Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Pru’s view of a gritty world
29 March 2021Gravel pit subject was typical of artist’s move towards mundane subjects, as exhibition shows
There once was an artist called Lear…
22 March 2021…whose painting skill is now clear… as a first selling exhibition for 30 years underlines
The web shop window: Ada Lovelace's first-edition copy of key mathematical text
22 March 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: textiles dealer Esther Fitzgerald
22 March 2021Esther Fitzgerald handles textiles from across the globe covering a time span of 2000 years. She has been trading for three decades and is based in Hampstead, London.
Sickert view of ‘Kikely’ offered at Essex gallery
22 March 2021Walter Sickert (1860-1942) first met Cicely Hey at a public lecture in 1923. The very next day Hey arrived at his studio in Fitzroy Street and continued to sit for Sickert over the next decade.
Just a Few things you may be interested in
22 March 2021Items assembled by well-known antiques dealer Ted Few will go under the hammer at London auction house Roseberys.
Pandemic? A perfect opportunity
15 March 2021Spotlight on two London art businesses launched despite the challenges of lockdown
The web shop window: Pablo Picasso doodle
15 March 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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.