Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Could Brexit boost the UK art market? Programme announced for 2017 Art Business Conference
14 July 2017The programme for the fourth edition of the Art Business Conference, held in London, includes a session examining the opportunities Brexit could offer the British art industry.
Vivien Leigh’s copy of ‘Gone with the Wind’ comes up for auction at Sotheby’s
12 July 2017The identity of Vivien Leigh is inextricably linked with her role in the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind where she played the wilful heroine Scarlett O’Hara.
New appointment to help Phillips develop the ‘strongest contemporary department in the business’
11 July 2017Jean-Paul Engelen of Phillips has been appointed deputy chairman, Americas.
Birds and the boys are the facts of life in Edinburgh
10 July 2017The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh’s next pair of exhibitions from July 21-August 28 features works of the birds and the boys.
Two appointments to Fine Art Society's board of directors
10 July 2017Rowena Morgan-Cox and Sara Terzi have been appointed to the board of directors of The Fine Art Society (London and Edinburgh).
Antiques for Everyone tests market atmosphere to see what’s hot and what’s not
10 July 2017The Antiques for Everyone fair is dubbed by the organiser as “a barometer for what’s in vogue with collectors, interior decorators and furnishers”. So what are dealers to do when pressure for their offerings slackens?
Contemporary art complements range of Cotswolds furniture
10 July 2017Original House, a Cotswolds dealership that specialises in industrial furniture, antique painted French furniture and unique interior objects, has branched out into contemporary art.
Evolution of a book business
10 July 2017Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson has opened an antiquarian bookshop in the headquarters of an online used books business.
5 Questions: Paul Kembery of Kembery Antique Clocks
10 July 2017Paul Kembery of Kembery Antique Clocks in the West Country is a regular exhibitor at Antiques for Everyone and will stand at the upcoming edition.
The gadget man lends rarities for Birmingham display
10 July 2017From the moustache spoon and the nose-shaping device to the washing machine, the period following The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a time of prolific invention in the UK.
Art appointment in Paris
10 July 2017Fleur Callegari has joined the team of Les Enluminures as art director. She will be based in the Paris gallery of this firm which specialises in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, miniatures and jewellery (the gallery has other bases in Chicago and New York).
They said what?! The week (3-9 June) in quotes from the art and antiques world
09 July 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week it's centres closing, action for elephants and cryptocurrencies.
Stolen Chinese jades make 10 times their estimates years later
08 July 2017Four Chinese jade vessels have sold for 10 times their estimate after being stolen more than 12 years ago.
Pirate-hunter manuscript offered in selection of Venetian documents at Christie’s
07 July 2017It was known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice but life in the Italian city state could be turbulent. The maritime republic spanned the 8th to 18th centuries though opportunities to amass power and wealth were challenged by outside threats, particularly from the Ottoman Empire. Among a group of documents on offer at Christie’s is one which recalls the city’s naval endeavours - a commission for the pirate-hunter Benedetto Pesaro.
WATCH: Dealer Robert Young speaks about 'record-breaking' Masterpiece fair
06 July 2017The eighth annual Masterpiece London concluded yesterday after two previews and a seven-day run.
Cork Street gallery seeks to widen buyer base by welcoming Bitcoin
06 July 2017A Cork Street gallery has become the first in the UK to accept digital currencies such as Bitcoin.
Labours of love from fieldwork
03 July 2017Painter who fled London to create country scenes is now the subject of a Holborn show...
European union is revived at Whitford Fine Art
03 July 2017Whitford Fine Art’s ongoing exhibition Trans-Channel Crossing brings together works by four artists, two from the UK and two from Continental Europe, who lived and worked in both places after the Second World War.
5 Questions: Marc and Marcia Harrison
03 July 2017Book dealers Marc and Marcia Harrison were originally based in the UK but now live and work in the Netherlands. Alongside their business, Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, they continue to manage the annual PBFA International Fair in London.
Franco-Brit alliance at Browse & Darby’s show
03 July 2017Browse & Darby’s ongoing exhibition of British and French drawings, prints and sculpture includes Edgar Degas’ c.1987 Danseuse Assise, a pastel and charcoal on paper mounted on card.