Events and conferences

Industry events for the art and antiques trade are often organised by dealer and auctioneer associations but others are managed independently and operate as commercial enterprises.


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Petworth dealer explains why having a gallery is so important to business

15 May 2026

For its summer show this year, Ottocento packs its Petworth gallery with the works of Modern British masters: John Nash, Henry Moore, David Bomberg, Peter Lanyon, Ben Nicholson, and more besides.

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Hong Kong auctions get off to an auspicious start

08 May 2026

Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s Asian Art Week was led by the earliest extant court painting by the Italian Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766).

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Samuel Palmer and printmaking: the other side of his creativity

08 May 2026

Ahead of a new exhibition at a London gallery, Alex Capon takes a closer look at the renowned Romantic artist’s later work and the market that now exists via auction houses and dealerships

Christmas Eve a work by Patrick Heron

Heron spotting at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert

08 May 2026

London gallery holds its second exhibition since it started to represent the artist’s estate six years ago

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London gallery expands horizons as 15th to 19th century art is paired with focus on photography

01 May 2026

On a hot afternoon in 2000, as part of his broader exploration of marginalised communities, Italian photographer Marco Delogu (b.1960) visited a Roma camp on the outskirts of Rome.

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Beauty of Brancusi’s world caught on camera

01 May 2026

Galerie Negropontes has turned to photography to explore the work of another canonical artist.

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London and Paris trio team up for Orientalism show

01 May 2026

'At the Door of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus', c.1889-91, was painted by Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), one of the leading Orientalist painters of Germany.

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Turner prints quest leads to latest exhibition at Mayfair art dealer Gerrish Fine Art

01 May 2026

The quest for Turner prints is a constant in the career of British art dealer Hilary Gerrish, who started trading in 1971.

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Museums boost results at Asia Week New York

30 April 2026

Museums came prepared to buy at the recent staging of Asia Week New York.

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Flurry of exhibitions launched by art and antiques dealers for spring

24 April 2026

A round up of gallery shows launched this month.

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Key work by Joseph Southall secured for dealers' show just in the nick of time

24 April 2026

Next month’s exhibition on Joseph Southall (1861-1944), a joint effort by dealers Harry Moore-Gwyn and Sarah Colegrave, was six years in the making, yet the key piece came to the duo at nearly the last moment.

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Winnie the Pooh museum among buyers of previously unseen drawings by EH Shepard

23 April 2026

A small group of previously unseen preliminary drawings by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator EH Shepard were offered by book dealer Peter Harrington.

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Rochester’s Huguenot Museum shines with latest acquisition

21 April 2026

An 18th century silver tea table linked to the Lethieullier family has been purchased by the Huguenot Museum in Rochester.

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Prolific John Piper in demand in galleries and at auction

17 April 2026

Despite a recent work on paper auction record, the artist’s works remain relatively affordable according to specialists

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Manhattan’s Schoelkopf Gallery focus on collector Robert A Ellison

17 April 2026

Collector Robert A Ellison was obsessively acquisitive.

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Ben Nicholson was proud of his primitive taste

17 April 2026

A fragment of a Cycladic figure once owned by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is the lynchpin of an exhibition held by two dealers: Willoughby Gerrish and Elliot Davies.

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Home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire opens to the public for one-day event this summer

15 April 2026

The one-time home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire will open to the public for one day this summer as part of an East Anglian literary festival.

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Tributes paid to Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis

14 April 2026

Condolences and memories of the well-respected Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis were shared by the trade this week following his death aged 84.

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Exhibition celebrating John Bly at 135 years old and 300 years since Benjamin Franklin first appeared in London

10 April 2026

Antiques dealership John Bly is celebrating its 135th year in business with an exhibition.

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Somerset antiques dealer launches curated collection in London interiors shop

31 March 2026

Rebecca Christie-Miller Antiques has extended links with interiors shop Pentreath & Hall and will promote a curated collection of antiques in its Rugby Street showroom in Bloomsbury.

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