Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Shop talk: The House of Rust
18 September 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, this week ATG talks to Chris Hardie about The House of Rust which opened two years ago. He says: “If it’s quirky, odd or just downright amazingly ‘rusty’, then you’ll probably find it here.”
5 Questions: Jane Houldsworth of Flying Colours
18 September 2017Jane Houldsworth is director of Flying Colours Gallery and is exhibiting at this week’s LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair (ends September 20).
New Glasgow Boy Steven Campbell features in three Scottish art shows
18 September 2017Three gallery shows will focus on Scottish art of the later 20th century.
BADA eyeballs new technology
18 September 2017The British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) is developing new technology to enable remote interaction between dealers and clients.
Galloway Antiques Fairs comes to Duncombe Park
18 September 2017This c.1780 portrait of a young girl with a pet dog is among the pieces offered at the upcoming Galloway Antiques Fair at Duncombe Park.
Native painter of Montmartre: Utrillo stars in 'Urban Solitude' exhibition
18 September 2017White-walled shop fronts, spindly trees and anonymous figures populate city scenes that Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) painted in the early 20th century.
A look ahead to the PAD, BADA and Battersea decorative fairs
18 September 2017At the start of October, London is in for a feeding frenzy as art collectors, curators and member of the trade descend on the city. This year, four major fairs open in the capital in the first week of October offering a huge selection of antiques, fine art, decorative and vintage.
Both alike in dignity: treasures of two Hollywood icons go under the hammer in London
15 September 2017British star of Gone with the Wind Vivien Leigh and Breakfast at Tiffany’s screen legend Aubrey Hepburn are the basis for auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s respectively next week.
‘Other things to look at’: Howard Hodgkin’s personal collection goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s
14 September 2017Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) refused to have his own work hung where he could see it. Though the paintings he created were personal and intimate, he said that he had “absolutely no desire to collect my own work”.
Celebrity art dealer jailed for ‘Thomas Crown’ style thefts
13 September 2017An art dealer has been jailed for the theft of £500,000 worth of paintings.
New auction house holds inaugural sale of sculpture in Oxfordshire
11 September 2017A new auction company holds its first sale next month with a focus on contemporary sculpture.
Irish country house fair unites dealers and restorers
11 September 2017The Wells House and Gardens Antique Fair takes place this week.
Mayfair set for Modern British sculpture display and French painter’s first solo UK show
11 September 2017Two Mayfair exhibitions starting this month feature modern art, one focusing on British sculpture, the other on French painting.
Molly and Maud and our friends in the north
11 September 2017A group of dealers and artists will gather in a village just outside York for a temporary collective this month, displaying a sample of their offerings to a local audience.
Orange glass adds colour to Wiltshire show
11 September 2017Dealers Delomosne & Son are opening an exhibition of English baluster glasses this month.
Cromwell Place hub in discussions with top museums
11 September 2017The new art hub at Cromwell Place plans to host exhibitions by international museums, release specially developed technology for art-world professionals and provide flexible working spaces and art storage, it was revealed last week.
Saddle up in Suffolk
11 September 2017A c.1860 century bronze horse group by Pierre Jules Mene (1810-71) is among the pieces on offer at English and Continental Antique’s selling exhibition.
5 Questions: Stephen Camburn
11 September 2017Stephen Camburn’s gallery is set in France’s Loire Valley. Camburn Fine Art France specialises in contemporary art and the paintings of Alan Halliday.
They said what?! The week (4 - 10 September) in quotes from the art and antiques world
10 September 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers and others. This week a former cop calls the Met to action and tributes are paid to one of the arts’ leading lights.
Huge collection of Royal Doulton character jugs goes under the hammer in Bury St Edmunds
07 September 2017Lacy Scott & Knight’s sale of 20th century design tomorrow kicks off with 105 lots of Royal Doulton character jugs from a deceased estate. The single-owner collection is offered without estimate or reserve and, with a few exceptions, is in mint condition.