This was a very nice hotel and would consider staying again in the future. The hotel staff was friendly and helpful and the rooms were adequate and clean. The hotel is located near the subway station as well as the larger metro station at the Duomo. It was easy to get to the station and get around the city when necessary.
BRAFA 2027
(24 January 2027
- 31 January 2027
)
Venue:
Brussels Expo
Industry:
Art and Antiques
Organizer:
Asbl Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique
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Update
BRAFA 2027 will be hosted as a live exhibition between the 24th and 31st of January, 2027, 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.
BRAFA 2026
BRAFA 2026 was a live exhibition hosted between January 25th and February 1st 2026. It was attended by around 150 exhibiting firms from 18 nations and approximately 72 000 visitants.
68,000+
international visitors
15,000
art objects
115
galleries
15
countries
Our visitors for the event
James Bruno
JAROSLAW KRUSZKA
Everything went smooth and perfect. Thank you very much for your help and assistance with accommodation and transfers to the fair grounds.
Emel Bulut
Dear Tom,
As the operating and marketing manager of our new office abroad, sometimes one just doesn`t have enough time to take care of small details that come back to haunt you at the very last minute. Even though, I was not familiar with your company before and I had never worked with an external company either, you remained reassuring and have kept your word. Within a very limited time frame and with only a few emails you were able to put me and 10 of my colleagues in a good hotel, with excellent service and near the city center... I have already send you the dates and locations of our next fairs! It was a pleasure working with you and I look forward to working with you again.
Emel
Anne-Laure Dufour
Hello Tracy,
Everything went very well, the team was happy, and it was a very nice hotel.
Thanks a lot for your services and your reactivity.
We will not hesitate to use your services in the future.
Agritechnica 2023
Laura
Dear Brian,
Thank you very much for your help in finding this nice hotel. It was in a great position near to the fair and to all the facilities and the rooms were cozy and comfortable. It has been the perfect solution for our purposes.
Ben David
Dear Megan,
Hello and good to hear from you …
The IDS was great for us with some interesting meetings and collaboration although its required hard work, plan and efforts
I’d like to thank you for all the times you tried contacted me and I’m so happy that we finally made it happen and booked the hotel for our reservation
Regarding the next exhibition, Yes, I’m interested in receiving an offer for it
Sincerely,
Ben
IDS 2025
Jelena Petrovic
Dear Megan,
Great news.
Comments on this hotel was that the location is perfect, design is interesting, but the Internet connection was horrible. Having in mind that we have all been travelling for a business purposes, this was a real issue. Anyway, thank you for your support and patience in working with us, it was a really big group to handle. 🙂
Over the next couple of weeks, we will review our participation in Hannover and decide on our next show. I will keep you updated once we have more information about our upcoming trip to Hannover.
Best regards,
Jelena Petrović
EuroTier – 2024
Rachel Doherty
Dear Megan,
Thank you very much. Everything was good. We were pleased with the accommodation and the convenient location, and the landlord’s contact person was really friendly and helpful. One thing to mention is that we were unaware that a €500 cash deposit was required on check-in.. Anyway, we were happy over all, so thank you again.
Kind regards,
Rachel
Dagmar Thiem
Dear Megan,
Thank you very much for your great assistance in booking and organizing the hotel accommodation, meeting room and dinner in the restaurant of our team during Vitafoods 2026.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Best regards,
Dagmar Thiem
Vitafoods Europe & Finished Products Expo – 2027
Fernando Ramirez Barrantes
Hey Tom,
ANUGA was very good for us. Thanks for everything.
The hotel was in a really excellent location, really close to the event. Easly we can stay again in this place.
Please send me preliminary info and prices.
Once again thanks for your help,
Let’s keep in contact,
Regards,
Fernando Ramirez
Anuga 2025
Sarig Shellefff
We got great serice from Mrs. Ellie stone , who helped us with manging more then 50 rooms in 2 hotels , with many changes and requests well done and thank you
Andre Pinto e Hugo Silva
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