Dealers

Dealers come in all shapes and forms, from small sole-traders to powerhouse galleries. Both play an integral role in the art and antiques market.

They often specialise in a given fields such as jewellery, ceramics, paintings, Asian art or coins but there are also plenty of general dealers operating across different categories.

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Artist Rose Hilton steps out of the shadows at Messum’s show

21 May 2018

For roughly 30 years the London gallery Messum’s has worked with modern British painter Rose Hilton (b.1931) to establish her work on its own merits.

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Bath brightened up even more by Gray

21 May 2018

Gray MCA plans to tap into a wide base of fashion enthusiasts and collectors as it moves into its first permanent gallery space in Bath this month.

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Jeremy Green and Mark Goodman team up

21 May 2018

Jeremy Green of The Canon Gallery and Mark Goodman of Goodman Fine Art have joined forces for an exhibition of oils and watercolours at Goodman’s new space on Duke Street.

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5 Questions: Tyr Baudouin Lowet de Wotrenge

21 May 2018

Tyr Baudouin Lowet de Wotrenge is gallery director at Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge. The Antwerp gallery is among those exhibiting during London Art Week (June 29-July 6) and will be at 37 Bury Street.

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Dutch art dealer announces major Rembrandt portrait discovery

21 May 2018

A work bought by a dealer at a Christie’s Old Master day sale in London in December 2016, where it was catalogued as ‘circle of Rembrandt (1606-1669)’, has now been attributed to the hand of the master.

Rembrandt portrait

“You’re looking at a human being instead of an image of a person” – art dealer on how he made a spectacular Rembrandt discovery

18 May 2018

When art dealer Jan Six viewed a portrait at Christie’s catalogued as ‘circle of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669)’ in 2016, he was convinced it was by the hand of the master. Two years on, it has now gone on view in Amsterdam with its attribution fully confirmed by scholars.

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London salvage and antiques firm hosts architecture and design summer lecture series in Georgian mansion

14 May 2018

Salvage and reclamation specialist LASSCO is hosting a series of talks on the history of design and architecture in its Georgian mansion, Brunswick House in Vauxhall, south London.

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Birmingham fair broadens its weekend appeal

14 May 2018

'Antiques for Everyone' held in Birmingham’s NEC is targeting new and returning exhibitors with a two-day weekend option.

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Fresh chapter in the books story as ABA fair aims to expand its appeal with a new title and location

14 May 2018

Boasting a new name and venue, the ABA’s annual book fair seems poised to expand its reach to a wider range of clients while retaining its strong exhibitor base.

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Be an antiques tourist in the north thanks to new guide

14 May 2018

Dealer Anthony Bucke has been in the trade for 35 years and opened an antiques centre in the Somerset town of Crewkerne in 2012.

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Fair offers work which was key to French prose

14 May 2018

Likely to be the rarest and most expensive book available at the PBFA’s 'London Antiquarian Book Fair' is a copy of 'Caractères' by the French philosopher and satirist Jean de La Bruyère.

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Piper and his pleasing decay

14 May 2018

A 1940 painting of Valle Crucis Abbey is one of the key pictures in Bohun Gallery’s exhibition 'John Piper: A Very English Artist'.

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Whitford creates a Caziel rhythm

14 May 2018

Previously unseen paintings by Caziel (1906-88) go on show at Whitford Fine Art this week.

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5 Questions: Pierre-Yves Guillemet

14 May 2018

Pierre-Yves Guillemet recently opened PY Rare Books.

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Party at the palace

14 May 2018

The Cotswolds Art and Antiques’ Dealers Association celebrated its 40th anniversary at its annual Blenheim Palace fair last month.

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‘End of an era’ as Iconastas sells up

14 May 2018

Dealer Chris Martin-Zakheim is selling his stock after closing Iconastas of Piccadilly due to ill health.

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Table is very pretty in pink

14 May 2018

This c.1680 pink painted century Swedish table was among the sales at the recent Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair.

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Antiques Roadshow regular David Battie to hold exhibition at Cotswold auction house Tayler & Fletcher

12 May 2018

BBC Antiques Roadshow regular and Asian art expert David Battie is to host an exhibition and lecture at Cotswold auction house Tayler & Fletcher.

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Criminals who targeted antique dealers finally jailed after 16 year crime spree

11 May 2018

Two criminals who stole more than £300,000 of jewellery and antiques by targeting antiques dealers at their homes have been sentenced to six years and two months’ imprisonment each.

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5 Questions: Marc Murray of Sylvia Powell Decorative Arts

07 May 2018

Marc Murray of Sylvia Powell Decorative Arts is standing at The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair from May 11-13. The dealership was established in the 1980s and specialises in art pottery by artists such as Jean Cocteau, Picasso and William De Morgan.

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