Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Book fairs in London post encouraging results
05 June 2023London’s two big book events running simultaneously reveal major sales with visitors to Firsts up by a third.
The web shop window: A c.1860s ship’s figurehead
05 June 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online.
Art gallery holds second 'Britain in Pictures' exhibition
05 June 2023Leading the second edition of Sim Fine Art’s Britain in Pictures exhibition are two chaps in purple.
5 Questions with art dealer Josh Lilley
05 June 2023Josh Lilley runs his self-titled gallery in central London representing 25 Contemporary artists, and also organises historical shows, such as his current exhibition on Post-war British artist Patrick Caulfield (until June 20).
Hires, promotions and relocations – the latest art and antiques news
31 May 2023From a new boss of Christie’s Asia to a Brighton antiques gallery move, here is a round up of auction house and dealer updates from around the world.
Is this a First Folio that I see before me sold at £6.25m?
29 May 2023Peter Harrington Rare Books has sold a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio with an asking price of £6.25m.
Business booms as stars align for Cooper fairs
29 May 2023Cooper Events is experiencing something of a boom time with 10% attendance increase.
Art dealer Moore-Gwyn takes radical approach for latest exhibition
29 May 2023'A Wagon on the Street at Kingston, Sussex', c.1906, is one of two pictures by Robert Bevan (1865-1925) included in Harry Moore-Gwyn’s latest exhibition.
Time for a weaving do: Asian art dealer celebrates Japanese bamboo art in latest exhibition
29 May 2023A London exhibition highlights the intricate art form that uses Japanese bamboo.
5 Questions with marine salvage specialist Mark Jameson of Trinity Marine
29 May 2023Mark Jameson owns Trinity Marine, a specialist in salvaging fittings and fixtures of ocean liners and warships.
The web shop window: An Edwardian table croquet set
29 May 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online.
Adrian Alan moves antiques gallery to Brighton
29 May 2023Adrian Alan, a specialist in 19th century French furniture and objects, has left London for more spacious premises in Brighton.
TEFAF New York fair sales highlights
22 May 2023An Egyptian polychrome sarcophagus panel from the Late Dynastic Period was one of the highlight sales at the recent TEFAF New York.
The web shop window: A 'silent woman' pub sign
22 May 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Maurice Estève visits London a second time
22 May 2023With the museum dedicated to the French artist Maurice Estève closed for renovation, a St James’s gallery is displaying watercolours this summer.
Dealer news in brief including a show of works by artist Patrick Caulfield
22 May 2023Josh Lilley Gallery of Mayfair, London, is exhibiting a group of pictures, sketchbooks and collaged papers by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), many of which have never been seen before.
5 Questions with Simon Clarke of Christopher Clarke Antiques
22 May 2023Simon Clarke runs Christopher Clarke Antiques with his brother Sean in Stow-on-the- Wold.
William Crotch covered in St James’s show
15 May 2023This view of Wadham College, Oxford, by William Crotch (1775-1847) is the first and earliest in a catalogue of his works on show at Guy Peppiatt Fine Art.
Focus on female artists still at the forefront
15 May 2023Welcome focus on women painters in recent years shows no sign of slowing down amid great interest and demand
5 Questions: glass specialist Brian Watson
15 May 2023Brian Watson deals in antique glass and stands at Petworth Park Antiques Fair this month.