Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
The web shop window: Portrait miniature by William Wood
12 August 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Welsh gallery sings praises of a quiet life
12 August 2019'View from the Back of 72 Bute Street' is one of the pictures by Welsh painter Charles Burton available at Martin Tinney Gallery this month.
5 Questions: Jerrard Nares of Mytton Antiques
12 August 2019Jerrard Nares of Mytton Antiques deals in 18th and 19th century furniture and related decorative small items from his shop in Shrewsbury.
Catalogues keep August active with wide array of items available
12 August 2019The traditionally quiet month of August means that fairs and exhibitions are thin on the ground while some dealers take a few well-earned weeks off.
Visitors to Westonbirt fair ‘happy to travel and keen to buy’
12 August 2019A 19th century plaster bust of Napoleon was among sales at the recent Cotswold Decorative Antiques & Art Fair, which takes place in Westonbirt School near Tetbury three times a year.
They said what!? Curators' roles defined and other quotes from the art and antiques market
11 August 2019Plans for an auction house in administration and praise for curators are included in our weekly quotes roundup from the art and antiques trade.
Venetian travel poster, diamond clutch bag and a puffin painting – four auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
09 August 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a Venetian travel poster of a gondolier, a diamond evening clutch bag and a painting of a lady with a puffin.
Modern Mexican photography, Lee Krasner at the Barbican, and other places to see and buy art around London this weekend
09 August 2019From the sun-drenched photos of Mexico’s Manuel Álvarez Bravo to Lee Krasner’s vivid abstracts, there is plenty of art to see and buy around the capital this weekend.
William Morris Gallery launches Bauhaus exhibition fundraising campaign
08 August 2019An exhibition exploring links between William Morris and Bauhaus, two of the most important names in the last 150 years of design, is set to launch in London provided enough money is raised.
In the footsteps of Clarion, MAD begins NEC tenure
05 August 2019An Art Deco bronze by Demétre Chiparus (1886-1947) sold for more than £20,000 at the latest 'Art and Antiques for Everyone' fair – the first edition under the management of MAD Events.
5 Questions: Martyn Fowler of Puckhaber Decorative Antiques
05 August 2019Martyn Fowler (answering 5Qs below) and his mother Jackie Harris run Puckhaber Decorative Antiques in Lillie Road, London. The firm has been showing at the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea for more than 10 years and launched a second shop on the High Street in Rye, East Sussex, in May.
Antiques helped boost UK retail sales in June says ONS
05 August 2019Second-hand goods including antiques have helped boost retail sales in June according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.
Mirror images give snapshot of Paris style
05 August 2019Original lithographs by Joan Miró and Marc Chagall star at Eames Fine Art’s exhibition 'Behind the Mirror'. Held at the Bermondsey galley from August 8-September 1, the show is named for the magazine, Derrière le Miroir, the leading modern art publication in 20th century Paris along with Verve.
Textiles testament to the past on show from dealer's collection
05 August 2019Patchworks stitched together by successive generations in poor Japanese communities offered in Kensington exhibition
Galleries: latest moves and news including redevelopment at Abbott and Holder
05 August 2019A round-up of news and moves from dealers and galleries.
The web shop window: Chippendale-period partner’s desk
05 August 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
They said what!? Reaction as gold spikes amid political concerns, and other quotes from the art and antiques market
04 August 2019A near high for gold prices in the UK, the PM’s cabinet reshuffle and a rediscovered Thomas Lawrence painting all sparked comment this week. Read more quotes from the art and antiques trade here.
James Bond’s 1965 Aston Martin DB5 comes to auction complete with ejector seat
03 August 2019It has built-in machine guns, grenade storage, an ejector seat and it’s up for grabs. James Bond’s 1965 Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger and Thunderball is going under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s this month.
Three exhibitions about women and photography in London this weekend plus other places to see and buy art
02 August 2019Women get behind and in front of the lens (and sometimes both at once) at three exhibitions on show in London this weekend.
Symposium launched at London Art Week winter edition
30 July 2019Dates and preliminary details for the second London Art Week winter edition have been announced.