Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Pick of the week: Haitian hero rides into the New York Met
23 January 2023A drawing of Toussaint Louverture (c.1743-1803), a leader of the Haitian Revolution, has sold from London’s Nonesuch Gallery to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Dealer news in brief including a sell-out collection of African and Oceanic art
23 January 2023A summary of news and events from around the trade
5 Questions: carpets and textiles dealer James Cohen
23 January 2023James Cohen is one of the dealers standing at LARTA which opens this week in Battersea Evolution on the mezzanine of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.
Albany Gallery stages exhibition of works from artist Josef Herman's estate
23 January 2023The pen and wash drawing of three men and a barrel by Josef Herman (1911-2000) shown above is on offer at Albany Gallery’s upcoming exhibition for £500.
A 275-year-old London gallery celebrates its history
23 January 2023Last week ice descended once again on London where Gladwell & Patterson, celebrating its 275th anniversary, is offerings an appropriately wintry scene.
The web shop window: Photographic portraits archive
23 January 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Shock closure of Olympia and Masterpiece summer fairs leaves dealer plans in disarray
16 January 2023The 2023 edition of Masterpiece London and the summer Art & Antiques Fair Olympia have both been cancelled, leaving a crater in the capital’s summer season.
London fairs scene under threat amid rising cost of staging events
16 January 2023Brexit and decline in international exhibitors also blamed as Masterpiece is among the latest to close
5 Questions: Clare Wabe of Molly and Harlequin
16 January 2023Clare Wabe of Molly and Harlequin specialises in antique maps and prints with a focus on natural history, though the stock ranges wider.
Harrogate Pavilions forms a Yorkshire triangle of events
16 January 2023At this month’s 'Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair', Elaine Phillips Antiques, a returning exhibitor, offers a pair of 17th century high-back oak chairs featuring finely carved details.
The web shop window: 'The funniest car mascot on the market’
16 January 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Art & Antiques Fair Olympia cancelled for summer 2023
12 January 2023The summer edition of Art & Antiques Fair Olympia has been cancelled by its organiser Clarion Events.
The web shop window: A Victorian prisoners' ‘pillow’
02 January 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
London Art Fair returns to its regular slot of January
02 January 2023Thomas Spencer Fine Art brings two Henry Moore bronzes to London Art Fair, which kicks off the capital’s art fair schedule with a rich selection of Modern and Contemporary works.
Nilson 'delighted' to be back at Mayfair in 2023
02 January 2023A large red earthenware jar from Siwa era (14th-11th century BC), bronze age China, is offered at Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair for £3800 by W Shanshan, one of a clutch of new exhibitors appearing at the London event.
5 Questions: Picture dealer John Robertson
02 January 2023John Robertson deals in paintings and is among the exhibitors at the Mayfair Antiques and Fine Art Fair in January.
Art & Antiques for Everyone: no fairs to be held in 2023
19 December 2022Art & Antiques for Everyone, the fair held three times a year at Birmingham’s NEC, has been scrapped for 2023, raising concerns that it will never return.
Zinkeisen packs a punch
19 December 2022Anna Zinkeisen (1901-76), who painted 'The Boxing Match' depicting a bout from 1928, enjoyed publicity from the painting at the time.
Works by leading linocut artist Sybil Andrews offered at Osborne Samuel
19 December 2022In its stable of women artists Modern British art specialist Osborne Samuel features Sybil Andrews (1898-1992).
Laura Knight: her ‘time has come’
19 December 2022Dealer Karen Taylor is among those noting that “collectors seem to be following the trend set by museums and buying more work by women”.