Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Four methods dealers are using to showcase stock
26 October 2020The firebreakers, circuitbreakers, alerts and tiers have made recent weeks feel chaotic. But dealers are carrying on regardless, devising new and different ways to sell their stock safely, whether online, through catalogues or in person.
East Asian: Virtual realities as Asian Art in London adapts to Covid-19 changes
26 October 2020While galleries remain open during Asian Art in London, the ever-changing world of Covid-19 restrictions means the internet has also become an important resource for doing business
Venetian abbey buys northern Renaissance devotional oil
19 October 2020Turin dealership Caretto & Occhinegro Gallery has sold a previously unpublished oil by Jan Matsys (c.1510-75) to the Abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
New Orleans gallery covers a timeline history of clocks
19 October 2020A 16th century German weight-driven turret wall clock is offered as a prime example of Renaissance horology at New Orleans gallery MS Rau’s exhibition 'Time Across Time: Clocks and the Art of Timekeeping'.
The moon rises at Colnaghi exhibition
19 October 2020Dating to the second quarter of the 16th century, this stained-glass moon comes from northern France and is offered now by St James’s dealership Colnaghi.
5 Questions: Monica Cardarelli of Laocoon Gallery
19 October 2020Monica Cardarelli is co-director of Laocoon Gallery, which is part of London Art Week’s focus on female artists this month. Cardarelli has curated the gallery’s ongoing exhibition of Futurist artist Marisa Mori (until January 15).
It moss be love: naturalist’s album bought by museum
19 October 2020At a recent PBFA fair, dealer John Underwood sold a collection of albums of mosses compiled by the naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman (1834-1919) to Horsham Museum & Art Gallery.
Top idea for a hat carrier
19 October 2020This c.1905 leather top hat ‘bucket’ by the prestigious hatters Johnson and Co of Regent Street, London.
Oxfordshire dealership sources Louis Vuitton trunk with the famous canvas pattern
19 October 2020Oxfordshire dealership 3Details offers this original Louis Vuitton trunk with its instantly recognisable monogrammed canvas for £22,500.
Ingenious design for travelling chalice
19 October 2020Made from paktong, a zinc, copper and nickel (or similar) alloy resembling silver, this c.1780 English travelling chalice, or cup, is modelled on drinking glasses of the period.
Dealer offers forerunner of the modern sofa bed
19 October 2020In the campaign furniture market, provenance and an interesting story behind the owner are important.
The web shop window: coloured wax portrait of a famous actress
19 October 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Dealerships awarded freedom of the digital city
19 October 2020A Flemish lacquer inlaid and tortoiseshell cabinet-on-stand made in Antwerp, c.1660-70, is among the highlights at the first edition of digital fair ArtCity.
Female artists under London Art Week spotlight
19 October 2020This month, London Art Week (LAW) uses the digital platform it launched over the summer to run Art History in Focus. The event combines online discourse with exhibitions and objects on offer in galleries (and on gallery websites), putting the spotlight on two major themes: women artists and framing.
Eight Modern British artists in the spotlight from dealers this month
12 October 2020A selection of Modern British works on offer from UK dealers.
New way to display? Fine art and high fashion come together at Mayfair gallery
12 October 2020Mayfair gallery fashions an innovative method of exhibiting works from the 1950s-80s.
Islamic & Indian art: nine dealer previews for October 2020
12 October 2020A focus on Indian and Islamic art available to view and buy from dealers taking part in Asian Art in London in late October.
The web shop window: A group of 300 Swarovski figures
12 October 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Hybrid print fair set to bloom in-person and online
12 October 2020This 1930 white-line colour woodcut, Amarylis, by US artist Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) is among the works on offer at the first hybrid fair staged by the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA).
ILAB president announces launch of missing books database following re-election
07 October 2020Australian book dealer Sally Burdon said she will use her second term as ILAB president to consolidate changes and launch a new missing books register following the international book trade association’s recent election.