Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Cheshire event with location, location, location
12 February 2018Art Antiques Cheshire, the annual fair at The Mere Golf Resort & Spa, is now in its seventh year.
Table set for second Cowdray
12 February 2018Galloway Antiques Fairs returns for its second edition at the Midhurst stately home Cowdray House this year.
'Collect 2018': a fair at London’s Saatchi Gallery mixing the old with the new
12 February 2018Collect 2018 is a fair offering a wealth of contemporary craft, but this year it also takes a look back to leading craftspeople of the 20th century.
Barns-Graham at Bohun
12 February 2018Wilhelmina Barns-Graham described making her late work, a colourful and energetic collection, as ‘letting rip’.
Marine painting stars at Chorley’s Country House auction
09 February 2018A painting of Men-o’-War in Portsmouth Harbour was among the leading lots at Chorley’s Country House sale.
Still-lifes and heroes: the Works on Paper Fair has third edition at Royal Geographical Society
07 February 2018The Works on Paper Fair ended its third run at the Royal Geographical Society on Sunday.
‘20/21 Fair’ to be renamed as British Art Fair and moves to Saatchi Gallery under new ownership
05 February 2018The 20/21 British Art Fair will take place in Saatchi Gallery this year with an expanded timeline and the new name of British Art Fair following its sale to new owners.
Erotic art through the ages: Take a peek as Sotheby’s steams up with sensual art
05 February 2018Does sex still sell?
Fair races into Chester
05 February 2018The year is well under way for Penman Fairs as it gears up for The Chester Antiques Fair.
Boom time for Bloomsbury at Piano Nobile exhibition
05 February 2018Exhibition on Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell comes as interest and stock are both healthy
New armour fair in Amsterdam forges ahead
05 February 2018The Japanese Legacy Symposium’s Samurai Armor Fair debuts this month.
Sim creates fresh chapter on literary lives
05 February 2018A trio of literary discoveries star at Sim Fine Art’s upcoming exhibition.
Enter the Welsh dragon
05 February 2018Dealer, art adviser and former auctioneer Simon Wingett is heading a project to create a new Welsh tourism centre including a sculpture park and gallery.
5 Questions: Lloyd Rust of South East Antiques
05 February 2018Lloyd Rust has run South East Antiques for 10 years. It is based in a 2500sq ft warehouse and trades mainly from eBay. He is also a heavy metal DJ and compere at the metal festival Bloodstock in his spare time. For the past 10 years he has also hosted a charity music festival in Chelmsford Essex.
They said what?! The week (January 29-February 4) in quotes from the art and antiques world
04 February 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others.
Chippendale Society acquires rare French-language edition of cabinet maker’s ‘Director’ from London bookseller
31 January 2018London bookseller Thomas Heneage has sold a rare French-language edition of Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) seminal design book, ‘The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director,’ to The Chippendale Society.
Art award launched to protect creative economy after Brexit
29 January 2018A new competition for the creative industries was launched this month in response to Brexit.
5 Questions: Adrian Pett of Darnley Fine Art
29 January 2018Darnley Fine Art in west London specialises in paintings from the 16th-20th centuries and is a specialist in 19th century Orientalist painting of the Middle East and prints by David Roberts. The Milner Street gallery’s Adrian Pett weighs in on shifting trends – and ales.
Cotswolds dealer’s latest venture covers French Revolutionary period through to 1815
29 January 2018A fragment of the flag believed to have flown from HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar came to national attention this month when it was knocked down for £240,000 at Sotheby’s.
Gerald Brockhurst prints exhibition feature striking portraits of the famous and fictional
29 January 2018Detailed and dark, the prints of Gerald Brockhurst (1890-1978) offer striking portraits of both the famous and fictional from the first half of the 20th century.