Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
London’s Scottish art showcase launches on Burns Night week
24 January 2017Panter and Hall’s annual show of Scottish art opens the day after Burns Night this week in London.
They said what?! The week (16-22 Jan) in quotes from the art and antiques world
22 January 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover broken vases, Beatrix Potter and Brexit strategy.
Harrogate fair assumes new name and directorship
21 January 2017THE long-standing Harrogate Antique and Fine Art Fair has undergone a shake-up following the sale of its parent company by owners David and Louise Walker.
Battersea powers double event
21 January 2017Different and distinctive fairs generate interest by running at the same time and venue
Bath Decorative Antiques Fair and BathVA team up for one-day style tour
19 January 2017The Bath Decorative Antiques Fair has teamed up with Bath Vintage & Antiques Market (BathVA) to host a tour of both events.
New director announced in relaunch of historic Harrogate antiques fair
19 January 2017Ingrid Nilson of Antiques Dealer Fairs Limited (ADFL) has been appointed director of the long-standing Harrogate Antique and Fine Art Fair.
Slideshow: 14 shots from IACF's opening day at Ardingly
18 January 2017The first of the 2017 Ardingly fairs run by the International Antiques and Collectors Fair (IACF) opened yesterday on a chilly morning at the South of England Showground. The fair, which can host up to 1700 dealers, brings in stallholders and buyers from around the world. Yesterday was acknowledged to be a quieter fair but a number of stallholders saw a brisk trade. Below is a selection of snaps from ATG’s visit to day one.
Exhibition at Shapero Modern showcases illustrations for Seamus Heaney’s Aeneid translation
16 January 2017An exhibition of illustrations for Nobel-prize winning poet Seamus Heaney’s translation of the Aeneid opens this month at Shapero Modern in London.
Three projects awarded TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund for 2017
16 January 2017The Musée Rodin and the Detroit Institute of Arts have been awarded the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund for conservation.
Fear allayed over Sunbury Antiques Market despite Kempton Park redevelopment plan
16 January 2017Supporters of Sunbury Antiques Market took to Twitter to vent their concerns about the future of the market in the face of Kempton Park’s proposed redevelopment.
They said what?! The week (9-15 January) in quotes from the art and antiques world
15 January 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of recent quotes from around the trade. This week, it was all about kidnap, Cromwell and Kempton Park.
AFE London launches at ExCeL London
13 January 2017Antiques For Everyone’s sister fair 'AFE London Art Antiques Interiors Fair' kicked off today at ExCeL London. More than 100 dealers have taken stands at the new event which runs until January 15. Here ATG features seven shots from around the stands.
“Works of art”: British police truncheons to star in Hansons’ auction
13 January 2017“Beautifully gilded”, “hand painted”, “much sought after”. Perhaps not words that are commonly applied to police batons, but this is how auctioneer Charles Hanson described the collection of British truncheons coming up for auction this month.
Summer print fair debuts at Barnsley arts hub this summer
12 January 2017An independent print fair is being launched in South Yorkshire this summer offering a selection of affordable prints and textiles by contemporary British artists.
Eton collection of drawings and watercolours features at Works on Paper Fair
11 January 2017A series of drawings and watercolours from the collection of Eton College go on display as a loan exhibition next month at the 2017 “Works on Paper Fair”.
Another Christie’s departure brings artist’s estate to David Zwirner
10 January 2017Christie’s specialist Jonathan Laib has left the auction house to take up a role as director at contemporary art dealers David Zwirner this month.
Fresh London fair aims to excel
07 January 2017Antiques for Everyone expands its horizons beyond Brum to dock at huge East London venue
BUY TO LEND
07 January 2017Works from the private collection amassed by media entrepreneur Chris Ingram will be exhibited at the 29th annual London Art Fair. This is not the first such loan by Ingram, as Frances Allitt discovers when she meets the collection’s curator and director, Johanna Baring
Art Antiques London fair axed for 2017
31 December 2016HAUGHTON International Fairs has cancelled its annual Art Antiques London fair in the face of “adverse market conditions and rapidly rising costs”.
Masterpiece fair chief exec is leaving
31 December 2016MASTERPIECE London has announced that Nazy Vassegh is to step down as chief executive of the fair at the end of this month.