Maastricht – Keeping The Lookie-Loos Out

The giant art fair upped its admission to €55 to try to keep the crowds down. “For the most part, this show is about up-market ‘content,’ and the clientele matches. It’s a class act at which no one is sorry to find a champagne and oyster bar tucked away among the Old Masters paintings, near the Salander-O’Reilly Galleries stall. The Maastricht fair is seen as the most prestigious for older work, and some of those well-turned-out folks strolling the thickly carpeted ‘streets’ of the show are more than private collectors.”