Fairs and Markets

Grays Antiques in Mayfair, close to Bond Street tube station on Davies Street, is one of London’s largest indoor art and antiques markets.

An original cold-painted bronze figure by Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947), renowned for his theatrical Art Deco dancer sculptures of 1920s Paris, is among the standout pieces at the upcoming Petersfield Antiques Fair.

The Salon du Dessin, France’s annual fair devoted to drawings and works on paper, is an event which regularly brings an international influx of drawing afficionados to the French capital.

A new design and antiques venture will debut at the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair with a Grand Tour– inspired selection that includes a pair of hand-carved marble obelisks with striking malachite detailing.

The now Grade II-listed Wapping Hydraulic Power Station in east London will reopen its doors this weekend for the first time in 13 years – which is good news also for Go East Vintage, aka Louisa Ware and Onur Kurtdere.

Newcomer event has rapidly established itself as a regular fixture in the calendar

Organiser of Kent event makes plea for larger space as dealers struggle to fit into Victorian village hall

Crewkerne centre closes down amid tributes paid to a ‘professional, friendly bunch of traders’

Stuart Lochhead, the London specialist in European sculpture, sells big and fast at TEFAF Maastricht.

Vintage clothes, accessories, furniture and more sell well at specialist fair in Saltaire

This Easter Clare Smith will be relaunching her shop Vintage by the Sea in Saltburn, her home town on the north-east coast of Yorkshire.

Firms from the UK and as far away as USA, Mexico and Japan make debuts

Peter Harrington Rare Books of London brings a letter by Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, written to Francis Ford Coppola to Rare Books LA (February 21-22).

Prints proved popular at this year’s London Art Fair (LAF), with a rare first reproduction of Gustav Klimt’s 'Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer' among the early highlights.

Sales at this year’s edition of The London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair (LARTA) continued, literally, until the doors were shutting on the final day.

Each edition of The Decorative Fair brings new faces and this season Sheldrake Collection, founded by friends Alice Dickie and Chloe Shann, was one of them.

From huge sharks to chocolate pots, The Decorative Fair offered a tempting range to suit all tastes

Visit from ‘Queen of Pop’ underlines just how much there is to see in Kent town including art and antiques