Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Five questions with art dealer Simon Lamb
03 June 2024Simon Lamb of The Swan Gallery in Sherborne works with his wife Kristina and their son Chris specialising in oil paintings and watercolours 1800-1950, along with antique prints and early maps.
Furniture (and a very big flag) feature strongly in Harrogate
03 June 2024Furniture features as a strong showing at the second Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair of the year.
Charlie Chaplin archive revealing 'perfectionism' goes under the hammer at Bonhams
01 June 2024An extensive archive relating to Charlie Chaplin goes under the hammer at Bonhams next month.
BADA members get to grips with new EU import legislation
29 May 2024Trade organisation holds event covering regulations that will impact art, antiques and antiquities dealers
Charts of the human body, London, the world at the London Map Fair
27 May 2024The annual London Map Fair, which bills itself as the world’s oldest and largest specialist antiques fair, runs June 15-16 at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington Gore.
Exotic birds from Bussy's brush flock to Browse & Darby
27 May 2024From toucans to parakeets, Browse & Darby’s summer exhibition concerns the exotic birds and other animals painted by Simon Bussy (1870-1954), a French artist linked to the Bloomsbury Set.
Dealers' news in brief including launch of a dealer platform and a new BADA member
27 May 2024In dealer news this week, a Kings Road trader retires, a London dealer launches a new platform and a Leeds firm joins BADA
From the quirky and trendy to the traditional: Battersea Decorative fair reports strong sales
27 May 2024Among the highlight sales at the recent Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair was a George III pine chest of drawers featuring more recent overpainting in willow pattern.
Eye on an Object: 17th century portrait of Mother Louse from new venture
27 May 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Mod Brit dealer puts the spotlight on painter teacher Norman Clark
27 May 2024Show covers highly rated British artist who was content to keep a low profile
Top artworks set to star in LAPADA’s 50th anniversary exhibition
22 May 2024Online show features everything from fine art to furniture, Asian art to antiquities
Eye on an object: A collection of glass slides from Victorian designer John Hardman
20 May 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Showpiece collection of British ceramics comes from Australia
20 May 2024Australian pharmaceutical chemist Robert Francis Burke started building his collection of Chelsea and Worcester porcelain in the 1970s, long before the days of the internet.
Online dealer showcase announced as part of LAPADA 50th anniversary celebration
20 May 2024LAPADA has unveiled plans for its 50th anniversary including a summer exhibition and a new series of events around its flagship fair.
Impressionism anniversary marked in major St James's exhibition
20 May 2024Gallery with family connections stages a show 150 years on from Paris exhibition where the art movement began
Five Questions with art dealer Simon Rastall
20 May 2024Simon Rastall, one of the exhibitors at the recent Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair, runs Rastall Art, which specialises in 20th century paintings.
LAPADA announces plans for Berkeley Square Fair
17 May 2024Flagship event is scheduled for a later date and comes with new events for next edition
Dorset police appeal for information following burglary at antiques centre
17 May 2024Lone thief took several high-value items of jewellery
British studio pottery features among TEFAF New York sales
16 May 2024Lucie Rie and other Modern masters delight buyers at recent fair
Events to look forward to: Firsts, London Map Fair, PBFA London and the Ephemera fair
13 May 2024A wide range of dealers are set to offer a variety of items at upcoming fairs