Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Autumn staging at NEC falls into place
15 December 2025November edition of the Classic event produces encouraging results after the summer date was cancelled
Extensive single-owner collection of Victorian revival tiles takes centre stage
08 December 2025Collector Michael Blood’s passion for Victorian tiles was ignited at Rufford Abbey in Nottinghamshire when two 19th-century examples pressed into his hands during restoration first caught his eye.
Edward Lear thrust into the spotlight
24 November 2025A fleeting moment caught by the artist but not intended for sale encapsulates the appeal of watercolours
Frieze Masters tests cross examination
03 November 2025Event now in 13th year encourages dealers and collectors to choose items regardless of period or culture
Classic event back in Birmingham after summer hiatus
03 November 2025Following the cancellation of its July staging, Classic Antique Fairs returns to the NEC Birmingham from November 28-30 for its third year at the venue
Penn in focus in Paris
20 October 2025Images by American photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009), who worked with Vogue for more than six decades and is credited with turning fashion photography into an art form, are among the highlights at the latest Paris Photo.
Dickinson’s Victorian sketches in Jermyn Street gallery
20 October 2025Original works for under £100? Dickinson offers just that in its latest show 'Sir Francis Grant: A Society Sketchbook'.
Dealer's show focuses on the library’s changing role through time
20 October 2025“Whoever made this thought of everything.”
Frieze Masters preview: Focus on first of famous six wives
06 October 2025Wedding gift for Catherine of Aragon stands out as one of the highlights at the latest Frieze Masters
Angolan chair provides new angle on Regency
06 October 2025At the 23rd edition of the Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam (TAF), one highlight is this Angolan take on a Regency sabre-leg chair, carved c.1850 and priced at £2200 with Adam Prout.
Cheshire fair still going strong as others disappear
06 October 2025The long-running Chester Fair is now the Cheshire Decorative Antiques & Art Fair, a name chosen to underline its position as the only major antiques fair in the county.
Dealership supports Society of Antiquaries
22 September 2025As collaborations between dealers and institutions become increasingly common, London dealership Abbott and Holder is teaming up with the Society of Antiquaries to revive a fundraising project first launched more than 200 years ago.
Dealers travel far and wide to source tribal art works
22 September 2025Driving for hours along remote desert tracks is part of the job for Alexandra O’Brien of Bay Gallery Home, a contemporary Aboriginal art gallery in the Cotswolds.
Milan joins Thaddaeus Ropac’s worldwide line-up
22 September 2025Milan is the latest stop in Thaddaeus Ropac’s expanding network of art galleries, with a new space opening this autumn in the Palazzo Belgioioso.
Northern Antiques Fair: Leyburn links up the north
22 September 2025Auction firm venue means fair ‘reaches a larger pool of people’ in the region than previous Harrogate base
Buyers dig deep for Ganz sketches of a disappearing Welsh mining world
01 September 2025The artist was an intrepid – and rare female – visitor to Welsh deep coal mines to record the final days
Pair of Harris river scenes create traditional landscape temptation
01 September 2025Victorian and traditional landscapes may no longer command the prices they did two decades ago, but the right examples – especially when guided by cautious estimates – can still draw healthy competition.
Bridehead revisited: Dorset home delivers a ‘textbook’ bumper country house sale
11 August 2025Auctions like this don’t come along often these days.
Lowestoft porcelain collecting focus shifts back to East Anglia
07 July 2025Two auctions held in the region underline demand for the locally produced ceramics
Museum exhibitions: A selection of summer shows
23 June 2025We sample a range of exhibitions taking place this summer – from a show on Second World War maps in Edinburgh to a display of Lucian Freud’s etchings at Titanic Belfast, a dive into the Picture Post archives in Cardiff, and a Magna Carta exhibition in London exploring the lesser-known Charter of the Forest