Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Victor Pasmore representation
23 June 2025Hazlitt Holland Hibbert has announced that it will represent the estate of Modern British artist Victor Pasmore (1908-88) along with Frankie Rossi Art (both based in Bury Street, St James’s).
Our new show on Broadway
23 June 2025Lennox and Sue Cato tell us why they are making a move from Kent to the Cotswolds
FAB Paris poised to kick off autumn season with new dates and host of special events
20 June 2025Back with a new spot in the calendar, highlights of FAB Paris include a cross-collecting exhibition between six dealerships and a showcase of 18th century decorative arts.
‘Keep calm’ say experts as dealer Ojiri goes to jail
16 June 2025The art and antiques trade has been urged to keep up with regulations but “not to panic” after the imprisonment of a dealer for violating anti-money laundering legislation.
Harry Moore-Gwyn show pays tribute to ‘Artists of Fame and Promise’
11 June 2025London dealer Harry Moore-Gwyn’s summer exhibition features 65 works by 20th century artists both well known and lesser known names.
Next Haughton seminar focuses on artistic exchange
10 June 2025The Haughton International Seminar returns this year with a focus on invention and imitation.
London art dealer jailed for reporting failure
10 June 2025A London art dealer has been jailed for failing to report art sales to a sanctioned individual believed to be a terrorist financier.
Simple garden statue found to be Emperor Septimius Severus
26 May 2025A Roman marble sculpture thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.
Vendors’ ‘garden statue’ turns out to be a six-figure Roman marble
21 May 2025A Roman marble thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.
Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA
03 March 2025Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.
Ephemera event takes invention as inspiration
03 March 2025The Ephemera Fair, the annual event from the Ephemera Society of America (ESA), runs this year with a conference on the history of invention as well as the usual huge selection of stock.
Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA
27 February 2025Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.
British Library acquires ‘missing’ pages of Elgar’s musical sketchbook through Christie’s
26 February 2025A draft of a composition by Edward Elgar has been acquired by the British Library in a deal organised through Christie’s.
Simon Phillips appointed as Treasure House chairman
03 February 2025London summer event The Treasure House Fair has appointed Simon Phillips of Mayfair gallery Ronald Phillips as chairman of the fair and the advisory board.
TEFAF Restoration Fund awards €50,000 to book of hours in historic French collection
28 January 2025This year’s TEFAF Restoration Fund goes to the Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly, which houses a remarkable historic single-owner collection, and specifically to the outstanding medieval manuscript 'Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'.
Books that cover the cutting edge of collecting, Viking and medieval style
05 August 2024A collector interview with author and expert David Petty
House style: London fair offers a larger second helping
17 June 2024The first Treasure House Fair was launched last year after the demise of Masterpiece and was greeted by dealers and visitors eager for a summer event. The second is now coming up
Start the week: Dealer shows with special look at works on paper
17 June 2024The annual festival of art taking place at galleries across the capital and in several online shows is known as London Art Week and this year has a special focus featuring works on paper
The war effort: London gallery and museum collaborate to show hidden prints
17 June 2024A large cycle of lithographs created more than 100 years ago and then hidden away is seeing the light thanks to a collaboration between a London gallery and the Imperial War Museum
Hey presto, it’s painter Giordano
10 June 2024Exhibition showcases work of Neapolitan Baroque artist who was famed for the speed of his production