Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Clean energy: The real-life world of art restoration
05 July 2021TV programmes have brought restoration and conservation into the public spotlight recently, but what is life really like for those working in the field at a time when training and jobs are under pressure?
College and school of design merger creates South Downs and London supercentre
05 July 2021West Dean College recently merged with KLC School of Design in London.
Q&A: Lizzie Neville, head of school of conservation at West Dean college
05 July 2021Lizzie Neville, head of school of conservation at West Dean College of Arts & Conservation, works with 15 full-time members of staff and more than 50 visiting lecturers
Eric Knowles and Charles Hanson team up for Kent valuation day
03 July 2021Specialist Eric Knowles and auctioneer Charles Hanson will be taking part in a valuation day in Tunbridge Wells to raise money for charity.
Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in Greek art theft returned
01 July 2021Two paintings stolen from Greece's National Gallery in 2012 have been recovered and a builder has confessed to the crime, according to Reuters.
Sotheby’s launches auctions in Germany
30 June 2021Sotheby’s is to hold sales in Germany and has opened a new office at The Palais Oppenheim in Cologne.
New faces at Colnaghi, Koopman, Bonhams and Adam Partridge – the latest hires across the art and antiques sector
29 June 2021This week’s Movers & Shakers includes a new specialist for Bonhams’ popular culture department.
London dealer hails victory in six-year legal battle over St James’s lease
28 June 2021“We want art and antiques galleries to know that this area is now affordable," says dealer S Franses after High Court victory
Italy seeks to open its art market with export threshold changes
28 June 2021The export of Italian art has become easier following changes made to the country’s cultural laws.
Duke’s launches ‘collection care service’ with new role
28 June 2021Dorset auction house Duke’s is creating a heritage and valuations division and has hired a former surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art to form the new team.
Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield calls for help to recover stolen silver
24 June 2021A group of silver and silver plate items have been stolen from the Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield and police are seeking information on the incident.
From Somerset to New Zealand: a round up of new auctions, hires and initiatives
23 June 2021Among this week’s latest Movers & Shakers are new appointments at Webb’s in New Zealand, a new Asia CEO at Bonhams and an update from a Somerset saleroom.
Court judgment on rent for St James’s gallery ‘will impact wider market’
22 June 2021A court victory for textile dealer S Franses will have wider implications for rents across the West End of London, experts predict.
Saleroom pulls ‘looted artefacts from Maqdala’ after Ethiopian appeal
21 June 2021A group of Ethiopian works of art believed to have been taken during the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 has been withdrawn from a Dorset auction after the Embassy of Ethiopia intervened.
Freud’s portrait of Hockney comes to auction
19 June 2021Lucien Freud’s picture of fellow artist David Hockney will be offered at auction this month with an estimate of £8m-12m.
Fundraising begins for Brontë Honresfield Library collection after Sotheby's postpones auction to give museums more time
17 June 2021Sotheby’s has delayed the sale of a library collection related to the Brontë family to give a chance for institutions to raise funds to buy it.
Infamous forgery 'Oath of a Freeman' doubles estimate at US auction
17 June 2021The 'Oath of a Freeman', one of the most infamous forgeries in US history, sold for a double-estimate $42,000 (£30,000) at Heritage.
New faces in Dublin, London and Munich are among the latest hires
16 June 2021A round up of the latest appointments plus a new publication from a book dealer.
Fledgling Brussels auction house sells €800,000 altarpiece
14 June 2021A large 15th century altarpiece from a church in southern Belgium has been sold in Brussels for a six figure sum.
London charity is beneficiary of restituted art
14 June 2021A sight loss charity in London has benefited from a surprise windfall after pictures restituted to the estate of a benefactor were sold at auction in Vienna.