Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
British Art Fair changes could help ensure bright future for collecting field
17 September 2018The British Art Fair is an annual feeding ground for collectors of modern and post-war British art. This year’s staging of the 30-year-old event, which runs from September 20-23, marks a new chapter for the fair as it moves to London’s Saatchi Gallery.
Prints of the legendary 47 ronin feature in New York exhibition
17 September 2018A series of woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) portrays the 47 ronin, a group of ferociously loyal samurai who famously avenged their master’s death.
5 Questions: Nicholas Bagshawe
17 September 2018Nicholas Bagshawe of Bagshawe Fine Art founded his business in 1979. He specialises in British painting of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
They said what?! The week (10-16 September, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques market
16 September 2018Bank notes, the Bee Gees and dealer Robert Barley were all in the news this week. Read what people said about each topic around the arts and antiques market over the last seven days.
From £1.15 to £65,000: Egyptian sarcophagus mask once in the Pitt Rivers collection comes to TEFAF New York
14 September 2018An Egyptian sarcophagus mask of a woman dating back nearly 3000 years is on offer at next month’s TEFAF New York.
Pre-Raphaelite sculpture of famed Victorian politician goes under the hammer at Chorley’s
14 September 2018A sculpture of Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet, a British politician who befriended many of the leading artists of his day, goes under the hammer in Gloucestershire next week.
Four portraits by Thomas Gainsborough sell from Hungerford antiques centre ahead of 25th anniversary celebrations
13 September 2018Four portraits by Thomas Gainsborough sold recently at Great Grooms, a Hungerford antiques centre.
Frida Kahlo, Edward Hopper and Fernand Léger star among six highlights at the Fine Art Print Fair
13 September 2018The Fine Art Print Fair hosts 27 international dealers offering Old Master to contemporary prints in a range of styles and subjects.
Adam Partridge Antiques Hunting Weekend takes in Dorking
13 September 2018Adam Partridge hosts an Antiques Hunting Weekend at Dorking this Saturday and Sunday, including a visit to The Dorking Halls Antiques Fair.
Artist Lauder goes up in the world thanks to Somerset exhibition
10 September 2018British modernist Kenneth Lauder (1916-2004) used to entreat his opticians to create spectacles that would allow him to see the world upside down. They refused, but he remained determined to view life in a different way.
Bentley Boys wheel into Suffolk vintage travel exhibition
10 September 2018Racing round the banking at Brooklands in Surrey, Sir Tim Birkin is shown to dramatic effect in this oil painting by Dion Pears, below.
Gallery transforms Transylvanian folk scene
10 September 2018Romanians, Hungarians, Saxons, Roma and Russians have all historically lived in the area in central Romania known as Transylvania. Each group had its own distinct culture, but after years of living side-by-side these ‘families’ drew inspiration from one another.
5 Questions: Mel Caswell
10 September 2018Dealer Mel Caswell, based in Bristol, specialises in Japanese art and unusual objects.
Mullany takes Franklin gallery in St James’s
03 September 2018Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art opens the doors to its new gallery on Bury Street, St James’s, this autumn, taking the premises formerly occupied by a silver dealership.
Meet the market experts at LAPADA fair
03 September 2018When is the right time to buy a piece of rare antique silver – a George III caviar dish, say?
5 Questions: Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew
03 September 2018Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew is a specialist silver dealer with a business encompassing all areas of the 19th and 20th century decorative arts genre. He is among the dealers at this month’s LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair.
Mayfair dealer holds solo show dedicated to Henri Martin
03 September 2018Mayfair gallery Connaught Brown is staging the first solo exhibition of French Neo-Impressionist and Symbolist painter Henri Martin (1860-1943) to take place in London for a number of years.
Furniture highlight at Galloway Fairs’ North Yorkshire event
03 September 2018A late 19th century kingwood and ormolu mounted jardinière, offered for £4995 by Mark Buckley Antiques of Ilkley, is among the pieces on show at Galloway Fairs’ next event at Duncombe Park.
Book and map fairs find same June slot
27 August 2018In a major cooperative move, next summer’s series of London book and map fairs has been aligned to run in the same four-day stretch.
Lavish church garments showing influences of other cultures go on sale in London exhibition
27 August 2018Created to impress and instruct, textiles played an important role in the history of the Catholic Church.