Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Print fair joins the online revolution to display works during lockdown
04 May 2020The 'London Original Print Fair' (LOPF) is one of the many dealer events moving online as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 20 objects available from dealers' websites
04 May 2020Our selection of 20 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Coronavirus: Dealers sell antiquities to give NHS and homeless charities a boost
30 April 2020When coronavirus first led to a UK lockdown, some dealers reported feeling powerless to help or even to sell. Now traders are launching more and more efforts to transact while doing some good.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 30 objects available from dealers' websites
27 April 2020Our selection of 30 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Brighten up your home and support charity with art dealers' offerings
27 April 2020The last few weeks of lockdown may have left you wishing you could do more to fight coronavirus. Or they may have left you feeling like that blank stretch of wall in the living room could really do with brightening up.
Dealers come up with tech solutions to display an exhibition no visitors can now attend
27 April 2020'Calyx (Blue)', a 1951 textile by Lucienne Day (1917-2010), sprouts with Modernist forms. Its colourful, flower-like shapes hint at the mobiles of Alexander Calder or the biomorphs of Joan Miro.
Coronavirus: PBFA launches inaugural virtual book fair
23 April 2020Browsing at a fair can mean the serendipitous discovery of a treasure for the collection. To help recapture a bit of this magic online, The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PFBA) launches its first virtual book fair next week.
Call for entries: Frame restorer launches children’s art competition for charity with dealer Philip Mould
21 April 2020For many people living in lockdown, keeping the children entertained and educated is a major occupation. A new art world competition, held in support of charity, offers children the chance to get their creative – and competitive – juices flowing.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 30 objects available from dealers' websites
20 April 2020Our selection of 30 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Lively views during lockdown
20 April 2020You can’t visit dealers in person – but you could pop in to their homes and gardens online
Warm feeling generated by interior scene on offer from Karen Taylor
20 April 2020As part of a spring sale featuring works on paper under £2000, British art dealer Karen Taylor is offering this watercolour by Lady Jane Harriet Pleydell-Bouverie (1819-1903).
Catalogue for Bowes Museum show on history British antiques dealing made freely available
20 April 2020The catalogue for the exhibition 'Sold! The Great British Antiques Story', which took place last year at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, County Durham, has been made freely available in its PDF format.
Book of Hours made for Charles VIII of France offered online by Les Enluminures
20 April 2020This small-scale book of hours, below, was made c.1490-93 for Charles VIII of France. Containing 12 full-page and 10 small miniatures by the Master of the Chronique scandaleuse, it is offered by Les Enluminures for $575,000 as part of its online initiative: a Books of Hours online update to be sent out biannually.
Philip Mould sells “Pride and Prejudice” portrait miniature to Jane Austen’s House museum
15 April 2020Dealer Philip Mould has sold a portrait miniature of the woman who inspired a classic Pride and Prejudice character to the Jane Austen’s House museum in Chawton.
Open Art Fair: BADA to refund 20% stand cost
13 April 2020The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) Council is giving members who exhibited at the curtailed The Open Art Fair (TOAF) sums equivalent to 20% of their stand rental charges.
Paris' Biennale fair proposes giving exhibitors longer to pay
13 April 2020La Biennale Paris has proposed that potential exhibitors may spread payment of their participation fees out over four months after the event.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 40 objects available from dealers' websites
13 April 2020Our selection of 40 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Coronavirus: The Arts Society launches online education initiative for over-60s
08 April 2020A new digital platform launched today by The Arts Society offers a series of arts education events aimed to help the older population stay “connected, educated, entertained and informed” during the coronavirus outbreak.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 40 objects available from dealers' websites
06 April 2020Our selection of 40 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Invent, innovate, be in touch: How the trade is responding to the coronvirus alert with fresh online formats
06 April 2020Dealers and trade bodies have been adapting to the new normal caused by coronavirus. For most this means isolated living and remote transactions. However, in a spirit of energy and invention, traders are finding new ways to promote both their stock and their brands online.