Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
LAPADA website moves into e-commerce
05 October 2020The LAPADA website, which acts as a dealer portal for its members, has added an e-commerce option for objects under £5000.
Sotheby’s opens shop in Bond Street saleroom as auction houses grow their focus on private and retail sales
05 October 2020Sotheby’s has opened a new shop in its Bond Street galleries retailing art, design and luxury items.
The web shop window: Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror
05 October 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Podcasts now the big deal
05 October 2020From newsletters to viewing rooms, dealers have embraced the internet like never before since lockdown, and now some are experimenting with another new media outlet: podcasts.
Modern ways of doing business: dealers team up for exhibitions
05 October 2020London ceramics dealer and Swedish Nordic design specialist team up for joint show
5 Questions with Jean-David Malat of JD Malat Gallery
05 October 2020Jean-David Malat founded Mayfair Contemporary art business JD Malat Gallery in 2017. He is among the participants in this year’s Mayfair Art Weekend.
Second season for hidden gems
05 October 2020Claude Francis Barry’s wartime work The Heart of the Empire, Our Finest Hour, 1940, is among the highlights coming up at Liss Llewellyn’s second season of Hidden Gems.
Coronavirus: Paris Photo fair is latest French cancellation
30 September 2020Paris Photo has cancelled its 24th staging, rescheduling it for next year.
Coronavirus: Battersea Decorative fair calls off its winter staging
29 September 2020The final Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair of the year has been called off due to the recent tightening of government regulations.
New rules force indoor fairs to close their doors
28 September 2020More indoor antiques and collectables fairs have been called off as coronavirus cases rise again and restrictions increase.
Behind the lens of African independence
28 September 2020Until the process of independence began (starting with Ghana in 1957), photography in West Africa had been mainly a bureaucratic tool and was viewed with suspicion.
5 Questions with Richard and Cheryl Luck of Coach House Antiques
28 September 2020Richard Luck owns and runs Coach House Antiques at 17 George Street, Hastings, with his wife Cheryl. After 30 years of trading from number 42 on the street, they moved down the road to number 17 earlier this year.
The web shop window: Arts & Crafts clock from 1900
28 September 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
The paper trail: 12 works on paper available from dealers or upcoming auctions
28 September 2020The term ‘works on paper’ encompasses a diverse range of media from the drawings that offer a glimpse into an artist’s creative process to prints, posters, ephemera and documents. Pictured here is a section of items available to buy from dealers or bid for at auction.
One last visit to the Colony Room in new exhibition
28 September 2020Modern and contemporary gallery recalls the faces and the artists of fabled Soho drinking den
Six Ruskins add pep to Peppiatt’s latest show
28 September 2020A group of works by famed Victorian art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) features in Guy Peppiatt’s latest exhibition of British drawings and watercolours.
Courtauld acquires rare Gauguin manuscript through acceptance in lieu scheme
25 September 2020A rare illustrated manuscript by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) has been acquired by The Courtauld through the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme.
TEFAF launches digital marketplace
23 September 2020The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) is set to launch a new online platform next month.
Coronavirus: Art & Antiques for Everyone cancels winter fair
22 September 2020This year’s final edition of Art & Antiques for Everyone (AAFE) fair has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns.
Clarion implements refund contingency for Winter Olympia fair
21 September 2020A refund plan for exhibitors at the planned Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia has been announced by organisers should government restrictions make it impossible to run.