Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Dealer news in brief including dates for the Northern Antiques Fair
11 April 2024Our roundup of dealer news includes a new home for Ceramic Art London
De Chirico picture included in TEFAF New York highlights on the 100th anniversary of Surrealism
11 April 2024Despite a strained relationship with Surrealism, the artist had a profound effect on the movement.
Large collection of John Ruskin drawings and watercolours offered at London dealership
10 April 2024The 45-piece collection includes several with an intriguing provenance
Winter Olympia fair takes action to avoid an identity crisis
08 April 2024The Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympiais set to return from November 4-10 with certain changes to its presentation.
Five questions: Mike Sparks of The Light House
08 April 2024Mike Sparks of The Light House sells and restores period and antique lighting
Schendel powers into London venue
08 April 2024An untitled ink on rice paper work by Brazilian artist Mira Schendel (1919-88) is among the works starring at the exhibition 'Live With It', staged at Battersea Power Station, where it is offered for $18,000.
Celebrated John C Taylor collection shown online
08 April 2024The digital museum Clocktime opened last month with an event at the Royal Academy of Engineering, London.
Strong sales among uncertainty in Maastricht
08 April 2024TEFAF Maastricht achieves many stand-out results but the reduced run time receives a mixed response
Eye on an object: Equestrian painting by Claude Grosperrin
08 April 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Booksellers team up at New York fair to sell major collection chronicling the first Europeans in America
05 April 2024Four dealers are behind the sale of the R David Parsons collection at the New York book fair
BADA Friends hosts popular activities for spring and summer
05 April 2024Calendar includes trips to Burghley House and home of Emery Walker
Winter Olympia organisers plan to adjust fair but call for dealer commitment
03 April 2024This year’s fair is set to have a more distinct identity.
Police appeal for witnesses following theft at Congleton antiques centre
02 April 2024Valuable silver and jewellery lost after smash-and-grab in Cheshire
Five questions with Scottish art dealer Malcolm Innes
01 April 2024Though officially retired for many years, dealer Malcolm Innes continues to trade, focusing on Scottish landscape, sporting and military art.
Dealer news in brief including Shapero Modern's latest show on Helen Frankenthaler
01 April 2024A roundup of news and events from around the trade
Hennell’s wartime agricultural scenes in focus at dealer’s first online sale
01 April 2024In his first online sale, dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art features a series of Second World War pictures of the ‘Food War’ on the home front.
Range of highlights spotted in the Cotswolds
01 April 2024A pair of Second World War Japanese binoculars are among the highlights at the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair where the dealer offering them, Jeroen Markies Art Deco, is part of a group of newcomers.
Eye on an Object: Toleware candelabra and planter
01 April 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Work by Modern Italian master included in Art Basel Hong Kong sales
29 March 2024Contemporary giant includes some Modern offerings including several recent sales from a London gallery.
UK dealers announce series of sales to overseas museums
25 March 2024Several pictures and one leatherwork portrait have recently gone to institutions in the US and France.