Dear Tom,
Thank you for your mail.
Everything was OK. Thank you so much for your help and professionalism.
We will know if we need rooms for BIOFACH 2026 around june 2025.
Best regards,
Emilie Lessirard
BIOFACH 2025
BRAFA 2026
(25 January 2026
- 1 February 2026
)
Venue:
Brussels Expo
Industry:
Art and Antiques
Organizer:
Asbl Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique
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Update
BRAFA 2026 will be hosted as a live exhibition between January 25th and February 1st, 2026, at the Brussels Expo (Heysel).
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.
BRAFA 2025
The 2025 iteration of BRAFA occurred as a live trade expo between January 26th and February 2nd 2025. The event featured 72 000 visitants and 130 exhibiting firms from 16 nations.
68,000+
international visitors
15,000
art objects
115
galleries
15
countries
Our visitors for the event
Emilie Lessirard
Gunnar Nordbo
All went okay and the hotel was good.
Aqua Nor 2023
Solja Mannermaa
Hello Tom,
CPHI event went very well, and our booth was very busy.
Hotel Macchiavelli was quite good hotel especially breakfast was good and fresh. Also location was good, not far away from the train station. Thank you for your help and looking forward next year’s CPHI in Frankfurt.
Have a nice autumn!
Best regards,
Solja
CPhI Worldwide - 2024
Michaela Dohmen
Dear Tom,
The service of Go Fair (your service) was excellent, I would really like to work with you again in 2017 (next Offshore). The people who will go to this fair would like to stay at Skene House Whitehall again, if you could manage this in the future, this would be great. (I don´t really know if Skene House will be exclusively offered by Munroe´s).
Kind regards,
Michaela Dohmen
Ms Emma Nordgren
Dear Megan,
The hotel all in all is good. Rooms are fine with good beds and bathrooms. Breakfast is very good for a hotel of this size. A small thing, but it would have been good with more English speaking TV channels.
It is ok to use public transports to the exhibitions ground, but it would have been even better to have a similar hotel along U78 north of the city centre when exhibiting at the Dusseldorf Messe.
Best regards,
Ingrid/Group Marketing Manager
Ms. Masami Shibahara
Dear Tom,
Thank you for your mail. My member mentioned, this hotel was perfect, especially location was nice. We will contact you if we need your help to book the good hotel for the exhibition etc.
Again, thank you very much for your dedicated support for this.
Have a great day!
Best regards,
Masami
Jamie Rufeisen
Hi Tom,
Amnon, myself, and our entire team is really, really happy with the hotel you found for us. A million Thanks!
We would like to order for the next IDS at the same place.
All the best and bye for now
Jamie
Ms. Ieva Livkiša
Hello,
Thank you for your email and services. Indeed my colleagues have come back and are very satiesfied with their visit.
Also we have learned the lesson and knowing that we may be going to the IBC2020, we are thinking of making a very early booking. Is that possible?
What options you can provide, it can include the Olympic Hotel, as they were satisfied, but also other similar options close to RAI.
Looking forward to your answer,
Ieva
Halina Kwiatkowska
Dear Mark,
As you know, I use your company to book the hotels for Mineral Show Munich for many years. Your offer is always ok, hotel and room is very good. I will need your help next year etc.....
Keep in touch,
Halina
Mauro Obert
Dear Nick,
thank you for your support. The fair was good and the hotel, too!
We would like to reserve again this same one for our partecipation in Agritechnica 2019. We need 2 double rooms check in 9th November, check out 16th November
Can you send us a proposal?
Thank you!
Sabatino Pisano
Hello George,
Everything went well at the Mercure Hotel Plaza Essen during the event.
We will be in touch for the next edition in 2025.
Sabatino
SCHWEISSEN & SCHNEIDEN 2023
Tiziana
Thank you for your kind collaboration. The most appreciated thing of the Toyoko Inn Franfurt Hotel is the location very usefull.
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