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The company behind ‘micro’ fairs 'Trois Crayons' and 'Studiolo' has hired a full-time chief executive officer ahead of expansion plans.

The latest Old Master auctions in London produced the highest total for a December series for seven years.

The city of Newcastle enjoyed a long gold and silversmithing tradition.

While Alan Turing has for some time now quite rightly received credit for his work at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, the contributions of the women who worked there can still be overlooked.

As well as a busy life as a dealer, Karen Stuckey also finds time to organise the Wanstead Vintage Fair which runs four times a year.

An oil of a scarlet ibis by Philip Reinagle (1749-1833) is among the works starring at Rafael Valls this month.

If this view of London by William Richardson (1814-99) looks as if St Paul’s Cathedral has been magically transported to the mouth of the Grand Canal in Venice, that might not be too surprising.

Dealer Spencer Swaffer on the high street in Arundel has unveiled his famous Christmas window for this season.

Ernest Gimson (1864-1919), a central figure in the British Arts & Crafts Movement, applied a clear, pared-back design approach influenced by William Morris.

A small number of intriguing 18th and 19th century pictures were among the works bringing the strongest competition in terms of the pictures at Gorringe’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Fine Art & Interiors auction.

London art gallery Shapero Modern rounds off its year with a trio of events.

The ever-ebullient Michael Collins, managing director of market operator Sherman & Waterman, is even fizzier than usual, saying that 2025 was a “landmark year for us with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Jubilee Antiques Market in Covent Garden, formally opened by the late Queen in 1987”.

Venue refurbishment made 2025 a tricky period but the book events are steaming ahead

Collector Michael Blood’s passion for Victorian tiles was ignited at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire when two 19th-century examples pressed into his hands during restoration first caught his eye.