Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt

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Mayfair galleries team up with Royal Academy

17 July 2017

Mayfair Art Weekend (which was held from June 30-July 2) may not be the time to make major sales but remains an opportunity to raise the profile of commercial galleries in the area.

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Penman goes back to school

17 July 2017

Penman Fairs holds its second annual fair at Burford School in Oxfordshire from July 29-30.

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Dealers show college class in Edinburgh

17 July 2017

The July 28-30 antiques and fine art fair at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh brings 35 dealers from across the UK to stand in the foyer and assembly hall of this 18th century building.

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Shop talk – Gutlin Clocks

17 July 2017

In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops, ATG talks to Mark Coxhead. He works at Gutlin Clocks, a 22-year-old father and son family business specialising in buying, selling and repairing antique clocks.

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They said what?! The week (10-16 July) in quotes from the art and antiques world

16 July 2017

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we look a standout sales and ancient art.

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Could Brexit boost the UK art market? Programme announced for 2017 Art Business Conference

14 July 2017

The programme for the fourth edition of the Art Business Conference, held in London, includes a session examining the opportunities Brexit could offer the British art industry.

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Vivien Leigh’s copy of ‘Gone with the Wind’ comes up for auction at Sotheby’s

12 July 2017

The identity of Vivien Leigh is inextricably linked with her role in the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind where she played the wilful heroine Scarlett O’Hara.

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New appointment to help Phillips develop the ‘strongest contemporary department in the business’

11 July 2017

Jean-Paul Engelen of Phillips has been appointed deputy chairman, Americas.

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Birds and the boys are the facts of life in Edinburgh

10 July 2017

The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh’s next pair of exhibitions from July 21-August 28 features works of the birds and the boys.

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Two appointments to Fine Art Society's board of directors

10 July 2017

Rowena Morgan-Cox and Sara Terzi have been appointed to the board of directors of The Fine Art Society (London and Edinburgh).

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Antiques for Everyone tests market atmosphere to see what’s hot and what’s not

10 July 2017

The Antiques for Everyone fair is dubbed by the organiser as “a barometer for what’s in vogue with collectors, interior decorators and furnishers”. So what are dealers to do when pressure for their offerings slackens?

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Contemporary art complements range of Cotswolds furniture

10 July 2017

Original House, a Cotswolds dealership that specialises in industrial furniture, antique painted French furniture and unique interior objects, has branched out into contemporary art.

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Evolution of a book business

10 July 2017

Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson has opened an antiquarian bookshop in the headquarters of an online used books business.

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5 Questions: Paul Kembery of Kembery Antique Clocks

10 July 2017

Paul Kembery of Kembery Antique Clocks in the West Country is a regular exhibitor at Antiques for Everyone and will stand at the upcoming edition.

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The gadget man lends rarities for Birmingham display

10 July 2017

From the moustache spoon and the nose-shaping device to the washing machine, the period following The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a time of prolific invention in the UK.

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Art appointment in Paris

10 July 2017

Fleur Callegari has joined the team of Les Enluminures as art director. She will be based in the Paris gallery of this firm which specialises in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, miniatures and jewellery (the gallery has other bases in Chicago and New York).

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They said what?! The week (3-9 June) in quotes from the art and antiques world

09 July 2017

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week it's centres closing, action for elephants and cryptocurrencies.

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Stolen Chinese jades make 10 times their estimates years later

08 July 2017

Four Chinese jade vessels have sold for 10 times their estimate after being stolen more than 12 years ago.

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Pirate-hunter manuscript offered in selection of Venetian documents at Christie’s

07 July 2017

It was known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice but life in the Italian city state could be turbulent. The maritime republic spanned the 8th to 18th centuries though opportunities to amass power and wealth were challenged by outside threats, particularly from the Ottoman Empire. Among a group of documents on offer at Christie’s is one which recalls the city’s naval endeavours - a commission for the pirate-hunter Benedetto Pesaro.

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WATCH: Dealer Robert Young speaks about 'record-breaking' Masterpiece fair

06 July 2017

The eighth annual Masterpiece London concluded yesterday after two previews and a seven-day run.