Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
5 Questions: Helen Sutcliffe of Sutcliffe Galleries
18 December 2017Helen Sutcliffe runs the premises of Sutcliffe Galleries in Harrogate. The family-run business has been trading for more than six decades and specialises in paintings from the 18th century to the present day.
They said what?! The week (December 11-17) in quotes from the art and antiques world
17 December 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others.
Book on “re-established” artist Winifred Knights takes top art history prize
15 December 2017The artist Winifred Knights (1899-1947) was once all but forgotten but a recent book about her life and work has won this year’s William MB Berger Prize for British Art History.
BADA Friends helps fund training for next generation British ceramicist
12 December 2017The BADA Friends have ‘adopted’ a young ceramics student who is among the first intake of new ceramics programme.
Queen Victoria’s piano rediscovered in Oxfordshire church and is linked to Schumann love affair
11 December 2017A piano owned by Queen Victoria is on offer at dealership Sherwood Phoenix after being rediscovered in an Oxfordshire church.
Belgrave hopes for a boost from busy time
11 December 2017Modern and contemporary art gallery Belgrave St Ives is in the midst of its annual winter show, offering prints, drawings and three-dimensional works in its two adjacent Cornwall shops.
Gavel falls on Bloomsbury Auctions
11 December 2017Update (July 2019): auctions resumed at Bloomsbury in 2018 following Gurr Johns' purchase of Dreweatts and Bloomsbury in 2017. In February 2019 it expanded the number of sales at its London office at 16-17 Pall Mall. The original story is below.
5 Questions: Angela Hardy of Burlington
11 December 2017Angela Hardy is the owner of Burlington, specialising in 19th and 20th century British and European paintings. She next exhibits at ADFL’s Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair (January 4-7).
Depository of good dealer ideas
11 December 2017Large complex in south London provides showrooms and storage instead of shopfronts...
Shop talk – Timeless Furniture
11 December 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to Nathan Ve-Ly of Timeless Furniture.
Splendour is court in the act at London dealer's show
11 December 2017Robilant + Voena’s show, 'Splendour and Magnificence: Art from the European Courts', features 25 Old Master paintings, sculptures and works of decorative art.
They said what?! The week (4-10 December) in quotes from the art and antiques world
10 December 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, metal-detecting gets a boost and ‘Salvator Mundi’ heads to Abu Dhabi.
Charity Christmas event at Digger & Mojo features Marc Allum of BBC’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’
08 December 2017Digger & Mojo’s annual Christmas event takes place tomorrow at its Wiltshire showroom.
Bloomsbury Auctions holds final sale
08 December 2017Update (July 2019): auctions resumed at Bloomsbury in 2018 following Gurr Johns' purchase of Dreweatts and Bloomsbury in 2017. In February 2019 it expanded the number of sales at its London office at 16-17 Pall Mall. The original story is below.
Chilean Surrealist painter Roberto Matta stars at Robilant + Voena’s Art Basel Miami Beach stand
07 December 2017Among those standing at this week’s Art Basel Miami Beach, which opens to the public today, is London gallery Robilant + Voena, offering a collection of paintings by Roberto Matta.
Mixing portraits and jewellery is the fashion
04 December 2017For its 'London Art Week Winter' exhibition, The Weiss Gallery pairs historic painting with contemporary accessories and miniatures.
Dealers on the move: From a Scottish tower to sunny Monaco
04 December 2017Dealers are often on the move. Here, ATG takes another look at some of the dealers that have recently taken up new premises (or are planning to do so) around the UK and beyond. They range from former auctioneers moving into dealing and London expansion to first steps in the UK and Monaco.
5 Questions: Tom Edwards of Abbott and Holder
04 December 2017Tom Edwards is director of Abbott and Holder, a picture dealer and conservator established in 1936. The gallery is in London’s Museum Street across from the British Museum, and specialises in British watercolours, drawings, prints and oil paintings.
Furniture crossover culture – Exhibition looks at how japanning combined eastern design with British craftsmanship
04 December 2017During the 17th century, European craftsmen were captivated by lacquer ware imported from Asia.
How printmaking roared back to life
04 December 2017During the 1950s a revival in UK printmaking took root. As dedicated print studios were set up, etching, lithography and screenprinting flourished, and in the 1960s, as critics celebrated the ‘rebirth’ of the print, Marlborough Fine Art entered the print publishing market.