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Cromwell Place

Kensington arts hub gets backing from industry figures ahead of planning decision

03 February 2017

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A will go before Kensington and Chelsea Council next week.

New York

Dealer involved in $80m New York art forgery scandal sentenced

02 February 2017

A judge has ruled that the New York art dealer involved in the $80m forgery scandal that brought down the Knoedler gallery will not serve further prison time.

Harry Dalmeny of Sotheby's

Harry Dalmeny appointed Sotheby’s UK chairman

02 February 2017

Harry Dalmeny, who has been with Sotheby's for over 25 years, has been appointed the company's UK chairman.

German cabinet

Windsor House Antiques targets first-time collectors

02 February 2017

Windsor House Antiques yesterday launched a three-month sale to celebrate its 60th year of trading and encourage first-time collectors.

Pimlico Road

Legal challenge launched to stop redevelopment of Pimlico Road galleries and historic timber yard

02 February 2017

Plans for the closure of galleries and the redevelopment of a Victorian timber yard in Pimlico Road is facing a fresh legal challenge.

Museum of Modern Art Paris

French dealer claims he destroyed $100m of paintings from 'Spider-Man' art theft

01 February 2017

A co-defendant of the accused art thief known as 'Spider-Man' told a court room in France he had destroyed five paintings worth more than $100m.

Glyn Cywarch

Lord Harlech's Kennedy letters and a painting by Queen Elizabeth I’s portraitist go to auction

01 February 2017

Intimate letters from a recently widowed Jackie Kennedy and a painting by Queen Elizabeth I’s portraitist are among the lots being auctioned from Lord Harlech’s estate. After inheriting Glyn Cywarch, the family house and grounds in Talsarnau, Gwynedd in Wales on the death of his father in February, Jasset Ormsby Gore, now the seventh Lord Harlech, decided to put his film production career on hold to focus on the estate. To fund the upkeep of the Grade II-listed property he made the decision to auction off 400 lots at Bonhams on March 29.