Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
They said what?! The week (19-25 June) in quotes from the art and antiques world
25 June 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover one dealer’s saving grace, one collector’s passion for jelly moulds and one special mining lamp.
Galleries announced for sixth Frieze Masters
23 June 2017Frieze Masters returns to Regent’s Park, London, this autumn with more than 130 exhibitors showing a selection of art covering 6000 years.
20/21 British Art Fair to host ‘select’ event with 34 exhibitors
23 June 2017A line-up of 34 exhibitors has been announced for the 20/21 British Art fair which returns this autumn after an enforced break.
Fully vetted vintage fair returns to Paris for second edition
20 June 2017One of the only high end vintage fairs is to return to Paris this November.
Masterpiece fair looks to broaden visitor appeal for eighth showing at Royal Chelsea Hospital
19 June 2017‘Come one, come all to 'Masterpiece', buying ground for the best and rest.’ Such, in essence, is the rallying cry of Harry Apter, co-founder of the premier London fair, which has its eighth run from June 29-July 5.
Traditional ‘POP’ art: dealing duo stage show of portraits and objects from the past in Knightsbridge
19 June 2017Forget Michael Jackson and Madonna: this summer Timothy Millett and Claudia Hill are the king and queen of pop. Taking into account, that is, the title of their upcoming exhibition, 'POP: Portraits and Objects from the Past'.
Paris exhibition focuses on André Maire’s take on ‘cultural’ Vietnam
19 June 2017A selection of drawings by the French painter-explorer André Maire (1898-1984) comes to the Dumonteil Gallery in Paris for the exhibition Indochina, Meeting Men and Gods.
5 Questions: Barbara Chalk of Rare and Antique Books
19 June 2017Barbara Chalk runs Rare and Antique Books, an online book dealership, with her husband Robert.
London Art Week shines the summer spotlight on galleries
19 June 2017London Art Week kicks off a host of events on June 30. Based in Mayfair and St James’s, LAW brings together more than 40 galleries as well as three auction houses in a celebration of historic painting, sculpture and drawing.
Fame & promise at Bohun Gallery
19 June 2017In its ongoing exhibition, the Bohun Gallery includes emerging artists alongside leaders in the British art market such as Elisabeth Frink, John Piper and Mary Fedden.
Shop talk: Rippingales Antiques and Collectables
19 June 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to Paula Rippingale Mills, who runs Rippingales Antiques and Collectables in Suffolk.
They said what?! The week (12-18 June) in quotes from the art and antiques world
18 June 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover shipping, shopping and shaping up to a changing government.
William Morris Gallery launches fundraising campaign to celebrate the life and works of May Morris
16 June 2017The William Morris Gallery launched a crowdfunding campaign this week to promote the work of the artist’s daughter, May Morris (1862-1938).
Rare Charles Rennie Mackintosh watercolour achieves top price at Lyon & Turnbull Scottish art auction
15 June 2017A rare watercolour by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) took £52,000 at last night’s sale at Lyon & Turnbull.
Folk art dealer stages Renaissance show for Edinburgh festival
14 June 2017A London folk art dealer will stage a show about the artist Albrecht Durer (1471 – 1528) at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
New exhibitors to stand at 2017 LAPADA fair
13 June 2017The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair hosts 11 first-time exhibitors this year.
Exhibitor list for PAD London reveals 11 newcomers and increased design emphasis
12 June 2017The 11th edition of PAD London hosts 67 galleries including 11 newcomers.
Olympia fair draws out designs for life
12 June 2017Sue Norman is a practised hand at The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia (June 26-July 2). As an exhibitor at this west London event for 36 uninterrupted years, she knows the show well, is familiar with the crowd it attracts and approaches it strategically.
Dealers join forces on Cotswolds campaign
12 June 2017Manfred Schotten and Christopher Clarke Antiques join forces this summer for their regular Cotswolds exhibition which takes place every second year.
Soapbox: do smaller and more select fairs make better business sense?
12 June 2017BADA has just unveiled plans for a smaller fair, BADA Collection at the Lanesborough, to launch in October (ATG No 2295). So here we ask: do smaller, more select fairs make better business sense?