Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Museum buys PAN magazine prints
21 March 2022California dealership Denenberg Fine Arts has sold a full set of 80 prints from the Jugendstil magazine PAN to Chicago’s Driehaus Museum.
Rediscovered £5m Canova was garden statuary sale bargain
21 March 2022A long lost Antonio Canova (1757-1822) sculpture that previously sold for around £4400 in a garden statuary auction in 2002 is to be offered at Christie’s on July 7 with an estimate of £5m-8m.
£50m price tag as Omai receives export bar
21 March 2022Sir Joshua Reynolds’ (1723-92) portrait of Pacific Islander Omai has been given a £50m price tag and barred from export for a third time.
Police plea for return of stolen medals from Colchester museum
19 March 2022Essex Police and Hollytrees Museum in Colchester are hoping to recover five 19th century medals stolen in a burglary earlier this month.
Long lost Canova sculpture bought at a garden auction for less than £5000 to be offered for £5m-8m at Christie's
18 March 2022A long lost Antonio Canova (1757-1822) sculpture that previously sold for around £4400 in a garden statuary auction in 2002 is to be offered at Christie’s on July 7 with an estimate of £5m-8m.
The Art Business Conference programme announced
17 March 2022The Art Business Conference, returning to London on March 25, has released its event programme.
Early June date set for Ivory Act to be enforced
17 March 2022The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the Ivory Act 2018 will be enforced on June 6.
New hires and promotions across auction houses and dealerships in the UK and overseas
16 March 2022The latest jobs news in the art and antiques sector.
Reynolds' portrait of Omai given £50m price tag and barred from export for a third time
15 March 2022A buyer in the UK is sought to pay £50m for Sir Joshua Reynolds’ (1723-92) portrait of Pacific Islander Omai.
UK government blocks 17th century lute music collection from leaving the country
15 March 2022A temporary export bar has been placed on an early 17th century manuscript of lute music in the hope a buyer in the UK can be found.
US dealers challenge New York antique ivory regulations
14 March 2022The ivory regulations of New York State will be reviewed by New York court judges following an appeal brought by two US antique dealer associations.
Dixon takes LAPADA vice chairman role
14 March 2022John Dixon of Scotland’s Georgian Antiques has become the new vice chairman of dealer association LAPADA.
Interpol operation seizes nearly 10,000 illicit cultural artefacts
12 March 2022An international police operation coordinated by Interpol has led to the seizure of 9408 antiquities and cultural artefacts including archaeological objects, furniture, coins, paintings, musical instruments and statuettes.
Cotswold retreat of Arts & Crafts pioneer William Morris to reopen after a 30-month major refurbishment
10 March 2022The former country home of William Morris and his family has undergone an extensive £6m refurbishment.
Bath museum buys visitor book of astronomer Caroline Herschel
09 March 2022The Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath has bought Caroline Herschel’s visitor book dating from her time living near Windsor.
New auction houses and promotions – the latest news across the art and antiques sector
08 March 2022Movers & Shakers in the UK and US.
Auction houses ban Russian bidders as sanctions take hold
07 March 2022A number of UK auction houses have stopped taking bids from buyers in Russia in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Dealer ‘ecstatic’ as Hampton Court welcomes ‘missing’ Boleyn falcon
07 March 2022A carved oak falcon depicting Anne Boleyn’s royal badge bought by a dealer for £75 is to go on display at Hampton Court Palace.
Register antique ivory now says Defra ahead of ban
07 March 2022The digital registration service for exempted items containing ivory is now live and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is urging those wishing to sell items that qualify for one of these narrow exemptions to familiarise themselves with the new system.
Reid Dick stars in Curated Auctions debut
07 March 2022A collection of works from the family of the sculptor Sir William Reid Dick (1879-1961) comes for sale at a new London firm this month.