Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Journeys of discovery: Highlights from the stands of 11 dealers at TEFAF 2019
04 March 2019An intriguing find by a dealer new to TEFAF Maastricht leads a look at some of the highlights on offer at the huge event.
Ringing the changes: Interview with TEFAF CEO Patrick van Maris
04 March 2019A surge of fresh faces in the Modern section, a shift in the global vetting policy and stronger links with the host city are among the recent shake-ups at TEFAF Maastricht, as CEO Patrick van Maris tells ATG.
Mayfair gallery hosts first solo Mulas exhibition
04 March 2019This 1962 photograph of artist Lucio Fontana, below, is included in the UK’s first solo show of works by Ugo Mulas (1928-73).
Connect fair organisation praised as shipshape
04 March 2019William Wyllie’s 1917 watercolour HMS New Zealand – The Sixteen Point Turn at Jutland was among the stand-out sales at the inaugural Connect Art Fair where it was offered for a price in the region of £20,000.
BADA fair aims at exceptional quality
04 March 2019Annual BADA event includes copy of Reni work commissioned by the pope or a cardinal.
Woolf work in women’s show
04 March 2019A first-edition presentation copy of Jacob’s Room (1922) by Virginia Woolf bearing an inscription to her sister Vanessa Bell is on offer for £85,000 at Peter Harrington’s exhibition In Her Own Words: Works by Exceptional Women.
5 Questions: Karen Taylor
04 March 2019Art dealer Karen Taylor is among the exhibitors at this month’s BADA 2019 (March 20-26).
Pop-up shop ready to open in Kensington
04 March 2019Hill House Antiques & Decorative Arts has launched a pop-up shop in Kensington Church Street.
Relic ready to give a dealer lift at Scone Palace fair
25 February 2019A rare Georgian invalid’s ‘chair lift’ is one of the highlights at the Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
5 Questions: dealer Sarah Delves
25 February 2019Sarah Delves of Bags of Glamour is an exhibitor at the next Art & Antiques for Everyone fair (April 4-7).
Philip Mould holds miniature exhibition in London gallery
25 February 2019Dealer Philip Mould stages 'Jewel in the Hand: Early Portrait Miniatures from Noble and Private Collections' at its Pall Mall gallery from March 12-April 18.
5 Questions: Rob Shaw
25 February 2019Chichester dealer Rob Shaw is a regular stallholder in the George Stephenson building at IACF Newark. He is a general dealer in antiques but specialises in Chinese works of art.
Show under starter’s orders at Michael Hoppen Gallery
25 February 2019An untitled photograph of a horse race is among the wide selection of photographs on offer from Michael Hoppen Gallery’s exhibition Simply the Best featuring works of 20th century sports photographer Gerry Cranham (b.1928).
Miniatures in the mainstream as London show coincides with major exhibition
25 February 2019A dealer's one-day London show comes hot on the heels of major exhibitions that are drumming up interest in miniatures.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including the record-breaking sale of a Super Mario Bros video game
24 February 2019“We all knew how hard it is to find an open copy of this version in nice condition…” Just in case you don’t know, read more about the auction of a classic video game and much more with our roundup of quotes from the art and antiques trade.
New Spanish art fair puts focus on the avant-garde and surreal
23 February 2019A new fair showcasing avant-garde and modern art, including works by Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall and Fernand Léger, opens in Madrid next week.
Welsh antiques dealer enhances contemporary art show with loan of traditional furniture
20 February 2019A 19th century Welsh oak bureau is among the furniture that Carmarthenshire dealer Tim Bowen has lent to enhance a local exhibition on creativity.
A Victorian who’s who: Dealer offers 'last of Frith's panoramas in private hands'
18 February 2019A 19th century masterpiece by William Powell Frith (1819- 1909) that serves as a who’s who of influential Victorians is on offer from a new St James’s gallery for £10m.
Pick of the week: Maker’s great-grandson buys back model steam engine for family from UK dealer
18 February 2019An exceptional Victorian scratch-built model steam engine has returned home after the maker’s great-grandson bought it from UK dealer Vavasseur Antiques.
Former Wace director Brown to go it alone
18 February 2019Claire Brown, formerly director of Rupert Wace Ancient Art, has launched a new independent venture after 30 years in the art and antiques trade.