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Tempera takes centre stage in an exhibition revival

18 November 2024

Prior to the 16th century, tempera, a mix of egg and pigment, was the method of choice for most artists.

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Touch of luxury and novelty evident in a west London sale silver selection

18 November 2024

Dressing table sets are among the most frequently surviving elements of late 17th century hollowware.

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Agatha Christie collection detects high demand

18 November 2024

Highlights from the The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper offered at Forum

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Enough to render you ‘speechless’: exceptional Chinese art amassed by industrialist

18 November 2024

In storage for a century, a remarkable group of Chinese works of art has sold for £870,000 at a south London auction.

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Mr Toad stars in a Shepard original sold at Forum Auctions

18 November 2024

Wind in the Willows illustration leads varied selection of lots offered by west London saleroom

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‘I love The Colony Room ‘mural’ but how do I sell it?’ says Hyman

18 November 2024

Enormous slice of Soho culture and history features in gallery’s 25th anniversary show

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Seasonal display with a difference at picture gallery

18 November 2024

Alan Old of So Last Century fair is going all festive with a two-day seasonal market set to run in Dulwich, south London, at the end of this month.

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2024 BADA Art Prize winner announced

16 November 2024

David Messum Fine Art was the stage for the glittering BADA Art Prize 2024 champagne reception

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Van Dyck horse portrait rides back into the saleroom

14 November 2024

Vendor looks to double their money after discovering Anthony Van Dyck’s ‘only surviving landscape’ on the back of equestrian portrait

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Bonhams sets new auction record for any glass object

13 November 2024

A 14th-century mosque lamp from Egypt or Syria achieved the highest price for a glass object at auction when it sold at four times estimate at Bonhams in London yesterday.

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Kettle's Yard buys Dorothy Bohm photograph taken in Cambridge museum

12 November 2024

Among a group of works from the estate of the late photographer Dorothy Bohm (1924-2023) offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull sale was a photo taken at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge in the early 1980s.

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Kensington Vintage Fair becomes biannual event – and could expand further

11 November 2024

Launched in November last year in the spectacular surroundings of the Grade II-Listed St Cuthbert’s Church in London’s Earl’s Court, the first 'Kensington Vintage Fair' chimed so well with buyers that it has gone biannual.

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Camerer Cuss collection includes Thomas Tompion pocket watch

11 November 2024

Camerer Cuss watches carry a certain cachet.

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Christmas PBFA event aims to emulate last year's success

11 November 2024

Andrew Saidi, organiser of PBFA’s 'Christmas Book Fair' in London, is confident that this year’s event will be as buoyant as that in 2023.

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Sotheby’s sets highest price for a piece of Asian art in the UK for seven years

08 November 2024

Recently rediscovered in a German family collection where they have been for at least a century, a pair of Ming dynasty wucai ‘fish’ jars and covers have sold at Sotheby’s for £8.3m.

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Second tranche of ‘unparalleled’ collection of Rembrandt prints heads to Christie’s

07 November 2024

Christie’s will offer a further 90 Rembrandt prints from the collection of the late Sam Josefowitz next month.

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Pointon parades his talent for painting at dealer's show

06 November 2024

It's been a lively few years for the royal family and artist Rob Pointon has captured key moments which can now be seen in a new exhibition.

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Reunited De Rothschild vases take top result at auction of works from dealer Tomasso

04 November 2024

Dreweatts’ sale of items from the Leeds and London dealership Tomasso included a recently reunited pair of porphyry vases.

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Paniker painting on a high as Indian Modernists' erotic works win customs battle

04 November 2024

A painting by Indian Modernist Kovalezhi CS Paniker (1911-77) soared to over 40 times estimate at Roseberys.

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Limehouse cat find gives paws for thought

04 November 2024

Leading Bonhams’ Fine Glass and British Ceramics sale in London on November 26-27 is a recently discovered Limehouse porcelain cat.

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