Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
5 Questions: vintage wristwatches specialist Alex Stevens
15 March 2021Alex Stevens began selling collectables aged 14, going on to specialise in vintage wristwatches. He launched Alex Stevens Vintage in late 2020.
William Hazlitt portrayed at his ‘great hope’ stage
15 March 2021This rediscovered portrait depicts a youthful-looking William Hazlitt (1778-1830).
The 1970s new wave of ceramics flows to Wiltshire
15 March 2021British Studio Ceramic is Messums Wiltshire’s third annual show.
Cooper Events springs back into action
08 March 2021West Country-based fair organiser Cooper Events is targeting a late spring return following the government announcement that hospitality venues would be permitted to reopen indoors as part of ‘stage three’ of its timetable for easing Covid-19 restrictions in England.
William James joins the 'fifty' line-up at Richard Green
08 March 2021Little is known about the life of British artist William James (f.1754-71) other than he painted topographical views and may have been one of Canaletto’s studio assistants while the Venetian was visiting England.
Dealer hails artist Hennell as a genius
08 March 2021Dealer Sim rates this little-known painter so highly he calls him ‘the English Van Gogh’
Trade tastes a virtual slice of the Big Apple
08 March 2021Without the usual January influx of collectors, curators and dealers to the Big Apple, two significant art-buying dealer events decided to go virtual. For some exhibitors, the results were better than expected.
The web shop window: Regency mahogany wine cooler
08 March 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: sculpture and works of art dealer Matthew Holder
08 March 2021A specialist in early European sculpture and works of art, Matthew Holder established his eponymous gallery in 2011 on London’s Portobello Road.
The web shop window: Julie Held acrylic on canvas
22 February 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Exhibition centres on Paul Feeley's calmer period following wartime service
22 February 2021When Paul Feeley (1910-66) returned home after serving as a US marine in Japan during the Second World War, it triggered a fundamental shift in his art.
5 Questions: Modern British art dealer Christopher Kingzett
22 February 2021Christopher Kingzett, a former vice chairman of SLAD and owner of the eponymous dealership in south London, specialises in 20th century British paintings, drawings and sculpture.
Contemporary fair heavyweights count on digital for now
22 February 2021As the pandemic continues to upend the art market calendar, two heavyweights of the Contemporary art and design fair scene are going digital.
Art hub suits flexible approach
22 February 2021Just before England entered a third lockdown, the John Martin Gallery squeezed in a solo show of artist Andrew Gifford’s (b.1970) work at new art hub Cromwell Place in London.
Go solo: a selection of dedicated shows
22 February 2021Four online Post-War & Contemporary art exhibitions organised by dealers.
Barbara Jones sketchbook offered at Firsts online winter edition
15 February 2021A sketchbook by English artist and muralist Barbara Jones (1912-78) is among the items for sale at 'Firsts Online: Winter Edition'.
Piste off? Get an art fix instead
15 February 2021With ski season on ice for so many, exhibitions offering snowy scenes could fill in
5 Questions: Old Master and British art dealer Lawrence Steigrad
15 February 2021Lawrence Steigrad deals in Old Master and British paintings, drawings, and sculpture
Shapero Rare Books launches Islamic department
15 February 2021Shapero Rare Books has launched a new Islamic department, broadening its collections of books from the Arabic, Ottoman, Persian and Indian worlds.
Nonesuch Gallery discovers Goldstein 'Moses' painting
15 February 2021This hitherto unrecorded work by the Jewish painter Morris Goldstein (1892-1965) is offered by the Nonesuch Gallery, priced at £5000.