Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
The web shop window: Italian trompe l’oeil altar board panels
25 November 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Peter Harrison and Simon van Oostende
25 November 2019Peter Harrison and Simon van Oostende met during a Christie’s Education course in London and in June 2019 launched Harrison & van Oostende specialising in 16th-18th century works of art.
Finnish Abstract artworks and all that jazz
25 November 2019Visitors to Galerie Forsblom’s show on the paintings of Lars-Gunnar Nordström (1924-2014) will be serenaded by the artist’s extensive jazz collection.
They said what!? Battling the ivory ban and more from the art and antiques market
24 November 2019Find out what was stuck in a cupboard (and what happened to it) in our weekly roundup of quotes from the art and antiques trade.
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Lucretia takes record in Paris auction
18 November 2019Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting 'Lucretia', which was in a private collection for more than 40 years, has made a new record for the artist at an auction in Paris.
British Art Fair returns to traditional timeslot for 2020 plus plans for Draw and Fair for Saatchi
18 November 2019The British Art Fair (BAF) is to return to its previous dates in late September next year.
Artist happy to chop and change
18 November 2019At various stages of painting 'Pear Still Life' (1971), Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009) included a golden bird, a yellow rose and constellation of five-pointed stars.
German violin instrumental in bid for overlooked box lot
18 November 2019A good-quality violin linked to the German maker Jacobus Stainer (1619-83) led a group of previously overlooked musical instruments in a Towcester auction.
5 Questions: Carlo Milano of Callisto Fine Arts
18 November 2019Carlo Milano runs Callisto Fine Arts, where he deals in Renaissance and Baroque works of art. He is among the participants in London Art Week (December 1-6).
Dealer duo stage St James’s exhibition featuring old and recent views of London
18 November 2019'Lights o’ London – Glasshouse Street by Piccadilly Circus' is among more than 20 works by Rex Vicat Cole (1870-1940) and his son John on offer at a show featuring depictions of the capital spanning 200 years.
They said what!? Reactions to flood-hit Derby and other quotes from the art and antiques market
17 November 2019From Blitz spirit to bagging bargains find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week.
Most read: ATG’s top stories this week – including a trio of top Asian art lots
16 November 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of two charity shop finds that went under the hammer and one other chart topper, all included in recent Asian art auctions.
Cocteau's mythological ceramics appear at Bonhams auction
12 November 2019The largest collection of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) ceramics ever to go under the hammer is offered at Bonhams next month.
Show features artist with an appetite for destruction
11 November 2019The décollage technique practised by German artist Reinhold Koehler (1919-70) involved the use of paper, sand, glue, glass and ceramics, and a series of the resulting compositions is currently available at London’s Whitford Fine Art.
Westbourne Grove pop-up
11 November 2019Valerie Arieta Decorative Arts stages a Christmas show at its Westbourne Grove pop-up shop this year, offering Mezcala stone figures from Mexico among other art and antiques.
MS Rau all set to wow with enlarged premises
11 November 2019New Orleans dealership MS Rau has opened an expanded retail space after three years of renovation.
Exhibition examines chiaroscuro in East Anglian art
11 November 2019An oil on board of The Hay Barge by William Philip Barnes Freeman (1813-97) is offered for £795 at English and Continental Antiques’ upcoming exhibition of East Anglian art and antiques.
Dealer line up for reinvigorated Art and Antiques for Everyone Fair winter edition
11 November 2019Medieval glass flask is a highlight of the big art and antiques fair in Birmingham.
5 Questions with Tom Smith of Dovecote Antiques
11 November 2019Tom Smith of Dovecote Antiques next stands at Art & Antiques for Everyone (November 28-December 1) in Birmingham’s NEC.
The web shop window: Russian icon from The Temple Gallery
11 November 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.