Dealers

Four centuries of art will be shuffled out of chronological order in Echoes Across Time, an exhibition at Simon C Dickinson in Jermyn Street, presented by Kocerova Fine Art.

Dealer and advisor Martyn Downer, a veteran of the temporary export bar process applied to culturally significant works of art or heritage items, says the system is no longer fit for purpose.

Born Allan Garway Atkins, in Northern Ireland, Garry Atkins (1938-2026) – the name by which he became known and loved throughout the ceramics world – began his working life as an insurance broker, building collections of stamps and coins along the way.

Mark Rowles Fine Art is a gallery in Powys, Wales, run by Mark and his daughter Michelle Rowles-Lloyd.

Previewed in this column in ATG No 2759, the Great Antiques Fair is a new high-end event that was held on September 26-27 at Larchfield, an historic estate in Lisburn, County Down.

Yvonne Rosina was previously a corporate lawyer in the Netherlands. With ties to the UK and the Caribbean, she has recently become an antiques dealer and opened her gallery in Aruba.

Focus on one of the two London events that have been announced as October becomes a busy period

News that, within just days, the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA) has temporarily blocked the export of a Rembrandt valued at £71.7m and an Anglo-Saxon mount (which had already passed through the Portable Antiquities Scheme) priced at £1000 raises questions of the seemingly arbitrary and often baffling nature of the committee’s decisions.

Judy Berger launched her vintage furniture and fleamarkets in 2005 at the university union in her home city of Leeds and now runs two there including at Weetwood Hall, a luxury hotel built around a 17th century mansion.

Scottish book dealership Carter Rare Books has sold a collection of nearly 30 Japanese manga valued at around £100,000.

Gladwell & Patterson marks its 280th anniversary with an exhibition at its new London premises in Burlington Arcade, Mayfair.

This 19th century Italian demilune neo-classical painted console table is one of a pair offered by Antilia Arts at The Cheshire Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.

Kingsclere dealership Jenna Burlingham Fine Art has sponsored a travelling loan show on Cornish art.

London dealer Stuart Lochhead hosts an exhibition on Symbolism this autumn, bringing together pictures and sculptures from across Europe to demonstrate the movement’s breadth.

Innovative art fair recently launched at London gallery expands to American cities for the first time

Antiquarian bookdealer Lester Capon, 75, lives in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, with his partner Meg. He has always had a passion for books, starting with bookselling in retail, before embarking on a bookbinding career spanning six decades.

London gallery owner John Kasmin is closely linked to British art of the late 20th century.

People with an interest in Victorian taxidermy and the life of natural history specialist Errol Fuller are in for a treat.