BRAFA is Coming to a Location Near You…

Faced with the unprecedented pandemic still disrupting the world, BRAFA is refusing to throw in the towel. The Brussels art fair, a yardstick for art and antiques, will indeed take place this month—but in a different way. Aware that online fairs focused on artworks and furniture have not been wildly successful, its organizers are trying a new approach by proposing circuits within the galleries themselves. "There's a need for face-to-face contact. It's important to support the galleries, so that they can see people and their collectors, all under the BRAFA umbrella," says the fair's director, Beatrix Bourdon. "We invited BRAFA 21 exhibitors to present pieces in their own galleries, to circumvent the January travel ban and not take any risks. We looked for a version we wouldn't have to cancel. The idea is to work with a more local audience by focusing on circuits in each city." This means that collectors can take a tour of the cities close by, each…