It is sometimes said that Belgium has, per capita, more art collectors than any other country in the world. This is a fact that Beatrix Bourdon, managing director of BRAFA, brings up as we are talking over Zoom, adding that Belgian collectors tend to be ‘very discreet’. Discretion is a quality that could be attributed to BRAFA too: ‘It’s never a revolutionary fair,’ Bourdon says, ‘but each year we try to change things for the better.’ There may well be glitzier, showier fairs around, where the emphasis is as much on the parties as it is on the art, but for BRAFA, a non-profit, that kind of thing has never been on the cards.