Acrylic painting

Sworders’ London gallery at 15 Cecil Court is to host its first selling show this month.

Fake works purporting to be Damien Hirst studio paintings are circulating on the UK regional art and antiques market.

An impressive collection of pictures, studio pottery, furniture, personal effects and letters has been consigned to auctioneers Mitchells of Cockermouth from the estate of Mary Burkett, former director of Abbot Hall art gallery in Kendal.

Scottish auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull started off their year on January 10 with the sale of the Deloitte Art Collection at The Royal Academy in London.