Premises and Property

Property news for the art and antiques industry covering relocations, property disputes and dealers and auction houses opening new premises.


Darnley Fine Art

How Darnley decided on Cecil Court as a buzzy base

15 September 2025

Having gone from Newark International Antiques Fair to the West End’s Cecil Court, art and antiques dealer Adrian Pett is now expanding his business into a 1400 sq ft two-floor gallery.

Movers & Shakers

New appointments, shops and premises – a round up across the world of art and antiques

09 September 2025

A new chairman at Fellows and shops opened by dealers feature in the latest Movers & Shakers

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New dealer launches in central London as Orpheus enters the gallery world

08 September 2025

Owner of Apollo Art auction house launches antiquities specialist firm in London’s Marylebone

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Ed Butcher in King’s Road move

08 September 2025

Mid-century specialist Ed Butcher has opened a new shop at 281 King’s Road, Chelsea.

Old Town Hall

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son plots expansion

03 September 2025

Wiltshire auction house Henry Aldridge & Son is expanding, investing a seven-figure sum in its home town of Devizes.

Etc Fairs

Royal National Hotel saves the day for Etc Fairs

28 August 2025

Book and ephemera fairs organiser Etc Fairs’ usual London venue, Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, is closed until February 2026 for refurbishment.

Sotheby's Breuer Building in New York

Sotheby’s to open Breuer Building premises ahead of flagship New York sales

21 August 2025

Auction house Sotheby’s has announced the opening date of its New York headquarters at the Breuer Building.

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Norfolk firm expands to Petworth

18 August 2025

Established Norfolk dealership Pearse Lukies Antiques is expanding into West Sussex with a shop in Petworth.

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Hopes for London’s W2 to become an ‘art postcode’

18 August 2025

3812 Gallery, a Modern and Contemporary Chinese firm founded in Hong Kong, is launching a new outpost in London this autumn.

Bermondsey Antiques Market

Bermondsey Antiques Market attracts new investment and marks special anniversary

13 August 2025

Bermondsey Antiques Market is celebrating a new investment from Bermondsey Square Community Fund.

Portobello Road Market

Portobello Road terrorist prevention traffic restrictions hamper antiques dealers’ trade

08 August 2025

New traffic restrictions on Portobello Road have affected the trade of the antiques dealers in shops and stalls along the famous west London street.

Olympia

Photo London to be first artworld event held at newly refurbished Olympia

10 July 2025

The newly redeveloped Olympia, set to be unveiled later this year after a £1.3bn makeover, will host 'Photo London' in May 2026.

Movers June 25

Relocations and new gallery openings are among the latest Movers & Shakers

25 June 2025

The latest news from around auction houses, dealers and conservation specialists

Robin Starr

Bonhams Skinner settles in at ‘better Boston location’

23 June 2025

Bonhams Skinner has moved to a new location in Boston’s Back Bay neighbourhood.

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Plenty of comings and goings at the Cecil Court art and books hub

23 June 2025

Changes are afoot in the art and book dealing hub Cecil Court this summer.

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Our new show on Broadway

23 June 2025

Lennox and Sue Cato tell us why they are making a move from Kent to the Cotswolds

Moorcroft premises

Founder's family buys back Moorcroft pottery and vows to return production to original site

16 June 2025

The stricken Moorcroft pottery business will have a member of the founder's family involved with the firm for the first time in nearly 20 years.

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Dealer seeking a mooring in Cornwall

09 June 2025

Seafaring man-turned dealer in nauticalia, Robin Langford is searching for reasonably priced shop premises near St Ives where he deals online as Clipper Maritime.

Freya Simms

Former LAPADA CEO joins Gloucestershire antiques and interiors firm as managing director 

30 May 2025

Freya Simms, the former chief executive of dealer association LAPADA, is joining businessman Toby Lorford to help grow his Gloucestershire based antiques and interiors firm.

V&A East Storehouse

New V&A site opens with chance to order and view more than 600,000 items

29 May 2025

The huge V&A East Storehouse opens this weekend giving the chance to view many of its items and objects for the first time.

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