Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
San Lorenzo rises afresh
13 December 2021A recently rediscovered life-size terracotta bust of San Lorenzo, c.1440, by early Renaissance sculptor Donatello stars at Colnaghi’s exhibition.
The web shop window: A view of the first Blackfriars Bridge under construction
13 December 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
UK dealers make return to New York’s Winter Show
13 December 2021New York’s Winter Show tempts exhibitors back across the Pond in January.
5 Questions: Modern design dealer Linda Hetherington
06 December 2021Linda Hetherington runs HaresFur, specialising in Scandinavian and 20th century design from the 1930s-80s, and exhibits at fairs such as the recent Art & Antiques for Everyone.
The web shop window: Austrian artist's ‘Antics on the Ice'
06 December 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Modernist painter Émilie Charmy ‘should be remembered at the forefront of the movement’, says dealer
06 December 2021With interest in reclaiming ‘forgotten’ female artists on the rise in recent years, French Modernist painter Émilie Charmy (1878-1974) has been the focus of revived attention.
Special festive selection of dealers' shows for Christmas 2021
06 December 2021A selection of seven items on offer from dealers' shows and catalogues this season.
Big fish in a large pond: Angling antique to star at Shepton Mallet flea
04 December 2021A prize-winning fish is among the treasures to be found at next week’s Shepton Flea Market.
Wartski expert’s V&A showcase
29 November 2021Four years after the publication of his book 'Fabergé in London', Wartski’s Kieran McCarthy has brought it to life.
New moves, fresh opportunities
29 November 2021Gallery relocations give London firms the chance to re-think ways of doing business
Gabain dishes out ennui at Abbott and Holder exhibition
29 November 2021Female subjects dominate the work of Ethel Gabain (1883-1950), as in this 1908 lithograph 'Laveuse de Vaiselle'.
5 Questions: Florrie Evans of The Fine Art Society
29 November 2021Florrie Evans is director of The Fine Art Society in London, which launches its exhibition Scotland (December 2-23) as part of London Art Week.
The web shop window: Victorian silver wager cup
29 November 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Antiquities specialist David Aaron's Mayfair move
29 November 2021Sometimes a little change is all that’s needed. Antiquities specialist David Aaron is moving from 22 Berkeley Square – to 25a Berkeley Square.
Three things we learned at this year’s LAPADA Conference
14 October 2021Dealers returned to London this week for the LAPADA Conference 2021 which had the theme of ‘Reset & Refresh’.
Smaller dealers see sales dip despite overall improvement according to new report
15 September 2021Dealers’ sales improved during the first part of the year according to a new report sponsored by Art Basel and UBS, though the results were less positive for smaller businesses.
Christie’s calls for an up-and-coming curator to stage Contemporary show
21 August 2021Christie's is offering an up-and-coming curator the chance to organise a two-week-long London art exhibition in January.
Q&A: Priory Polishes
05 July 2021Priory Polishes sells restoration products to the antiques trade and was originally founded by Allan Worrell in Lancashire and later run by Paul Cartwright. Last year antiques and restoration firm Driscoll’s Antiques in Clitheroe, Lancashire, run by James Driscoll, took over the firm and Priory Polishes is now run by daughters Isabel (age 21) and Ruby (age 18).
Evocative rural photographs by PH Emerson showcased by Michael Hoppen Gallery
04 January 2021'Coming Home from the Marshes', 1886, by pioneering photographer PH Emerson (1856-1936) in his series 'Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads', is among the works offered in a solo show on the artist at London’s Michael Hoppen Gallery until the end of this month.
5 Questions: Post-war design specialist Philip Thomas
21 December 2020Philip Thomas specialises in Post-war design and decoration and is one of the dealers taking part in The Decorative Antiques and Textile Fair’s Digital Decorative Gallery Windows.