Latest News Articles by Anne Crane

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Dealer Shapero hosts Danish saleroom during Asian Art in London

04 November 2017

Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen is taking part in the ‘Asian Art in London’ event by staging a viewing of upcoming highlights at a London dealership.

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Gold leaf from Napoléon’s laurel crown to be auctioned in Fontainebleau

30 October 2017

It weighs just 10gms and measures only 4in (9cm) in length, but this gold laurel leaf is heavy with historical associations.

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New fair joins Paris autumn art and photo fest

30 October 2017

A new fair in a favourite Parisian location opens this month. Devoted to drawings, paintings and sculpture from the 16th century to today, Fine Arts Paris (FAP) will be staged from November 8-12 in the Palais Brongniart on the Place de la Bourse.

Highlights focus from auctions timed to coincide with Paris Photo

30 October 2017

Paris Photo also serves as an opportunity for Paris auction houses to mount their own photo fest. Sales taking place during early November to coincide with the event at the Grand Palais include dedicated auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and various firms at Drouot. Like the fair itself, the material on offer will range from contemporary works by living photographers through to pieces by some of the earliest pioneers.

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Antica Namur fair staged for 41st time

30 October 2017

While the French capital says hello to the new Fine Arts Paris fair, over in Namur in Belgium organisers are gearing up to mount the 41st staging of Antica Namur.

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Paris Photo clicks into the autumn line-up

30 October 2017

Paris, like London, is in full fair swing in the autumn. Once Frieze closed in the UK capital, contemporary art galleries move across the Channel to the French capital for FIAC.

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Howard Hodgkin estate sale achieves £3.65m at Sotheby's auction

27 October 2017

Sotheby’s sale of works from the collection of the British artist Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) raised a hammer total of £3.65m with 86% sold by lot in its Bond Street rooms on October 24.

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Asian Art in London Awards: On the trail with the judges

26 October 2017

ATG’s commissioning editor, Anne Crane, is one of the panel given the task of deciding who and what should win the prestigious Asian Art in London Awards. Here, she provides an insight.

International auction previews

23 October 2017

A selection of stand-out lots from international auctions.

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Dutch diversity – Amsterdam’s Tribal Art Fair gets set for latest staging

20 October 2017

The global tribal art fair circuit moves to The Netherlands this month with the 15th staging of its annual ‘Tribal Art Fair’ taking place in Amsterdam at the De Duif church on Prinsengracht.

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Auction previews from Munich salerooms Quittenbaum

16 October 2017

ATG picks out a selection of highlights from upcoming auctions in Munich.

TEFAF NY edition falls into place for a second staging

09 October 2017

TEFAF’s move onto the New York scene, with a spring and autumn fair in the heart of Manhattan, swings into its next stage with the second edition of TEFAF New York Fall from October 28-November 1.

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British potters steal the limelight in New York

02 October 2017

A 130-lot collection of studio pottery, featuring many of the best-known British names in the field, both past and present, was the focus of Cottone’s (18% buyer’s premium) sale of the estate of Annette McGuire Cravens in Geneseo, New York on September 22.

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Finn Juhl furniture grabs the attention at Nordic Masters auction

29 September 2017

Works by the highly-regarded Danish designer Finn Juhl (1912-1989) secured the three top slots in Bruun Rasmussen’s Nordic Masters design sale held in Copenhagen this week.

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Five fancies: highlights from the Florence Biennale

27 September 2017

The Biennale Internationale Dell’ Antiquariato di Firenze (Florence Antique Dealers Biennale) is one of two long-standing historic fairs staged in September, the other being La Biennale, Paris.

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Shopping for the jewels of the city

25 September 2017

The New York Jewellery & Watch Show returns to the city for its third staging from October 27-30.

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Photographic bites from the Big Apple

25 September 2017

October is one of two periods each year when New York salerooms put the spotlight on photographs. Here ATG selects highlights ranging from mid-19th century daguerreotypes to works from the 21st century...

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Dealers unveil items on offer at ‘Fine Art Asia’ fair in Hong Kong

20 September 2017

‘Fine Art Asia’ opens for its 12th staging from September 30 to October 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition centre.

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Artcurial stage Symbolist sale in Paris

18 September 2017

A sale dedicated to the art of the Symbolist movement will be held by Artcurial in Paris on September 26.

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Henry Moore maquette emerges in New Jersey

18 September 2017

This bronze maquette by Henry Moore (1898-1986) will feature in a two-session, 850-lot sale to be held by Nye and Company in Bloomfield NJ on September 27-28.