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.


The Chinese Chippendale Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace

Haughton annual art history seminar returns to London this summer

06 March 2026

The annual two-day Haughton International seminar returns this summer with a theme on Courtly Magnificence - Gender, Dynasty & Politics.

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Dealer William Mitchell: I still have Matterhorn on my mind

06 March 2026

Dealer and mountaineer is fascinated by both the peak in real life and in a Doré depiction of first ascent

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Focus on the 'first wave' of modern Japanese ceramicists at Asia Week New York

06 March 2026

Joan B Mirviss uses Asia Week New York to launch its spring exhibition Six Celestials, featuring works by modern artists who laid the groundwork for contemporary Japanese clay work.

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Petworth gallery stages show of bright and bold Boaba works

06 March 2026

Romanian artist Nafir Boaba (1929-2006) is represented in several works at the exhibition European Visions.

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Early details released of exhibitions and events as Classic Art London returns this summer

04 March 2026

Classic Art London taking place in art dealers’ galleries across central London this summer has revealed details of some of the exhibitions, events and talks planned.

Paleo artwork of ‘Juliasaurus’

Mayfair antiquities dealer part of the team revealing a 154-million-year-old fossil

27 February 2026

Natural history and antiquities gallery David Aaron is involved in the planned exhibition of a theropod fossil at Hollytrees Museum in Colchester. The fossil may be key to uncovering a new dinosaur species.

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Triple celebration for public artworks cataloguer Art UK

26 February 2026

Art UK has a triple celebration: the Art UK platform was launched 10 years ago, it now has catalogued one million artworks and it has appointed a new chairman.

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Collections of watercolours, Asian art and more showcased in dealer catalogues

19 February 2026

Recent dealer catalogues include a Japanese Edo period mask, a private collection of British watercolours and a first edition of Pride and Prejudice.

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Nurse’s Suffragette Medal, rediscovered at auction, goes on public display

17 February 2026

A Suffragette medal awarded to the chief nurse to Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) is to go on public display in the UK at a new exhibition after being bought at auction.

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Art Stable in Dorset hosts father and daughter art exhibition

13 February 2026

Art Stable in Dorset is holding a pair of simultaneous exhibitions on Humphrey Jennings (1907-50) and his daughter Charlotte.

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Parks highlighted fight for civil rights

13 February 2026

Few photographers were as explicit about the purpose of their work as Gordon Parks (1912-2006), who in 1967 described the camera as his “choice of weapon” against racism, discrimination and poverty.

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Neo-Romantic art show nods back to 1987 event

06 February 2026

Beauty, unease and nostalgia marked the works of the British Neo- Romantic artists.

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Bugatti, Hoffman and Dunand deliver serious quality

06 February 2026

Opened in 2024, Sceners Gallery of Paris uses a distinctive vocabulary to promote top examples of historic and contemporary design.

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Take your pick of princely taste as Mayfair gallery hosts intriguing new exhibition

06 February 2026

The huge changes that Florentine art underwent in the 15th century are illustrated by two pictures in Robilant + Voena’s latest exhibition in London: an altarpiece by Neri di Bicci (1419-91) and a Madonna and Child by his pupil Francesco Botticini (1446-97).

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BADA Friends launches spring/summer event calendar

30 January 2026

Art and antiques specialists Geoffrey Munn, Robert Tucker and Bentley & Skinner are among those involved in the latest schedule of events for The British Antique Dealers’ Association charity initiative BADA Friends.

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Treasure House hosts British surrealist exhibition from Southampton City Art Gallery

29 January 2026

Treasure House Fair has partnered with Southampton City Art Gallery to host a special exhibition on British surrealism running during the fair's fourth staging this summer.

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London specialist takes Nordic works to New York showcase

23 January 2026

Swedish artists are especially prominent in show staged by first-time exhibitor at Master Drawings

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Modern art specialist stages show of works by Jean Lurçat and Breon O’Casey

23 January 2026

The art world descends on New York in the closing days of January. The Winter Show, Master Drawings New York, and a number of sales at the major auction houses make the season de rigeur for major collectors.

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Paris gallery G Sarti salutes its late founder

23 January 2026

This year marks both the 50th anniversary of the opening of Galerie G Sarti and only a few months since the death of its founder.

Portrait minaiture of Robert Graham

Dealers celebrate Burns Night with selling exhibitions of portrait miniatures and books

16 January 2026

A portrait miniature of Robert Burns’ (1759-96) best friend is part of a pop up exhibition in Mayfair ahead of Burns Night.

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