Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
New appointments and premises across the world of art and antiques
10 May 2022New faces at Woolley & Wallis, Runjeet Singh and Freeman’s are among the latest Movers & Shakers.
Panel show forms an orderly Kew
09 May 2022The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea Park is well known for selling garden items.
Woolley & Wallis internship aims to plug training gap
09 May 2022Woolley & Wallis has launched an internship scheme to help train the next generation of art and antiques specialists.
Fellows teams up with historian to offer Elizabethan manor house tour
07 May 2022Auction house Fellows is working with historian Dr Nicola Tallis to host a tour, talks and a musical performance at Harvington Hall.
Princeton University Art Museum revealed as buyer of picture by female Pre-Raphaelite artist
05 May 2022A work by Rebecca Solomon (1832-86) offered at Sotheby’s was bought by The Princeton University Art Museum.
The Fry Art Gallery reopens after refurb with Great Bardfield exhibition sponsored by Sworders
03 May 2022The Fry Art Gallery in Essex has undergone a major refurbishment and one of the first shows is being supported by local auction house Sworders.
Big funds raised for rediscovered mini Brontë
02 May 2022In just two weeks The Friends of the National Libraries managed to raise $1.25m (£1m) to buy a rediscovered miniature book by Charlotte Brontë.
Brontë mini book heads home to Haworth after £1m raised to buy it from New York dealer
28 April 2022A rediscovered miniature book by Charlotte Brontë has been sold at a New York book fair.
Inflation could help sales of collectables such as stamps, according to Stanley Gibbons Group
27 April 2022Collectables group Stanley Gibbons Group has pointed to evidence that both coins and stamps “do well during periods of heightened inflation”.
New hires across the art and antiques sector including in the US and Middle East
26 April 2022Among the latest Movers & Shakers news are appointments at Bonhams and Christie’s and a refurbishment at Artcurial.
Returning tourists give business boost for Portobello Road
25 April 2022Tourists returning to London gave Portobello Road traders a significant boost over the Easter period.
PBFA looks for new London fair manager
25 April 2022The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) is searching for a new fair manager for its London Antiquarian Book Fair.
Family portrait returns to Sitwell summer home
25 April 2022A Sitwell family portrait is returning home after Scarborough Museums Trust bought it at a auction in Newbury last year.
Ethiopian dealership launches London base
25 April 2022Contemporary African art was a topic of discussion at last month’s The Art Business Conference in London.
Lalique celebrates 100 years at French factory
23 April 2022The Lalique factory in Wingen-sur-Moder, in north eastern France, is celebrating 100 years in operation.
Sitwell portrait returns to Scarborough
21 April 2022A Sitwell portrait is returning home after Scarborough Museums Trust bought it at a Newbury auction.
Christie’s to trial shipping by sea freight to reduce carbon emissions
18 April 2022Christie’s is to trial moving art works by sea rather than air, with the aim of drastically reducing its carbon emissions. It estimates that the switch could reduce the environmental impact by 80%.
Strawberry Hill success in buying Hogarth work
18 April 2022The funds necessary to keep a portrait of Horace Walpole on display at his former home Strawberry Hill have been raised following a public appeal.
Public appeal saves Hogarth portrait of Horace Walpole for his home Strawberry Hill
16 April 2022The funds necessary to keep a portrait of Horace Walpole on display at his former home Strawberry Hill have been raised following a public appeal.
New hires and promotions including at Lyon & Turnbull and Duke’s
14 April 2022The latest Movers & Shakers updates across the world of art and antiques.