Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Dealer portal 2Covet will no longer run fairs
31 October 2022The team behind 2Covet has closed its events division, abandoning all plans to run fairs.
Dealer makes a Canova cenotaph design find
31 October 2022A dealer has identified a design for a cenotaph to Antonio Canova (1757-1822) in time for the 200th anniversary of the Italian sculptor’s death.
Auctioneer renowned for woodworking tool sales offers art collection at Olympia fair
31 October 2022An exhibition of pictures comes to the next 'Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia' from an unexpected source: the auctioneer in antique woodworking tools David Stanley.
The web shop window: Glass butter dish
31 October 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Chelsea Pensioner portrait offered at Perth exhibition
31 October 2022This English watercolour of a Chelsea Pensioner c.1900, priced at £500, is among the offerings at the Christmas 2022 exhibition held jointly by former business partners Malcolm Innes and Anthony Woodd.
Ladies were flasking for trouble
31 October 2022Solo Antiques brings a Daum glass and silver absinthe or opera muff flask to the next Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair in Perth.
5 Questions: Duncan Phillips
31 October 2022As well as working in marketing for various major fairs and dealers, Duncan Phillips of Somerset deals in his own right, specialising in 19th and 20th century watercolours and studio ceramics
Twenty years of tribal art
24 October 2022An Abelam hornbill sculpture from Papua New Guinea is among the highlights at the Tribal Art Fair in Amsterdam.
Buy a spaniel from your armchair
24 October 2022An oil of a King Charles Spaniel by Hugh George Shaw (active 1880-95) is among the offerings in the latest edition of the Armchair Art Fair catalogue.
Artist but not a money-maker
24 October 2022Frozen River South Esk, a 1910 oil by David Waterson is one of the offerings in Dominic Sanchez-Cabello’s exhibition Forgotten Masters, Enduring Images.
Feddens galore at British Art Fair
24 October 2022Works by the Modern British artist were abundant as the event returned to Chelsea.
Persian panel court in the action
24 October 2022Three large images of a mother and child are repeated against a ground of animals, pomegranate and cypress trees on this rare Safavid silk velvet panel.
Firsts finds its feet at the Saatchi Gallery
10 October 2022A first edition of 'Wealth of Nations' by Adam Smith was one of the star sales at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair, which was back up to full power for its second staging at the Saatchi Gallery.
5 Questions: Anastasia von Seibold
10 October 2022Anastasia von Seibold Japanese Art is one of the emerging dealers in this year’s Asian Art in London. She stages Japanese Prints and Rare Books from a Distinguished Private Collection and Other Works of Art, from October 26-November 6 at Cromwell Place.
Compton Verney CADA delights
10 October 2022Showcase for Cotswolds dealers and guests takes place at arts and antiques exhibitions hub
Look for lasting value in Harrogate
10 October 2022Sue Ede of Cooper Events, organisers of The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair is pushing an eco-friendly message ahead of its next staging.
Show underlines role that Slade played
10 October 2022A portrait in profile of Winifred Knights (1899-1947) by her husband and fellow artist Thomas Monnington (1902-76) is among the offerings at a major double exhibition of drawing in London this month.
The Open Art Fair set to spring back into action
03 October 2022The Open Art Fair is set to return next spring. Part owned by BADA (British Antique Dealers’ Association), it is scheduled to run in a purpose-built marquee in Duke of York Square, Chelsea, from April 19-23.
The web shop window: Gothic Revival oak hall chairs
03 October 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.