Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
New fair joins Paris autumn art and photo fest
30 October 2017A 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 2017Paris 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.
Antica Namur fair staged for 41st time
30 October 2017While 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.
Paris Photo clicks into the autumn line-up
30 October 2017Paris, 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.
Howard Hodgkin estate sale achieves £3.65m at Sotheby's auction
27 October 2017Sotheby’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.
Asian Art in London Awards: On the trail with the judges
26 October 2017ATG’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 2017A selection of stand-out lots from international auctions.
Dutch diversity – Amsterdam’s Tribal Art Fair gets set for latest staging
20 October 2017The 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.
Auction previews from Munich salerooms Quittenbaum
16 October 2017ATG picks out a selection of highlights from upcoming auctions in Munich.
TEFAF NY edition falls into place for a second staging
09 October 2017TEFAF’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.
British potters steal the limelight in New York
02 October 2017A 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.
Finn Juhl furniture grabs the attention at Nordic Masters auction
29 September 2017Works 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.
Five fancies: highlights from the Florence Biennale
27 September 2017The 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.
Shopping for the jewels of the city
25 September 2017The New York Jewellery & Watch Show returns to the city for its third staging from October 27-30.
Photographic bites from the Big Apple
25 September 2017October 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...
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.
Artcurial stage Symbolist sale in Paris
18 September 2017A sale dedicated to the art of the Symbolist movement will be held by Artcurial in Paris on September 26.
Henry Moore maquette emerges in New Jersey
18 September 2017This 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.
Qianlong seal appears in Toulouse auction
18 September 2017The personal seals used by the Qianlong Emperor, a known connoisseur and patron of the arts, are among the most highly prized Chinese artefacts in today’s market.
Cravens collection offered at Cottone Auctions in New York State
18 September 2017Cottone Auctions is selling the collection of Annette McGuire Cravens, a philanthropist and widely travelled arts patron from Buffalo, New York State.