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Faced with the progression of the covid, Tefaf, the great art fair in Maastricht, cancels its edition

12/15/2021, 8:34:51 PM


INFO LE FIGARO - The organizers decided on Wednesday not to keep their meeting scheduled for March 2022 and are considering new dates. A hard blow for the sector after the postponement of the Brafa in Brussels.

Is the black series of cancellations of fairs and shows starting again, with the surge of the Omicron variant and the fear of a new wave at the start of the 2022 school year?

It strongly resembles it.

After the cancellation of the Brussels Brafa in mid-January and the postponement of its edition to June, the organization of the Tefaf Maastricht has just thrown in the towel for its March 2022 edition.

Tefaf is one of the biggest fairs in the world and the decision was difficult to make.

But everyone kept in mind the 2019 edition, maintained at all costs, closed just a few days after its opening;

the event had turned into a cluster, with several exhibitors and visitors falling ill.

The Covid-19 had struck in cascade.

Read also Coronavirus: Tefaf Maastricht closes in disaster after the discovery of an infected exhibitor

As Europe finds itself once again in the midst of an epidemic resurgence, this memory has come back;

it was necessary to decide.

Wednesday afternoon, an extraordinary council was held by videoconference.

The meeting ended around 7 p.m.

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