BRAFA, the Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair, is one of the longest running fairs in the world and is organized every year by the Belgian Antiques Fair association. Having grown from twenty Belgian antique dealers in 1955 to around one hundred and twenty participants from both Belgium and abroad, the last few years have seen the Antiques Fair become an international fair on a European scale.
The Antiques Fair works hard to increase the quality of the participants each year, but always with the aim of retaining its own individual character. As well as this internationalisation, over the years the fair has also embraced modern and contemporary art. The name “Belgian Antiques Fair” or “Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique” no longer reflects this development, and the fair was renamed BRAFA or Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair in 2007. The Belgian Antiques Fair association was placed under the High Protection of Her Majesty the Queen on 30 September 2009.