Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Music and dance make impromptu performance
03 July 2017Kevis House Gallery’s exhibition 'Impromptu' features the works of Frances Hatch depicting musicians and dancers.
Folk sits comfortably with contemporary
03 July 2017Robert Young, the folk art dealer in Battersea, London, has launched an initiative which showcases the work of emerging contemporary artists and designers in his shop.
Dealers report sales at Masterpiece London
03 July 2017A set of four silver-gilt candlesticks priced at £350,000 by Koopman Rare Art, were among the top sales on the opening day of Masterpiece London last week.
Shop talk: Steven Kirby
03 July 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to Steven Kirby. He opened Messingham Farm Shop & Café in Lincolnshire earlier this year, which includes an antiques centre in an historic school house.
David Hockney prints among early sales at Masterpiece London
30 June 2017The eighth edition of Masterpiece London launched this week to large crowds and sales across the board.
TEFAF exhibitor list released for second annual New York edition
30 June 2017The second TEFAF New York Fall features a total of 93 exhibitors at the Park Avenue Armory.
Back to basics: Vauxhall art fair gets a re-boot
28 June 2017The Vauxhall Art Car Boot has its next run at a new location: The Workshop in London’s Lambeth High Street on July 9, where it will also host a selection of vintage and antiques.
Early sales at summer Olympia open 45th anniversary edition
27 June 2017The 45th annual Art & Antiques Fair Olympia opened last night to bustling crowds and some early sales.
Artist’s unconventional move from ZERO to hero
26 June 2017Walter Leblanc’s (1932-86) paintings and sculptures create illusions of movement through the manipulation of unconventional media. Originally from Antwerp, Leblanc started exhibiting with the ZERO movement in the early 1960s.
5 Questions: Elliott Cass
26 June 2017Elliott Cass opened Elliott Cass Antique Jewellers, which he runs from home, in 1987 after working for Phillips auctioneers and Bentley and Skinner.
Vagabond puts down fresh roots
26 June 2017It is one week since doors opened to his new shop in the West Sussex village of Fittleworth and Joe Chaffer of Vagabond Antiques is in a whirl.
Pictures tell a story at Bermondsey exhibition
26 June 2017An exhibition of the photographs of Marilyn Stafford travelled from Lucy Bell Fine Art in East Sussex last weekend to reopen in London’s Art Bermondsey Project Space on Tuesday, June 27.
Lowry lights up Clark Art's exhibition featuring northern art stars
26 June 2017More than 600 people crowded into Clark Art in Cheshire on June 15 for the opening night of its annual exhibition on northern English painting.
Ruff black and white work adds colour to St James’s
26 June 2017Karen Taylor Fine Art’s exhibition of British drawings, watercolours and oils takes place from 30 June-July 7 at Illustrationcupboard Gallery in St James’s.
New Charles Ede directors make a past perfect pair
26 June 2017Charles Ede has bowed out of this week’s Masterpiece London in favour of the trio of TEFAFs. ATG meets two of the directors to find out how a synthesis of ancient and modern can benefit this long-standing family firm.
They said what?! The week (19-25 June) in quotes from the art and antiques world
25 June 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover one dealer’s saving grace, one collector’s passion for jelly moulds and one special mining lamp.
Galleries announced for sixth Frieze Masters
23 June 2017Frieze Masters returns to Regent’s Park, London, this autumn with more than 130 exhibitors showing a selection of art covering 6000 years.
20/21 British Art Fair to host ‘select’ event with 34 exhibitors
23 June 2017A line-up of 34 exhibitors has been announced for the 20/21 British Art fair which returns this autumn after an enforced break.
Fully vetted vintage fair returns to Paris for second edition
20 June 2017One of the only high end vintage fairs is to return to Paris this November.
Masterpiece fair looks to broaden visitor appeal for eighth showing at Royal Chelsea Hospital
19 June 2017‘Come one, come all to 'Masterpiece', buying ground for the best and rest.’ Such, in essence, is the rallying cry of Harry Apter, co-founder of the premier London fair, which has its eighth run from June 29-July 5.