Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
How printmaking roared back to life
04 December 2017During the 1950s a revival in UK printmaking took root. As dedicated print studios were set up, etching, lithography and screenprinting flourished, and in the 1960s, as critics celebrated the ‘rebirth’ of the print, Marlborough Fine Art entered the print publishing market.
Mixing portraits and jewellery is the fashion
04 December 2017For its 'London Art Week Winter' exhibition, The Weiss Gallery pairs historic painting with contemporary accessories and miniatures.
5 Questions: Tom Edwards of Abbott and Holder
04 December 2017Tom Edwards is director of Abbott and Holder, a picture dealer and conservator established in 1936. The gallery is in London’s Museum Street across from the British Museum, and specialises in British watercolours, drawings, prints and oil paintings.
Dealers on the move: From a Scottish tower to sunny Monaco
04 December 2017Dealers are often on the move. Here, ATG takes another look at some of the dealers that have recently taken up new premises (or are planning to do so) around the UK and beyond. They range from former auctioneers moving into dealing and London expansion to first steps in the UK and Monaco.
They said what?! The week (27 November – December 3) in quotes from the art and antiques world
03 December 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, Masterpiece London gets set for growth and Rolex sets a new record in an electrifying sale at Fellows.
Derby porcelain show drums up buyers’ attention at winter edition of ‘Antiques for Everyone’ in Birmingham
01 December 2017The final 2017 edition of the ‘Antiques for Everyone’ fair (November 23-26) had particularly good results in porcelain.
Offer Waterman features William Turnbull at Art Basel Miami debut
01 December 2017London post-war and contemporary art gallery Offer Waterman is offering a selection of works by British modernist William Turnbull (1922-2012) for its inaugural appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Fellows sets house record for watch with £110,000 Rolex – view sale video
29 November 2017Fellows Auctioneers has set a new house record for a price achieved by a watch with the sale of a vintage Rolex.
Former Bonhams employees team up to open new dealership in 16th century Scottish house
28 November 2017Two former members of auction house Bonhams have teamed up to open a new dealership in Dumfriesshire.
Pick of the Week: Nicholson looks good in yellow
27 November 2017A William Nicholson (1872-1949) portrait drew admirers at Thomas R Callan (17.5% buyer’s premium) on November 19 as it was hammered down for £150,000.
North London gallery shows Arts & Crafts furniture alongside later works to encourage combinations
27 November 2017For its annual winter show, 'In Situ', The Millinery Works gallery in Islington shows off the diversity of its offerings while celebrating the Arts & Crafts furniture in which it has long specialised.
Birds painted in New York fly to the UK for winter
27 November 2017The Albemarle Street gallery Connaught Brown rounds out the year with an annual winter exhibition.
Shop talk – Emporium Antiques Centre in Lewes
27 November 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to Michele Doyle from the East Sussex antiques centre.
5 Questions: D Kevin Smith of Windsor House Antiques
27 November 2017D Kevin Smith launched Windsor House Antiques in Leeds in 1957. It is now based in Barnwell Manor in Peterborough by appointment and also trades from its website.
Artist Stanley Anderson records the rural artisans
27 November 2017The artist Stanley Anderson (1884-1966) was a perennial sceptic of 20th century ‘progress’. An engraver, etcher and watercolour painter, he started working in line engraving in the 1920s when it was an outmoded and almost extinct form of graphic output.
An American in Britain: T Allen Lawson has first UK exhibition at Jonathan Cooper
23 November 2017Thanksgiving, the US national holiday and harvest festival, remains a slightly inscrutable occasion for many Brits.
Founding father invention is reason to give thanks
23 November 2017Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was a famous polymath and inventor as well as being one of the founding fathers of the United States.
BADA teams up with logistics software provider to help dealers tackle key customs challenges
20 November 2017The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) has teamed up with Descartes Systems Group to help members manage interactions with Customs Authorities.
Why team is theme for London Art Week
20 November 2017Inaugural winter art week involves series of joint ventures with dealers outside the initiative.
5 Questions: Mark Jarrold of Vavasseur
20 November 2017Mark Jarrold of Vavasseur discusses the appeal of barometers, the need for new fairs and his love of strong coffee.