Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Five highlights from the Lewis collection being offered at Sotheby’s
04 May 2026This summer Sotheby’s will offer what is billed as ‘the most valuable single collection ever offered in London’.
London calling for Welsh art as more Kyffin Williams works set high prices
01 May 2026Cardiff auction indicates latest demand trends influencing the market for leading Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams
Important collection of John Tunnard works brings demand in Newcastle
27 April 2026Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland offered what was billed as “the most comprehensive private holding of works by John Tunnard (1900-71) ever to come to the market” this week.
Royal Alice sets sail ‘on sailcloth’ as naïve paintings charm bidders
24 April 2026Among the most intriguing naïve pictures sold recently was a simple and ostensibly unassuming painting of a ship offered at a recent Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium) auction.
Back to school: Dealer sells rediscovered early view of Marlborough College
22 April 2026A rediscovered naïve painting showing Marlborough College in the years before the school was founded has been sold by a dealer to the college itself.
Early Ivon Hitchens landscape tops estimate at Gloucestershire auction
20 April 2026Among the Modern British art highlights sold in the English regions so far this spring was a striking landscape that made a significant sum for an early Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) at Kinghams' (26% buyer’s premium) latest British Art & Design sale.
Paris art enthusiast wins €1m Pablo Picasso portrait in charity raffle
16 April 2026A gouache on paper by Pablo Picasso, Tête de Femme from 1941, was won in a charity raffle this week.
Battle of the bookcase Old Master
10 April 2026Bidding competition breaks out in south London for Mannerist work discovered in a west London house
Blonde bombshell from West Brom depicted by De László
02 April 2026Portrait of actress who mesmerised Hitchcock makes highest sum for the artist since 2020
Reach for the stars: photographs of five 20th century icons at auction
02 April 2026For followers of rock stars, style icons, actors and actresses, opportunities abound to acquire signed photographs of some of the famous cultural figures of the 20th century.
Rock stars roll in to show artistic side of their creative talents
02 April 2026Original works and prints by the likes of Bob Dylan and Ronnie Wood are increasingly sought after
‘Clear recognition of George Sherwood Hunter’s distinctive vision and technical accomplishment’
27 March 2026A large group of works by George Sherwood Hunter (1846-1919) that had remained in the artist’s family for over a century was dispersed at two sales conducted by Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium) over the last six months.
Focus on art from unusual angles
27 March 2026Works in demand at auction do not always reflect the subjects and themes that artists are best known for
Venice provides allure as Cotswolds estate yields series of pictures to Kinghams
26 March 2026A group of Venetian scenes were among the lots bringing interest at the latest Fine, Decorative Arts & Design sale at Gloucestershire saleroom Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium).
Major Walter Langley painting bought by Penlee House after fundraising appeal
24 March 2026Penlee House Gallery & Museum in Cornwall has purchased an important painting by Walter Langley (1852-1922) after successfully raising the £65,000 needed to acquire it from a local authority in Surrey.
French government declares Old Master drawing National Treasure ahead of auction
24 March 2026The auction of a rare and unpublished drawing by Hans Baldung (c.1484-1545) that was due to take place in Paris on March 23 has been postponed after the work was declared a National Treasure by the French government.
Fenzoni drawing fires up professor’s selection
20 March 2026The specialist sale of Prints & Works on Paper at Forum Auctions in London on March 31 includes nine lots from the collection of the late Prof David Davies (1937-2022), an expert in Spanish Old Masters.
Famous for grand portraits, de László shows a more intimate side
20 March 2026Paintings of youngsters prove popular but provide a looser, less formal and spontaneous appeal
Bidding battle: Old Master brings fierce competition in Wimbledon
17 March 2026A dramatic competition came for a Mannerist battle scene that emerged at Wimbledon Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) two-day sale on March 2-3.