Latest News Articles by Ivan Macquisten
Marchant and the British Museum head for Art Antiques London
03 March 2014Marchant, the eminent Kensington Church Street dealership, have signed up for Brian and Anna Haughton’s ‘Art Antiques London’ from June 12-18 in Kensington Gardens.
Scam guides active again
24 February 2014The trade have alerted ATG to the latest scam guide trying to con dealers into paying thousands of pounds for useless advertising.
DCMS figures show how few cultural items were export-stopped
12 February 2014The latest report from the Department of Culture Media and Sport shows that of 12,089 export licence applications for 51,606 works of art from May 2012 to April 2013, just 28 cases were referred to the Export Reviewing Committee by experts.
Sotheby’s appoint two chiefs for each of their top global art departments
10 February 2014Sotheby’s have appointed Alexander Rotter and Cheyenne Westphal as worldwide heads of Sotheby’s Contemporary art department, and Helena Newman and Simon Shaw as worldwide heads of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern art department.
Looking ahead to South African art sales
10 February 2014Last October, South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, London hosted an exhibition of artworks in the image of, and inspired by, Nelson Mandela.