Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Early Wemyss ink stand features at Galloway's Scone Palace fair
04 November 2019An early Wemyss Victoria pattern ink stand decorated with plumbs is offered by Carse Antiques for £395 at The Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
Cotswolds show venue search finds a spectacular setting
04 November 2019Organisers of the long-running Cotswolds Art & Antique Dealers Association Fair have hailed changes to its date and venue as offering a “wonderful” setting and the chance to expand the event’s client base.
5 Questions: Jeroen Markies of Jeroen Markies Art Deco
04 November 2019Jeroen Markies of Jeroen Markies Art Deco is based in East Sussex and next stands at the Winter Art & Antiques Fair (November 5-10).
Dial in for clocks by great makers at Kensington exhibition
04 November 2019Dealer marks 25 years on Kensington Church Street with an exhibition of English big names
The web shop window: a cockerel weathervane at Robert Young Antiques
04 November 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Dealer interview: Quaritch’s specialists on a moving market
28 October 2019Venerable London rare book dealership Bernard Quaritch, established in 1847, has recently moved from Mayfair to Holborn. Here ATG talks to two members of the firm, Andrea Mazzocchi and Donovan Rees, about its new location and some wider trends in the book trade
Tiffany designer Angela Cummings jewellery showcase
28 October 2019Jewellery designer Angela Cummings started a long career at Tiffany & Co aged 23, and eight years later, in 1975, created her first full collection under her own name.
Go for a close shave at Olympia
28 October 2019Chinese barber’s bowl is a stand-out item at event now running in a revamped format.
Take the chair in Harrogate
28 October 2019The final instalment of the three annual Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair includes this small naive hedge or country chair, c.1820, from Ireland’s County Antrim.
The web shop window: Caucasian runner from Legge Antique Carpets
28 October 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
William Scott reintroduced to the US
28 October 2019In 1953, British artist William Scott (1913- 89) made his first inroads into the New York art scene. James Johnson Sweeney, director of the Guggenheim, went to an exhibition of his work in London and reported to gallerist Martha Jackson: “At last England has a painter.”
5 Questions: Henry Miller of Miller Fine Art
28 October 2019Henry Miller of Henry Miller Fine Art is a first-time exhibitor at the Winter Art & Antiques Fair.
London Art Week launches winter symposium
24 October 2019‘Conversations on collecting’ is the theme of the inaugural London Art Week symposium, running for the first time this winter.
Story time - objects with a compelling tale
21 October 2019A wealth of objects shelter under the great ‘Asian art’ umbrella – together representing five millennia of artistic endeavour across one quarter of the globe. Here we preview a series of Asian art objects available for sale at galleries and auctions over the next month, and each from a different moment in time or geography. From the cult of Monju to the beginning of a new Japanese imperial era – all tell a compelling tale.
5 Questions: Crispian Riley-Smith
21 October 2019Crispian Riley-Smith recently started Art Valuations and Consultancy after years in various roles in the art world.
All in good taste: Bernard Quaritch new premises
21 October 2019Bernard Quaritch marked the opening of its Bedford Row premises last week with a red velvet cake in the shape of the new shop.
Fairs fend off the fear factor
21 October 2019Despite the uncertainty, Frieze Week dealers enjoyed an enthusiastic response from buyers.
The web shop window: silver vinaigrette
21 October 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Rare Rousseau portrait goes under the hammer at Lyon & Turnbull in London
19 October 2019A rediscovered portrait of Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) is offered at a Lyon & Turnbull auction in London this month.
Dealers attracted by “new pricing policy” return to Art & Antiques for Everyone fair
17 October 2019Art & Antiques for Everyone’s new ownership has attracted several fresh dealerships to stand at its next staging.