Artcurial
Belgium
Since its opening in 2012, Artcurial’s Brussels office has become an unmissable address for collectors and art lovers. Housed in a superb mansion, the office is in the heart of the residential embassy district. This office has strengthened Artcurial’s presence throughout the world as well as its international network in order to offer a local service to its foreign clients.
Artcurial’s specialists regularly travel to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg by appointment, when they can establish with you the most appropriate sales strategy for your property. They can also provide tailor-made advice for inheritance or insurance inventories.
Free and confidential valuation days covering all of the firm’s specialities are also organised in Belgium on the dates shown below.
Artcurial’s Belgian office also organises several events throughout the year in its premises and in the region’s museums: themed exhibitions on comics and graphic novels or Belgian artists, previews of selections of the season’s masterpieces and conferences.
Valuation Days
Free & Confidential Expertises by Appointment.
Knokke
15 September 2023
Jewellery, Watches & Luxury Accessories
Post-War & Contemporary Art
Art Deco & Design
Motorcars
Location: Royal Zoute Golf Club
Sint-Martens-Latem
12 October 2023
Jewellery, Watches & Luxury Accessories
Impressionist & Modern Art
Post-War & Contemporary Art
Motorcars
Old Master & 19th Century Art
Design
Furniture & Works of Art
Location: L’Auberge du Pêcheur – Pontstraat 41, 9831 Sint-Martens-Latem
Brussels
7 September 2023
Comic Strips
13 September 2023
Furniture & Works of Art
14 September 2023
Jewellery & Watches
19 September 2023
Impressionist & Modern Art
20 September 2023
Art Deco & Design
4 October 2023
Post-War & Contemporary Art
5 October 2023
Books & Manuscripts
Artists from the Hanoi School
10 October 2023
Asian Art
13 October 2023
Jewellery & Watches
9 November 2023
Old Master & 19th Century Art
16 November 2023
Jewellery & Watches
7 December 2023
Jewellery & Watches
EXHIBITIONS IN BRUSSELS
8 & 9 November 2023
Old Master & 19th Century Art
Preview exhibition of a selection of major paintings and drawings from our ‘Old Master & 19th Century Art’ auction, to be held in Paris on the 22nd of November 2023.
From 10am until 6pm
21-24 November 2023
Modern & Contemporary Art Exhibition
Preview exhibition of a selection of major works from our ‘Impressionist & Modern Art’ and ‘Post-War & Contemporary Art’ auctions, to be held in Paris on the 5th and 6th of December 2023.
From 10am until 6pm
Artcurial Belgium
5, avenue Franklin Roosevelt
BE-1050 Brussels
Vinciane de Traux
DirectorPhone +32 2 644 98 44
vdetraux@artcurial.com
Trilingual in French, Dutch and English, Vinciane holds a degree in Art History in contemporary art from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and a diploma from CREPAC, majoring in Antique Dealing/Fine Art Broker Business Management. She also followed an additional course organised by IESA Belgium. Vinciane then joined Sotheby's, first in London, then in Brussels as an expert-liaison and later as Director of the Decorative Arts Departments. Since 2012, Vinciane de Traux is Director of the Belgium Artcurial office and manages the Benelux Artcurial activities, putting her skills, enthusiasm and network at the service of the auction house’s development.
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News
Fragonard, a rediscovered masterpiece
As every year, the Old Master & 19th Century Art department will hold its prestige sale on 22nd November, in conjunction with Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale. The sale will feature a masterpiece by Jean-Honoré Fragonard: The Sacrifice to the Minotaur. Estimated €4,000,000 - 6,000,000, this oil on canvas has been kept in the same family for over a century. An exceptional, unpublished still life by Louyse Moillon and a Saint John the Evangelist by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo will also be offered for sale.
Over €14M for the Monaco Auction Week sales
The Monaco Auction Week sales, which was held from 16th to 19th July 2023 at the Hotel Hermitage in Monte-Carlo, were a resounding success with Artcurial’s Jewellery, Watches, Fashion & Luxury Accessories, Post-War & Contemporary Art and, for the first time, Design departments all shined on the French Riviera, totaling over €14 M.
Tintin in America breaks a new record!
On Friday 10th February, Artcurial auctioned Hergé’s original drawing for the 1942 cover of the album Tintin in America. This cover was used in 1946 for the first colour edition of the album. After a bidding battle, it was sold for €2,1M, a new world record for an original black and white drawing by Hergé.
Artcurial celebrates its 20th anniversary with a record year
The year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the auction House, with numerous records and lots sold above €1M, as well as the sale of prestigious private collections. Artcurial is proud to celebrate this anniversary with a record result of €216,5M.
More than €4M for The collection of Baron and Baroness Vaxelaire
On November 9, 2022, Artcurial had the honor of dispersing in Paris a major group of paintings by Flemish and Dutch masters of the 16th and 17th centuries from the prestigious collection Baron & Baroness Vaxelaire, a family tribute. With a world record for the series of 10 tondi by Abel Grimmer (1575-1619) which reached the sum of €1,538,000 (fees included).
Rencontre entre des passionnés d’automobiles d’exception
Découvrez la conversation captivante entre Pierre Novikoff, directeur adjoint du département Motorcars et Johan-Frank Dirickx, collectionneur belge d’automobiles. Une rencontre organisée par la banque Puilaetco private banking.
Our greatest results
721,600 €
16 jun. 2022
708,480 €
18 jul. 2022
