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Boudewijn Meijer

Boudewijn Meijer is founder and driving force behind the Kunstpedia Foundation, with a professional background in executing assignments in the field of SME development for multilateral organisations. His affection for the fine and decorative arts started when he bought his very first piece at the age of eight, an Akan Goldweight for just a few cents.

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Museum aan het Vrijthof – een eerbetoon aan de TEFAF

Zoals goede (culturele) ondernemers betaamt, wordt er flink ingehaakt op het jaarlijkse internationale hoogtepunt van de stad Maastricht, ’s werelds meest toonaangevende kunst- en antiekbeurs The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF). Vol met indrukken v...


Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages - a retrospective of works of art from Cologne

Having no formal art historical background I was recently invited to visit an exhibition on Cologne art from the middle ages, a period I know little to nothing about. Being curious by nature I of course accepted the invitation gladly as this form ...


Akan Goldweights in Belgrade, a retrospective

From February 16th and prolonged to August 20th, the African Art Museum in Belgrade, organized an interesting exhibition on Akan Goldweights, as I reported in my posting Akan Goldweights in the Balkan. As from the opening expectations were high. T...


Akan Goldweights in the Balkan

In my quest to seek information on private and institutional collections of Akan Goldweights, in preparation of an article, I was more than pleasantly surprised to discover the one and only tribal art museum in the Balkan. One would expect an ethn...


Art and Antique trade, cocky and free spirited? A new initiative proves otherwise.

A group of international tribal art dealers have joined forces and proceed to follow the principles of ‘together we are stronger’. They formed the Tribal Art Society in order to tackle the problem of the decreasing roll storefronts play in the cha...


VIND – Het nieuwe tijdschrift over geschiedenis, archeologie, kunst en antiek

Vorige week werden wij blijverrast met het persbericht dat Nederland, na het grote verlies van het tijdschrift OOG, een tijdschrift rijker is. VIND, een populair-wetenschappelijk magazine zoals omschreven door de redactie,  hoopt antiek liefhebber...


Twee kunst & antiekbeurzen, één dilemma

De strijd is kennelijk nog niet gestreden want in tegenstelling tot vorige jaar vinden nu in week 16 twee kunst en antiekbeurzen, van formaat, tegelijkertijd plaats. Het 44 jaar oude Art & Antiques Fair Den Bosch en het 2 jaar oude artantique ...


DowJones can’t beat Fine Arts

Fine art generates better financial results than shares on the stock exchange, so scientific research proves. Dr. Ernst Bos and Dr. Aris Graaff of the Wageningen UR in the Netherlands conducted extensive research and concluded amongst others that ...


Still Life Painting of Judith Leyster discovered after 350 years

A still life painting of a vase with flowers by Judith Leyster (1609-1660), the first professional Dutch female painter, was recently discovered. The total known oeuvre of Judith Leyster consists out of 18 paintings and this recent discovery makes...


Fine Art and Antiques Industry file for governmental support

Antiques.co.uk  recently created an online petition that will be submitted to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to lobby for increased support for the fine art and antiques industry in this time of need.On...