Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
5 Questions: Roo Irvine of Kilcreggan Antiques
11 December 2023Roo Irvine of Kilcreggan Antiques specialises in jewellery, silver and decorative items with a particular bent for Georgian glass, art glass and mourning jewellery. She appears on BBC’s Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt.
Original Lalique jewellery designs go on show
11 December 2023A design for a swan-shaped pendant suspended by a gracefully curved neck and bearing a scene of two more swans is among the highlights at an exhibition on the drawings and sketches of René Lalique (1860-1945).
Chagall’s love of colour and life shines through at London dealer's show
11 December 2023It is the final months of the major exhibition of Marc Chagall (1887- 1985) works at Alon Zakaim, where visitors can expect to see lovers floating through the sky with the occasional goat in the tradition of many of the artist’s most recognisable works.
LAPADA moves flagship fair to later in the autumn season
07 December 2023LAPADA is moving the dates of its Berkely Square fair.
Gallery brings out the colourful side of the Middle Ages
04 December 2023From 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' to 'The Last Duel', films nearly always depict the Middle Ages as dark, dingy and beset by bad weather.
Indulge your wanderlust with two travel poster exhibitions
04 December 2023London poster specialist stages two shows – one held in an embassy
Newly identified Mary Beale portrait sold to Boston museum
04 December 2023Dealer Peter Harrison has sold a recently reidentified portrait by 17th century painter Mary Beale (1633-99) to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
5 Questions with Christina Jansen of The Scottish Gallery
04 December 2023Christina Jansen is managing director of The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh, which was established in 1842. She started in the applied arts department before working her way up to run the gallery in 2016. On show at the gallery now are several Contemporary exhibitions running until December 23 including The Miniaturist Gallery (more below) and a selection of pictures by Victoria Crowe.
The web shop window: A portrait miniature of Emperor Joseph II
04 December 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Scottish scene stars in selection of Modern British pictures in Petworth
04 December 2023'Landscape and Figures' by Archibald McGlashan (1888-1980) is among the highlights at Ottocento’s Modern British art exhibition.
Sculpture dealer goes back to Victorian values
27 November 2023Sculpture dealer Willoughby Gerrish is using London Art Week (LAW) as a chance to launch another branch of his business.
Book features the best of Barton
27 November 2023Dealer Miles Barton is looking back over 20 years of selling portraits with a book featuring some of his best discoveries and an exhibition of more examples.
Tan takes deserved break
27 November 2023Dr Leng Tan is retiring after 22 years working at Simon Ray, a specialist in Indian & Islamic works of art.
Clocks show in East Sussex: Would you Adam and Eve it…
27 November 2023An automaton brass dial longcase clock by Richard Comber of Lewes (1742-1824) is one of the highlights at an exhibition in the clockmaker’s hometown devoted to Adam and Eve.
Olympia: a spirited showing
27 November 2023Among the highlight sales reported at the Art & Antiques Fair Olympia was a Japanese bronze of a carp.
Specialist promotes folk art of the future
27 November 2023Antiques-dealer-turned-artist Tom Hickman is the focus of this winter’s exhibition at Robert Young.
The web shop window: Picture of four ‘gossiping’ hats
27 November 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Ancient and modern works united at Forge and Lynch
27 November 2023Archaic and Contemporary works are often considered suitable bedfellows in the world of modern collecting, and buyers may find both at Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch’s next exhibition.
Dealer says stumpwork panel ‘of outstanding cultural significance’
20 November 2023A dealer who bought a piece of 17th century stumpwork at the Robert Kime sale believes it may hold more significance for the history of race and gender than initially understood.
Miniatures shine in Emma Rutherford's show
20 November 2023Emma Rutherford, the portrait miniature specialist formerly of Philip Mould who went solo earlier this year, is holding her second pop-up exhibition this week.