Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
BADA Friends hosts popular activities for spring and summer
05 April 2024Calendar includes trips to Burghley House and home of Emery Walker
Winter Olympia organisers plan to adjust fair but call for dealer commitment
03 April 2024This year’s fair is set to have a more distinct identity.
Police appeal for witnesses following theft at Congleton antiques centre
02 April 2024Valuable silver and jewellery lost after smash-and-grab in Cheshire
Five questions with Scottish art dealer Malcolm Innes
01 April 2024Though officially retired for many years, dealer Malcolm Innes continues to trade, focusing on Scottish landscape, sporting and military art.
Eye on an Object: Toleware candelabra and planter
01 April 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Dealer news in brief including Shapero Modern's latest show on Helen Frankenthaler
01 April 2024A roundup of news and events from around the trade
Range of highlights spotted in the Cotswolds
01 April 2024A pair of Second World War Japanese binoculars are among the highlights at the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair where the dealer offering them, Jeroen Markies Art Deco, is part of a group of newcomers.
Hennell’s wartime agricultural scenes in focus at dealer’s first online sale
01 April 2024In his first online sale, dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art features a series of Second World War pictures of the ‘Food War’ on the home front.
Work by Modern Italian master included in Art Basel Hong Kong sales
29 March 2024Contemporary giant includes some Modern offerings including several recent sales from a London gallery.
UK dealers announce series of sales to overseas museums
25 March 2024Several pictures and one leatherwork portrait have recently gone to institutions in the US and France.
BAFTA awards accepted for American fair
25 March 2024Norfolk dealer Voewood Rare Books will offer two prototype BAFTA awards at a US book fair where the UK is well represented this year.
Artist’s still-life paintings snapped up at auction as museum wing opens in her honour
22 March 2024The life and work of Austrian-British artist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky feature at Olympia Auctions and Amersham Museum
London Gallery Weekend announces new partnership and expanded curator bursary fund
19 March 2024More than 130 galleries will participate in the fourth edition of the event
More highlights from TEFAF Maastricht include seven-figure successes
18 March 2024Further high-ticket sales from this year’s TEFAF Maastricht have been announced.
Little fair launches aiming at lots of appeal
18 March 2024A new boutique art fair launches in London this spring.
Hundred works highlight Modern British artists
18 March 2024'Mudflats' by Hilda Goldwag (1912- 2008) is among the highlights in Belgrave St Ives’ show 'St Ives and Modern British Art Exhibition 2024: 100 works, from Gillian Ayres to Alfred Wallis'.
Eye on an object: George IV mahogany box
18 March 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Burr wood furniture is back in the groove
18 March 2024According to a recent Financial Times article, “burr wood furniture has its groove back”. Burr wood furniture has hardly been out of fashion – used in 16th century onwards in fine furniture it had a resurgence at least twice in the 20th century. But dealers note it is having its time in the sun again.
Ceri Richards' costermongers add colour to London show
18 March 2024Street traders or costermongers of 1930s-40s London star in Browse & Darby’s current show on Welsh artist Ceri Richards (1903-71).
Five questions with Natalie Macgowan-Spencer
18 March 2024Natalie Macgowan-Spencer trades as Vintage Stockroom at Alfies Antique Market in London and specialises in Americana and advertising as well as vintage clothing and memorabilia.