Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Freud viewed from inside out
26 September 2022Interior Life, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert’s exhibition celebrating Lucian Freud’s centenary, offers a glimpse at the artist’s collecting habits.
Prints present affordable art options
26 September 2022Multiple editions can make Contemporary art more accessible to the masses.
BADA reels in eager visitors
26 September 2022The British Antique Dealers' Association's special week of events involves both online and gallery exhibitions.
Colnaghi of London teams up again with Barcelona galleries
26 September 2022Barcelona-Paris: 1860-1936 A Journey to Modernity includes a c.1914-15 painting, 5ft 6in x 23in (1.82m x 60cm), by Ramon Casas titled La Parisienne.
International interest boosts African art
26 September 2022The rise in Contemporary African art sales is reflected in the market and wider art world this autumn.
Fruits of artists’ labours
26 September 2022Karen Taylor stages Pomegranates and papaya: 19 watercolours of fruit and vegetables online.
Chiltern Nash at British Art Fair
19 September 2022The British Art Fair returns this month with a raft of Modern British artists including John Nash.
New LAW director puts focus on summer event for 2023
19 September 2022Dates for next summer’s London Art Week have been set. The festival of ‘pre-contemporary’ art runs from June 30-July 7, 2023.
Big sales as Firsts and Tribal Art Fair open in London
19 September 2022Major sales marked the opening days of two London fairs, Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair and Tribal Art London.
A little contemporary thinking
19 September 2022Sections catering to primary market Contemporary art are launching at the British Art Fair and the Decorative Fair.
5 Questions: Modern and Contemporary art dealer Neil Honor
19 September 2022Neil Honor of Catesbys specialises in Modern British and contemporary paintings, prints, sculpture and ceramics, mixed with Danish furniture and artisan home goods.
The web shop window: A Georgian mourning brooch
19 September 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Frieze shows it has Seoul
12 September 2022'Sky, Mountain, Forest,' a 1963 painting by Korean artist Ree Bong Sang (1916-70) was among the sales at the Frieze Masters section of the inaugural Frieze Seoul.
5 Questions: Furniture and works of art dealer David Houlston
12 September 2022David Houlston specialises in period oak and vernacular furniture and works of art in Stow-onthe- Wold.
Drawing exhibition puts little-known Yorkshire artist in the spotlight
12 September 2022St James’s dealer conducts exhibition of topographical works by unknown Ripon artist
Fair Preview: Banned books is the theme of this year’s Firsts
12 September 2022A copy of 'Howl' signed by leading lights of the Beat literature scene in New York is on offer at 'Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair', where this year the theme is banned books.
The web shop window: A children's Art Deco see-saw
12 September 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Style of Silver gets new Hungerford shopfront
12 September 2022Styles Silver of Hungerford has moved a few doors down the road. The LAPADA member started trading at 12 Bridge Street in Hungerford in 1979 and has now moved down the street to number 3.
Paul Allen collection tipped to set highest auction total
05 September 2022An unprecedented collection of art belonging to the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, could break records as it goes under the hammer at Christie’s in New York this autumn.