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Candidates selected for TEFAF Showcase 2012

MAASTRICHT.- Six galleries have been selected to take part in TEFAF Showcase, which gives younger dealers a one-off opportunity to exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht. The selected candidates, who will be taking part in TEFAF’s Silver Jubilee edition, are specialists from a range of disciplines including modern jewellery, contemporary art, Old Master paintings and Japanese art. Three are from the United Kingdom, one from Italy, one from France and the sixth will become the first-ever TEFAF exhibitor from Hungary. “As the years progress, we find that the level of applicants is getting higher as people have realised that they need to be of a certain standard to be considered,” says Ben Janssens, Chairman of the Executive Committee of TEFAF, and a member of the selection panel, which consists of TEFAF members and independent art specialists. “Showcase is now an established feature of the Fair and many visitors