Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Drury showcase celebrates sculptor and his influences
30 June 2025This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.
Several firms placed in the frame
30 June 2025Spotlight on specialist traders, a fresh online offering, the creation of new styles and revitalising antique items
Albert Amor doubles up for summer shows
30 June 2025Two ceramics collections are under the spotlight at Albert Amor this summer.
Studiolo offers ‘the best of a fair in a single day’ as it launches in London
23 June 2025A new one-day multi-dealer venture opens in central London this week.
Talking about our generation: the new numismatists and philatelists
23 June 2025Three of the youngest members of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s prove that a love of antiques and auction house work is alive and well in the next generation
Dealer delights this summer
23 June 2025A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further. Here is a selection
Dealers hold antiquities showcases this summer
23 June 2025London is host to two stand-out antiquities exhibitions.
Serhat Ahmet’s summer ceramics show
23 June 2025The summer exhibition from European porcelain specialist Serhat Ahmet runs at his Cecil Court, London, gallery until June 28.
Victor Pasmore representation
23 June 2025Hazlitt Holland Hibbert has announced that it will represent the estate of Modern British artist Victor Pasmore (1908-88) along with Frankie Rossi Art (both based in Bury Street, St James’s).
Our new show on Broadway
23 June 2025Lennox and Sue Cato tell us why they are making a move from Kent to the Cotswolds
FAB Paris poised to kick off autumn season with new dates and host of special events
20 June 2025Back with a new spot in the calendar, highlights of FAB Paris include a cross-collecting exhibition between six dealerships and a showcase of 18th century decorative arts.
‘Keep calm’ say experts as dealer Ojiri goes to jail
16 June 2025The art and antiques trade has been urged to keep up with regulations but “not to panic” after the imprisonment of a dealer for violating anti-money laundering legislation.
Harry Moore-Gwyn show pays tribute to ‘Artists of Fame and Promise’
11 June 2025London dealer Harry Moore-Gwyn’s summer exhibition features 65 works by 20th century artists both well known and lesser known names.
Next Haughton seminar focuses on artistic exchange
10 June 2025The Haughton International Seminar returns this year with a focus on invention and imitation.
London art dealer jailed for reporting failure
10 June 2025A London art dealer has been jailed for failing to report art sales to a sanctioned individual believed to be a terrorist financier.
Simple garden statue found to be Emperor Septimius Severus
26 May 2025A Roman marble sculpture thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.
Vendors’ ‘garden statue’ turns out to be a six-figure Roman marble
21 May 2025A Roman marble thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.
Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA
03 March 2025Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.
Ephemera event takes invention as inspiration
03 March 2025The Ephemera Fair, the annual event from the Ephemera Society of America (ESA), runs this year with a conference on the history of invention as well as the usual huge selection of stock.
Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA
27 February 2025Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.