Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Keeping the special relationship: Transatlantic duo launch London gallery in a shining example of UK and US harmony
08 May 2017A week before their new joint space opens, dealers Charles Wallrock and David Brooker stand in the shell of their gallery sipping cups of tea, admiring the fresh paint job and speculating on how long it will take to lay the carpet.
Get wise to Edward Lear artworks at London dealer's exhibition
08 May 2017Before the poet Edward Lear sent the owl and the pussycat out to sea in a beautiful pea green boat in his 1867 poem, he combined them in this c.1846 watercolour.
5 Questions: Church Street dealer Daniel Levy
08 May 2017Daniel Levy opened his gallery, Daniel Raphael, in Church Street, Marylebone, earlier this year. The contemporary art gallery features the works of emerging and established artists. In the future he plans to increase his involvement in the fair scene.
Suffolk dealer hopes for growing interest with antiques for the garden
08 May 2017English and Continental Antiques, the Suffolk dealership, has its second selling exhibition of 2017 on May 27.
They said what?! The week (1-7 May) in quotes from the art and antiques world
07 May 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, the market tightens and fight gloves pack a punch.
Newcastle gallery wins acquisitions prize at London Original Print Fair
05 May 2017The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, has been awarded £8000 to add to its print collection.
Heritage association warns UK traditional crafts are endangered
05 May 2017A project was launched last week to assess the viability of the UK’s traditional heritage crafts.
Setting sail with style: Gray MCA fashion illustration preview set for Queen Mary 2’s Transatlantic Fashion Crossing
04 May 2017Fashion and art will come together on the high seas this August as UK dealership Gray MCA brings fashion illustration to the Queen Mary 2’s annual Transatlantic Fashion Crossing.
Unknown portrait is top lot at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auction
03 May 2017A portrait of a beautiful but mysterious 19th century lady led a sale at Exeter-based auction house Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood taking a hammer price of £155,000.
Tomasso Brothers Fine Art to open gallery during London Art Week
02 May 2017Sculpture specialist Tomasso Brothers is set to open a new London gallery this summer.
5 Questions: Saxon Durrant
02 May 2017Saxon Durrant started his business Metroretro in 1994. His Essex firm offers bespoke and reclaimed furniture and also provides props to film production companies. He will be exhibiting at Salvo Fair on June 23-25.
Buxton takes decorative path
02 May 2017The Buxton Antiques Fair, organised by Cooper Events, runs from May 18-21 in Buxton Pavilion Gardens. It is a quiet yet well-respected presence in the annual fair calendar and has withstood many market changes since it opened more than 50 years ago.
Art and dec: Battersea duo delight
02 May 2017Paintings, drawings and prints are among best performers at spring showing of popular fair
Ancient art stands out in West Hollywood
02 May 2017Ancient art dealer Barakat Gallery has opened an extra US location in West Hollywood to the international galleries run by Fayez Barakat.
Harewood wows in West Yorkshire
02 May 2017Next up from the Antiques Dealers Fair Limited (ADFL) is The Antiques & Fine Art Fair at Harewood, which runs from May 12-14. The event returns for its sixth year in a purpose-built marquee on the grounds of Harewood House in West Yorkshire.
Modern leanings at TEFAF
02 May 2017The second TEFAF New York event opens this week, running from May 4-8 at the Park Avenue Armory. It is the second event that TEFAF has staged in the Big Apple in the past 12 months, the first of which was its inaugural ‘Fall’ edition last October. Whereas that event focused on art from antiquity to 1920, this edition features modern and contemporary art and design.
Deals made in an instant
02 May 2017Last week, Sherborne dealer Patrick Macintosh sold a pair of beds off Instagram in a matter of minutes.
They said what?! The week (23-29 April) in quotes from the art and antiques world
30 April 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, young girls are observed to sell better than old men and literary anniversaries are shrewdly evaluated.
Large porcelain collection amassed by Wedgwood descendant returns to Leith Hill Place
29 April 2017More than 140 pieces of Wedgwood go on display today in a Surrey Hills stately home.
Offer Waterman exhibition sees early success with exhibition of Contemporary figurative painter
28 April 2017Offer Waterman’s ongoing exhibition of works by an artist who counts the Prince of Wales and Steven Spielberg among his collectors has experienced significant success during its first week.