Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt

Watercolour of ‘Van Helsing’s hotel’ to star at BADA 2018
12 March 2018Fine Art dealer Atelier offers a painting of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s Liverpool Street Hotel & Abercorn Rooms in London as a highlight of its stand at BADA 2018.

French gallery focuses on the Italians who painted in Paris
12 March 2018Paris was an important destination for artists in the 19th and 20th centuries and the city gathered in creatives from all across Europe.

Exhibition at New York's Throckmorton Fine Art celebrates early developments in Chinese Buddhist sculpture
12 March 2018New York gallery show coincides with and adds to the Asian art week of events...

5 Questions: Gerald Weinpolter
12 March 2018Gerald Weinpolter is based in Vienna and specialises in Austrian painting.

Show reveals abstract views in St Ives
12 March 2018In its current exhibition, Cornwall gallery Belgrave St Ives features the works of artists, many of whom are not usually associated with the coastal town in which the business specialises.

TEFAF 2018: ‘Self-regulate to avoid regulation,’ TEFAF Maastricht chief tells delegates
09 March 2018The art market needs to address its issues around transparency if it wants to avoid enforced regulation, TEFAF Maastricht delegates were told this morning (March 9).

TEFAF 2018 update: Christopher Columbus first account of New World priced at €1m among latest dealer sales
09 March 2018Dealers reported new and old clients coming through the doors at TEFAF Maastricht as the flagship art and antiques fair opened to the public.

“I wanted to enhance the atmosphere you get from this picture” – Old Master dealer explains using a ‘multimedia’ frame at TEFAF Maastricht
09 March 2018Toby Campbell of London art dealership Rafael Valls speaks to ATG about TEFAF Maastricht’s opening day and explains why he chose to display an Old Master marine painting in a multimedia frame.

Ten pictures to buy at Abbott and Holder’s 10 day sale
09 March 2018Museum Street fine art gallery Abbott and Holder is holding a 10 day spring sale.

TEFAF Maastricht 2018: Let the sales begin
08 March 2018TEFAF Maastricht's preview opened today at the MECC with 275 exhibitors showcasing 7000 years of art history.

Fashion star Victoria Beckham to team up with Mayfair Art Weekend
08 March 2018Leading fashion brands Victoria Beckham and Max Mara have partnered with Mayfair Art Weekend (MAW).

Doulton stoneware stars at Hertfordshire auction thanks to popularity of whisky flasks
07 March 2018A pair of Doulton flasks far outstripped expectations at Bushey Auctions.

Shop talk: John Cabello of Parade Antiques
05 March 2018In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to John Cabello of Parade Antiques.

Hogarth collection has rarity value
05 March 2018E&H Manners holds a selling exhibition of rare English porcelain figures in its Kensington Church Street gallery this month.

BADA makes designs for life
05 March 2018Don’t call it dated, fusty or old-fangled. The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is here to prove that antiques have a place even in contemporary homes.

English Antiques offers taste of the Orient in Suffolk
05 March 2018The first annual exhibition at English Antiques, in the small Suffolk market town of Eye, is titled 'A Taste of the Orient'.

5 Questions: Max Andrews of Ottocento
05 March 2018Max Andrews of fine art dealer Ottocento has worked in the art world for more than 20 years and will next exhibit at the upcoming BADA 2018 fair.

Cumbria hall hosts first fair for many years
05 March 2018Holker Hall, the privately owned country house in Cumbria, hosts its first fair in nearly 25 years this month.

They said what?! The week (February 25-March 4, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
04 March 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, it’s actors, auctions and the 1980s.

Basil Beattie stars at latest instalment of Royal Academy’s Art Sales programme
03 March 2018The Royal Academy opened a selling show this week show featuring to work of RA artist Basil Beattie.