Organisations

Trade organisations play an important role in the art and antiques market. Their remit may include lobbying, communicating information to members, offering professional development and qualifications, organising events, setting standards and ensuring adherence to them.

Other organisations listed in this section perform different functions such as providing online marketplaces, education or supplying other services to the art and antiques trade.

Broadwood piano

National Trust’s Cragside sells piano at auction to make way for 19th century ‘popstar’s’ Broadwood rosewood model

02 October 2025

A grand piano once owned by the celebrated concert pianist Arabella Goddard is back on display where it once held pride of place at Cragside in Northumberland.

Visitors at the York National Book Fair.

‘The best book event in the whole of the UK’

29 September 2025

Dealers full of praise for annual York fair as international and trade buyers snap up their wares

Emma Treleaven

Calling young book collectors: national competition open for entries

25 September 2025

The annual Antiquarian Bookseller Association (ABA) National Book Collecting Prize is open for entries.

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Dealership supports Society of Antiquaries

22 September 2025

As collaborations between dealers and institutions become increasingly common, London dealership Abbott and Holder is teaming up with the Society of Antiquaries to revive a fundraising project first launched more than 200 years ago.

BADA Art Prize judging panel

New judging panel announced for BADA Art Prize

22 September 2025

The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) has announced a new judging panel for its annual prize.

Portrait of Joanna Leigh

National Trust acquires two Joshua Reynolds paintings in £24.5m tax deal

04 September 2025

Two key paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) have been acquired by the National Trust from the Rothschild collection.

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Newcomers to LAPADA event endorse fairs as vital sales channel

01 September 2025

A notable group of newcomers joining the LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair next month underlines the important part that fairs still play in the success of antiques dealers.

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York National Book Fair ‘suits younger crowd’

25 August 2025

While a Rowntree centenary brings historic interest, exhibitors are also focused on attracting fresh faces

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Charitable donations among news and updates in BADA Friends' latest newsletter

15 August 2025

BADA Friends are supporting two charitable efforts according to the organisation’s second digital newsletter.

Needlework sampler display

Latest Arts Council annual report reveals six objects saved for the nation

25 July 2025

Half a dozen artworks were saved for the nation in the past year and are on display at museums across the UK.

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BADA Prize call for submission as fifth edition announced

22 July 2025

‘Antiques of tomorrow’ celebrated in contemporary art award

European Union

Art and antiques trade braced for new EU cultural goods laws

16 July 2025

Details of how to manage the new European Union regulations on importing cultural goods have emerged, sending shockwaves through the art and antiques trade.

The Game Fair

LAPADA Pavilion no longer part of The Game Fair

14 July 2025

LAPADA dealers will not take part in this summer’s 'The Game Fair'.

White marble sculpture

Newcomers sign up for latest LAPADA art and antiques fair

26 June 2025

LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair is returning on October 28-November 2.

Patrick Mestdagh

CINOA issues rallying cry for the art trade to unite

19 June 2025

The new president of CINOA has issued a call for unity across the cultural sector in response to “increasingly restrictive legislation affecting the global art and antiques trade”.

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Book fairs: New event fills a north-west hole

16 June 2025

Kirkby Lonsdale is the first of three fresh PBFA fairs this year with Frome and Dorchester to follow

Barbara Hepworth sculpture

Plea to save Hepworth sculpture for the nation

05 June 2025

Museum and Art Fund launch fundraising to save Barbara Hepworth sculpture

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Artwork recovered after theft 30 years ago in Canada

28 May 2025

A 1930s linocut by British-Canadian artist Sybil Andrews has been recovered after being stolen more than 30 years ago.

Philip Mould’s stand

Rising costs compel art dealers to work together

22 May 2025

The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) has urged dealers to work together in the face of rising costs.

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Binding the book trade together: how associations work to protect and promote dealers

12 May 2025

Trade associations play a valuable role in representing their members, organising fairs and events and, among many other things, making sense of changes in legislation – particularly useful when US policy on tariffs seems to change every five minutes.

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