Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Robinson retires from the Christie’s rostrum
11 April 2022After 40 years at Christie’s, William Robinson, international head of world art at the firm, bowed out on a high last month.
On Instagram: Scrolling surprise and delight
11 April 2022When Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger founded photo-sharing app Instagram in 2010 they probably did not expect that 12 years later it would have become a platform for selling antiques.
Cézanne and Bellotto to stay in UK for now
11 April 2022Two European pictures have been temporarily stopped from being exported from the UK in the hope buyers can be found to keep them in the country.
From an antiques centre: The centre of attention
11 April 2022Antiques centres provide a treasure trove of objects from a wide array of dealers all under one roof and make a good destination for a trip that any antiques or vintage lover will enjoy.
Plea to help find 25 stolen antique carpets after theft in Farnham
06 April 2022The art and antiques sector has been asked to look out for carpets stolen from Farnham Antique Carpets last week.
UK buyers sought for £10m Cézanne and £11m Bernardo Bellotto which have been barred from export
05 April 2022Two European pictures have been temporarily stopped from being exported from the UK in the hope buyers can be found to keep them in the country.
Artist Sarah Biffin in double spotlight
04 April 2022Self-portrait sold to National Portrait Gallery by dealer who also plans an exhibition
Collector Interview: Raise a glass to breweriana
04 April 2022A passion that began with a single tray acquired on a football away day pub visit has led to the creation of a breweriana museum
UK buyer needed for £1.5m pair of group portraits by artist Angelica Kauffman
02 April 2022A pair of group portraits by artist Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) have been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK buyer will pay the £1.5m needed.
A reshuffle at the top of Christie’s Europe plus other jobs news across the art and antiques sector
31 March 2022The latest Movers & Shakers across auction houses.
Swedish firm Auctionet buys Lawrences of Crewkerne
30 March 2022Auctionet, the online auction platform, has bought Lawrences Auctioneers in Somerset but the team at the Crewkerne firm will remain in place.
Emissions in the spotlight at Art Business Conference
29 March 2022How can the art and antiques sector be more sustainable? Reducing the carbon emissions of the trade is tough in light of the return of art fairs around the world.
Chardin strawberries refresh auction record
28 March 2022An auction record has been set for the French artist Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) with the sale of 'Le panier de fraises des bois' (The Basket of Wild Strawberries).
Bainbridge to hang up his gavel after four decades
28 March 2022After 43 years running his saleroom in west London, Peter Bainbridge is retiring this summer.
5 Questions: mid-century furniture dealer Stuart Murray
28 March 2022Stuart Murray is from Retrovintage, specialist in British and Scandinavian design-led furniture of the mid 20th-century, from the 1950s-70s, with a “particular love for pieces by the preeminent Danish designers of this period”.
Cotswolds Curated makes debut
28 March 2022Exhibitions event features nine dealers from Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire
International buyers ready for Birmingham
28 March 2022Now UK restrictions on international travellers have eased, the organisers of The Art & Antiques for Everyone (AAfE) fair at the NEC Birmingham are hoping for a return of buyers from further afield.
Public appeal for £25,000 to buy Hogarth’s Horace Walpole portrait for Strawberry Hill museum
24 March 2022The Strawberry Hill Trust is appealing for public donations to buy a painting by William Hogarth (1697-1784) of Horace Walpole.
Art dealer Ivor Braka hits back at artist resale rights groups' legal action against him
22 March 2022Art dealer Ivor Braka has spoken out over legal action being taken against him jointly by The Artists’ Collecting Society (ACS) and the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS).
CINOA: ‘The wave after wave of damaging legislation has to stop’
21 March 2022The art market is being unfairly targeted with restrictions and regulations over stolen cultural property according to its most senior trade federation.