Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
House proud: a commercial and cultural event in the heart of London
19 June 2026Treasure House Fair offers a roster of top dealers, a major Surrealist loan exhibition and an organiser who believes the fair is ushering in a new generation of trade
Open season: A selection of 10 dealer exhibitions this summer
19 June 2026The summer selling season is upon us and many galleries have assembled some compelling reasons for you to browse and buy
Less is more: the fair with just three works per dealer
19 June 2026Studiolo returns for its second London edition with just three works per dealer. It’s the setting that does the heavy lifting: the Cloisters and College Garden at Westminster Abbey
A classic act: festival of exhibitions returns for second staging
19 June 2026Dealers hold selling exhibitions, talks and tours during the second staging of this London showcase
Francis Bacon fans take note: Got the painting – how about his front door?
10 June 2026Wiltshire art dealer Winsor Birch is offering Francis Bacon’s (1909-92) front door from his London studio at 7, Reece Mews.
Intended for a queen but given to a king
29 May 2026A silver and horn casket made for Queen Victoria but given to King Edward VII is offered by Mark Goodger Antiques at the Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair from June 12-14.
Catch these Barnes Wallis airships before they float away overseas
29 May 2026Pictures from the ‘Dam Busters’ collection which sold at West Sussex auction house Denhams earlier this year are on display at Darnley Fine Art before travelling abroad to their new private collections.
Hancocks offers emerald from historic family
22 May 2026A jewel associated with an ancient Irish family has come on the market in London.
BADA’s big thinking in Rutland
22 May 2026Smallest historic county in England hosts the dealer association’s first fair outside London
How three family members followed on after Sargent
22 May 2026David Messum Fine Art’s latest exhibition features the work of British Impressionist Wilfrid Gabrield de Glehn (1870-1951), his wife Jane Emmet de Glehn (1873-1961) and his cousin Lucien Hector Monod (1867-1957).
Perridge builds on Bonhams and Kallos experience to start own firm
22 May 2026Madeleine Perridge may be the recent founder of a self-titled ancient art firm, but she is not the new kid on the block.
Egyptian stele stars at TEFAF New York
20 May 2026David Aaron kicked off TEFAF New York with the sale of its star piece, a 3300-year-old Egyptian stele from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose IV.
Barye bronze trots off to new owner
15 May 2026A bronze by Antoine Barye dating from 1860 was among the stand-out sales at the recent staging of Classic Antique Fairs.
Petworth dealer explains why having a gallery is so important to business
15 May 2026For its summer show this year, Ottocento packs its Petworth gallery with the works of Modern British masters: John Nash, Henry Moore, David Bomberg, Peter Lanyon, Ben Nicholson, and more besides.
Buxton buzz now lasts for three days not nine
15 May 2026This month, the Buxton Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair celebrates 60 years. Now the longest-running vetted art and antiques fair in the UK, it runs from May 29-31 at The Octagon at the Pavilion Gardens.
No to Dr No: ‘basically very old-fashioned Fu Manchu stuff’
08 May 2026James Bond may well now be a hugely popular multi-billion earning film franchise but a group of rare reports by a film studio evaluating the original books show the raw reaction was one of rejection and even ridicule. ATG interviews the dealer now selling these fascinating snapshots of the 007 world
First days of the US and much more
08 May 2026Ahead of a very busy period for the trade, we kick off our guide to the events coming up with a London fair marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.
Collector interview: Book buying is such a blast
08 May 2026Callum White, a young book collector from Birmingham, won last year’s ABA National Book Collecting Prize awarded in December for his collection Splitting the world: The atomic scientists and their second acts. He told ATG about his background, how he started the collection and his plans for it
Potter around a special Battersea selection
01 May 2026Gardening and vernacular furniture displayed as imagined from Beatrix Potter's Mr McGregor’s garden shed forms a highlight from the upcoming The Decorative Fair on May 12-17
London and Paris trio team up for Orientalism show
01 May 2026'At the Door of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus', c.1889-91, was painted by Gustav Bauernfeind (1848-1904), one of the leading Orientalist painters of Germany.