (XIXᵉ siècle)
– Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg (c. 1880–1920)
– Lamperts, Cologne, 1944
– Collection John & Johanna Bass, New York
– Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, 1963
23/10/2025
Galerie Oscar De Vos - Press file BRAFA 2026
At BRAFA 2026, Galerie Oscar De Vos presents the exhibition “Memories of the Lys Region 1850–1930”, a tribute to the artists who immortalised the river, the villages, and the light of the Lys region. In the 20th century, the village evolved into an international artists’ colony.
The selection features highlights from eight decades of art, from Xavier De Cocks' Flemish Fairground (1857) and Albijn Van den Abeele's subdued Last Rays of Sunlight, Rising Moon (1904) to Emile Claus' rediscovered Villa Sunshine on the Lys (1893) and his iconic masterpiece After the Crossing (1899).
Never-before-seen works on the art market by Jenny Montigny (Summer, c.1905; The Lys at Deurle, 1934) and Maurice Sys (Nocturne, c.1905) are presented alongside expressionist canvases by Frits Van den Berghe, Constant Permeke, Hubert Malfait, and Albert Saverys.
The exhibition evokes the seasons, intimate interiors, and village life of the Lys Valley, forming a poetic remembrance of a landscape that continues to inspire artists and collectors alike...
More information in the Press file.
The selection features highlights from eight decades of art, from Xavier De Cocks' Flemish Fairground (1857) and Albijn Van den Abeele's subdued Last Rays of Sunlight, Rising Moon (1904) to Emile Claus' rediscovered Villa Sunshine on the Lys (1893) and his iconic masterpiece After the Crossing (1899).
Never-before-seen works on the art market by Jenny Montigny (Summer, c.1905; The Lys at Deurle, 1934) and Maurice Sys (Nocturne, c.1905) are presented alongside expressionist canvases by Frits Van den Berghe, Constant Permeke, Hubert Malfait, and Albert Saverys.
The exhibition evokes the seasons, intimate interiors, and village life of the Lys Valley, forming a poetic remembrance of a landscape that continues to inspire artists and collectors alike...
More information in the Press file.