Beyond TEFAF: the shows to see in and around Maastricht this month
From sensitive portraits by Peter Hujar to Old Master paintings depicting beauty and ugliness, there’s so much to see within a day’s trip from the Maastricht fair
By Samuel Reilly, published March 1, 2026. From the March 2026 issue of Apollo.
Peter Hujar: Eyes Open in the Dark
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
Until 23 August
Peter Hujar is best known for his photographic portraits: essential records of the downtown New York scene of the 1970s and ’80s in which he was a key participant until his death from Aids-related pneumonia in 1987. Curated by Hujar’s biographer John Douglas Millar and his friend and printer Gary Schneider, this exhibition was widely acclaimed during its first run at Raven Row in London last year for revealing the true breadth of Hujar’s vision. Portraits of friends and collaborators including Susan Sontag, David Wojnarowicz, Paul Thek and William S. Burroughs, ranging from the tender to the provocative, are on display alongside less well-known compositions, including Hujar’s studies of the glittering waters of the Hudson.
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