Death and decay go on public display

Show Your Wound, the curated display that accompanies Tefaf’s Modern section this year, has rich inspiration. This focused exhibition of seven artists attempts to introduce the fair’s visitors to new developments in art. It is infused with not only the spirit of Maastricht’s Medieval religious roots—the city has one street called Het Vagevuur, or Purgatory, and the 13th-century Helpoort, or Hell’s Gate—but also the spectre of a totemic figure in European post