Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
The Battersea Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair goes digital with tours
07 December 2020The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (DATF) is launching digital initiatives after being forced to cancel two out of its three annual events this year.
The web shop window: Danish stoneware flambé fish jug
07 December 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Shapero’s emporium offers a one-stop-shop for all
07 December 2020With indoor fairs still more or less on ice for now, a new project from Shapero is offering dealers the chance to unite under one roof.
Tribal show gets into the spirit
07 December 2020Offered by Bryan Reeves of Tribal Gathering for £4200, this Luba baboon mask is one of more than 100 objects on offer at Tribal Art London’s third online event, Spirit Animals.
5 Questions: art dealer James Mackinnon
30 November 2020Dealer James Mackinnon is among the participants in this year’s London Art Week. He has been an independent dealer since 1970.
The web shop window: ‘Princes’ edition’ of epic poem symbolising Holy Roman Emperor
30 November 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Suffolk House stages Christmas show of 70 pieces of furniture
30 November 2020Suffolk House Antiques is staging its annual Christmas exhibition after giving its usual summer show a miss this year.
Wingett goes for upmarket upcycling turning scrap into a super Georgian cistern
30 November 2020In an act of decidedly upmarket upcycling, dealer Simon Wingett of Burton Antiques and his business partner have commissioned a series of casts of a George II wine cistern to be made from scrap.
Sleep thinkers at winter edition of London Art Week
30 November 2020A marble relief, 'Sleep' by French sculptor and doll-maker Albert Marque (1872-1947), is among the highlights on offer at this winter’s edition of London Art Week (LAW).
Bewitched by the mystic arts: New York drawings dealer hosts show of Occult pictures
30 November 2020New York exhibition orginally for Halloween seems to suit the crazy year as a whole
Battersea Decorative launches online platform and private shopping services
21 November 2020The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair is launching new digital initiatives after being forced to cancel two out of its three annual events.
5 Questions: Contemporary British art dealer Mark Jerram
16 November 2020Mark Jerram specialises in contemporary figurative pictures and sculpture by Contemporary British artists at his business The Jerram Gallery in Dorset.
Paper view: 30 previews of books, prints, posters, ephemera and documents available at dealers and auctions
16 November 2020The term ‘works on paper’ encompasses a diverse range of media from artist’s prints to posters, ephemera and documents. Pictured here, along with an array of books, is a section of items available to buy from dealers or bid for at auction.
Sales pitch perfect at Pangolin London
16 November 2020David Mach’s collage 'Pitch Perfect' (2015) is among the works on offer at Sculptors’ Works on Paper, one of two extra exhibitions taking place at Pangolin London alongside 'Murmur'.
Contemporary exhibitions offering therapeutic works created in the lockdown
16 November 2020A series of Contemporary exhibitions taking place in the UK this autumn feature works created by artists in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the first lockdown in the spring.
Hammershøi interior stars among sales at first virtual TEFAF
11 November 2020A painting by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) was among the highlights at the inaugural staging of TEFAF Online.
Stanley Spencer Gallery acquires the artist's last known self-portrait drawing
09 November 2020The last known drawn self-portrait of Modern British artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) has been acquired by the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham.
Suffolk gallery plans Christmas show for December reopening
09 November 2020Henry Moore’s lithograph 'Reclining Woman' is among the highlights in the Christmas exhibition at Thompson’s Gallery of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Wine and spirits: It’s good to cork
09 November 2020Old Master portraits dealer Mark Weiss tells us about his love for another kind of vintage. His collection leads our special report on the wine, whisky and spirits market.
5 Questions with architectural heritage dealer Alex Puddy
09 November 2020Alex Puddy runs Architectural Heritage in Gloucestershire and is also chair and director of The Cotswolds Art and Antiques Dealers Association (CADA).