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The Winter Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia needs an additional dose of dealer commitment as the deadline to save the event approaches.

For the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, a call has gone out for artists to apply for a residency at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation in West Sussex, leading to a solo exhibition in the De La Warr Pavilion’s gallery next year.

A second art fair in the space of a few months has been launched at Saatchi Gallery.

It has been described as perhaps the most curious regiment in the British Army, but the well-known names associated with the Artists Rifles were certainly not obscure.

As London’s week of blockbuster auctions took place under the blazing summer sun (see our next issue) members of the art and antiques trade had plenty to say about trust, the redevelopment of Olympia and – of course – the ivory ban.

A group of eight rare pendant ornaments from an Austral Islands necklace has been consigned to Grand Auctions in Folkestone.

A recently discovered self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi, the celebrated Italian Baroque artist, has been acquired by the National Gallery in London for £3.6m.