Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Doggett record broken twice
27 June 2022Demand continues to grow for works by Modern British artist Ruth Doggett (1881-1974) after her auction record was broken twice in the same auction.
Agnews offers rediscovered Dürer drawing bought for $30 four years ago
22 November 2021This unpublished drawing by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) is being offered by art dealership Agnews as part of London Art Week (LAW).
Talent-spotter Feigen in focus
22 November 2021Group of works from the late US dealer’s collection demonstrates his wide range of interests.
Danish Symbolist inspired by Rossetti and Burne-Jones
22 November 2021Few painters on the Danish art scene in the late 19th century felt a close affinity with contemporary English art. Symbolist painter Agnes Slott-Møller (1862-1937) was among the exceptions.
Huge nativity scenes inspired by Old Masters dominate Colnaghi's gallery room for London Art Week
22 November 2021As Christmas beckons it seems only appropriate that Old Masters are among the leading works at the latest winter edition of London Art Week (LAW).
5 Questions: Art dealer Will Elliott
22 November 2021Will Elliott set up Elliott Fine Art in 2020 following roles in Sotheby’s Old Master department and at Colnaghi London where he was director.
For he’s a holly good festive show fellow
22 November 2021A dab hand at Christmas shows, Andrew Singleton of Suffolk House Antiques in Yoxford has held one annually for over 25 years.
5 Questions: Furniture dealer Holly Johnson
15 November 2021Holly Johnson Antiques opened a showroom in Knutsford, Cheshire in summer 2020 and Johnson has been trading independently for 28 years via fairs and online. The dealership is run by Johnson and her husband Ben Aardewerk with a small team.
The web shop window: Pre-Raphaelite painter's self-portrait
08 November 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
“It was a spur of the moment thing”: Specialist poster fair provides boost for sector
08 November 2021Poster market thought to be the first such specialist UK event will return for a second instalment
Contemporary gallery rebooked as Firsts fair enters new chapter
08 November 2021For just a few short days in October, the white-walled contemporary space of the Saatchi Gallery was transformed into a veritable feast of rare and sought-after first-edition books, prints and posters.
5 Questions: Cheshire art dealer Martin Heaps
08 November 2021Martin Heaps is the founder and owner of Collect Art in Lymm near Warrington.
Gibson offers Asian auction
08 November 2021Fashioned into a recumbent billy goat or deer, this diminutive Qing dynasty rhinoceros horn carving goes under the hammer in the inaugural live auction of Asian art from St James’s dealer Alastair Gibson of Gibson Antiques.
Peake performance: the master carver recognised
08 November 2021Great-granddaughter reunited with great-grandfather's work at The Chelsea Antiques Fair
Auction house earns praise as fair venue
01 November 2021The Northern Antiques Fair looks set to move permanently from Harrogate following a successful first outing at Tennants auction house complex.
Auction house Tennants hailed as great northern fair venue
01 November 2021The Northern Antiques Fair looks set to move permanently from Harrogate following a successful first outing at the new venue of the Tennants auction house complex in Leyburn.
The web shop window: English delft dish from 1701
01 November 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Dee day for Scone Palace comeback
01 November 2021After two cancelled fairs due to the pandemic, the biannual Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair in Scotland is back with a new edition scheduled for November.
Wartime work showing soldiers in Normandy joins Olympia fair highlights
27 October 2021A “vanishingly rare” oil by Barnett Freedman (1901-58) showing a newly liberated Normandy town shortly after D-Day is among the star exhibits at the Winter Art & Antiques Fair at Olympia in London.
5 Questions: Ceramics dealer Andrew Muir
27 October 2021Andrew Muir bought his first piece of Clarice Cliff – a small and damaged candlestick – for £25 from a pub auction in 1989. Today he is an established dealer in 20th century ceramics and is showing his diverse stock at the latest edition of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair at Olympia (November 2-7).