Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Boom time for Bloomsbury at Piano Nobile exhibition
05 February 2018Exhibition on Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell comes as interest and stock are both healthy
New armour fair in Amsterdam forges ahead
05 February 2018The Japanese Legacy Symposium’s Samurai Armor Fair debuts this month.
Sim creates fresh chapter on literary lives
05 February 2018A trio of literary discoveries star at Sim Fine Art’s upcoming exhibition.
Enter the Welsh dragon
05 February 2018Dealer, art adviser and former auctioneer Simon Wingett is heading a project to create a new Welsh tourism centre including a sculpture park and gallery.
5 Questions: Lloyd Rust of South East Antiques
05 February 2018Lloyd Rust has run South East Antiques for 10 years. It is based in a 2500sq ft warehouse and trades mainly from eBay. He is also a heavy metal DJ and compere at the metal festival Bloodstock in his spare time. For the past 10 years he has also hosted a charity music festival in Chelmsford Essex.
They said what?! The week (January 29-February 4) in quotes from the art and antiques world
04 February 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others.
Chippendale Society acquires rare French-language edition of cabinet maker’s ‘Director’ from London bookseller
31 January 2018London bookseller Thomas Heneage has sold a rare French-language edition of Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) seminal design book, ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director,’ to The Chippendale Society.
Art award launched to protect creative economy after Brexit
29 January 2018A new competition for the creative industries was launched this month in response to Brexit.
5 Questions: Adrian Pett of Darnley Fine Art
29 January 2018Darnley Fine Art in west London specialises in paintings from the 16th-20th centuries and is a specialist in 19th century Orientalist painting of the Middle East and prints by David Roberts. The Milner Street gallery’s Adrian Pett weighs in on shifting trends – and ales.
Cotswolds dealer’s latest venture covers French Revolutionary period through to 1815
29 January 2018A fragment of the flag believed to have flown from HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar came to national attention this month when it was knocked down for £240,000 at Sotheby’s.
Gerald Brockhurst prints exhibition feature striking portraits of the famous and fictional
29 January 2018Detailed and dark, the prints of Gerald Brockhurst (1890-1978) offer striking portraits of both the famous and fictional from the first half of the 20th century.
Mitchell hits the Alpine peaks for the 17th time
29 January 2018John Mitchell Fine Art’s 17th 'Peaks & Glaciers' exhibition takes place at its Mayfair space until April 19.
Festival feeling in Petersfield
29 January 2018The next Petersfield Antiques Fair runs from February 2-4 hosting 39 dealers at the market town’s Festival Hall.
Art Deco sculpture gets ahead at Galloway Fairs' Lancashire event
29 January 2018Next up for Galloway Fairs is the 23rd fair at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, from February 16-18.
They said what?! The week (January 22-28) in quotes from the art and antiques world
28 January 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. Long collecting careers and challenges to organisations are among the assortment this week.
What is Atlee up to? Maggs Bros book dealers offer reward to solve Punch cartoon mystery
26 January 2018London rare books and manuscripts dealer Maggs Bros is offering a small reward to anyone who can help solve a mystery contained in a cartoon of Winston Churchill.
Dealer calls for investors as he plans Welsh tourism hub with sculpture park and massive dragon sculpture
25 January 2018A call has gone out to help raise £3m to create a Welsh sculpture park and tourist centre that includes an 80ft (24m) bronze sculpture of a dragon.
Old Master dealer Lowell Libson gets new name to reflect changing business
22 January 2018In a move unusual for owner-named galleries Old Master dealership Lowell Libson has changed its title to Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker.
Works on Paper Fair speaks a language both new and old
22 January 2018Familiarity with the works on paper market means getting to grips with the technical processes behind drawing, painting and printing and learning the requisite vocabulary.
Shop talk: Brian Cheyne of Collecting the World
22 January 2018In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ antiques shops and centres, ATG talks to Brian Cheyne of Collecting the World.