The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) has announced 25–30 June as the new dates for TEFAF Maastricht, postponed from March. The move means that June is set to be the busiest month in the art fair calendar with the Dutch fair coming after Art Basel (16–19 June) and overlapping with a rescheduled BRAFA (19–26) June) and Masterpiece London (30 June–6 July). Meanwhile, of the spring fairs, Art Rotterdam will now take place in May rather than February, while Art Basel Hong Kong is still going ahead in March, but has contingency plans for May. Of the crush of fair activity in June and continuing Covid uncertainty, Charlotte van Leerdam, managing director of TEFAF Maastricht, told the Art Newspaper: ‘Everyone is pinning their hopes on May and June then September and October – I think people are already getting worried about November.’
The Courtauld Institute and Kings College London have this week announced a 10-year ‘strategic partnership’ in which the two self-governing institutions, both part of the University of London, will develop a series of joint…