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Tomassos take contemporary focus
23 April 2018This hyper-realist oil on canvas 'Orlando Furioso' was painted by Pierre Peyrolle in 1996 and is one of the collection of pictures by the artist included in La Profondeur de l’Artifice, the first exhibition for the French artist in the UK. It runs at the Tomasso Brothers’ London gallery until May 11.
Art Deco and Art Nouveau hold steady at Antiques for Everyone despite ivory trade ban
23 April 2018Art Deco and Art Nouveau sculptures may be one of the categories most at risk under the impending ivory sales ban, but at the recent Antiques for Everyone Fair (April 5-8) a dealer in that field reported no change as a result.
They said what?! The week (16-22 April 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
22 April 2018Art for “a world that is now more than ever searching for new socioeconomic solutions”, the essential element for attracting new buyers online and more in our quotes of the week.
Lost design masterpieces from Russian musical theatre come to Bonhams
21 April 2018An exhibition of designs by Alexander Golovin for Igor Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol opens at Bonhams New Bond Street next month.
Bruce Springsteen’s handwritten manuscript for ‘Born to Run’ goes up for auction
20 April 2018A handwritten working manuscript of the 1975 Bruce Springsteen breakout hit 'Born to Run' comes up for auction at Sotheby’s online in June.
London dealer to offer rare collection of David Hockney’s works on paper at Frieze New York
20 April 2018London dealership Offer Waterman will be taking a number of early works by David Hockney to Frieze New York next month.
London dealer sells Van Gogh still-life to Dutch museum
18 April 2018Connaught Brown has sold a still-life by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) to the Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands.
Archive packed with iconic space photographs to sell for thousands in New York
17 April 2018An archive of 1500 photos recording the early days of the US space programme goes under the hammer at Swann Auction Galleries this week.
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac takes over Joseph Beuys estate ahead of exhibition
16 April 2018Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac has been appointed to represent the estate of artist Joseph Beuys (1921-86).
Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair stages spring event in new Covent Garden location
16 April 2018The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair’s (CVFF) next Spring Fair is staged at the Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden for the first time this year.
Administrators ‘wrong to charge Mossgreen consignors for returns’
16 April 2018Consignors to collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen will not have to pay fees to have items returned, a Sydney court has ruled.
Davie retrospective starts at Wheatley
16 April 2018Alan Wheatley Art opens a retrospective of the art of Modern British artist Alan Davie (1920-2014) this week.
Question time with dealer John Bird
16 April 2018John Bird specialises in traditional English antiques. He appears next at the upcoming spring edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair (April 17-22) where he has stood for more than 20 years.
Peter Harrington holds Lowry exhibition featuring leading lithograph
16 April 2018An exhibition of works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) has recently moved from Peter Harrington’s Dover Street shop to its Fulham Road location where it is on show until April 28.
Innovations at The London Original Print Fair set to draw in young collectors
16 April 2018The fair offering a way to own a big name without the huge cost is back for 33rd staging.
Abbott & Holder features work of two British female wood engravers
16 April 2018Abbott & Holder’s upcoming exhibition features the work of two 20th century female wood engravers: Clare Leighton and Gwen Raverat.
They said what?! The week (9-15 April, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
15 April 2018Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others covering the week that was.
Manuscript for Sherlock Holmes story featuring secret code by Arthur Conan Doyle goes under the hammer in Texas
11 April 2018A handwritten manuscript of a Sherlock Holmes story featuring a cipher devised by author Arthur Conan Doyle goes under the hammer this month in Dallas, Texas.
Export bar placed on Rubens’ rare 17th century painting of an African man
10 April 2018A rare 17th century depiction of an African man in Europe by Peter Paul Rubens has been placed under a temporary export bar in an attempt to keep it in the country.
Court orders Mossgreen to return lots to owners
09 April 2018The administrator of collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen has been ordered to return thousands of lots after Federal Court ruled it did not have the right to charge clients fees to collect their own goods.