Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
‘Lost Bonnet Portrait of Emily Brontë’ for sale
03 May 2021A portrait argued to be of author Emily Brontë is coming to auction this month.
Northants enchants: new premises for The Canon Gallery
03 May 2021With a lack of fairs during the pandemic and fewer scheduled in the near future, picture dealer Jeremy Green has taken the plunge and returned to running a physical gallery after 15 years of running his dealership from home and standing at fairs.
Contribute to website? Be our guest
03 May 2021Guest and Gray, trading from a gallery in central London at 58 Davies Street, decided to launch a new website during lockdown.
Changes at the top at Phillips as Sotheby’s restructures Fine Art division
29 April 2021Sotheby’s and Phillips have announced a number of changes in personnel.
Lincolnshire’s Hemswell gets a newly refurbished and renamed antiques centre
29 April 2021A newly refurbished antiques centre will open this weekend under new management at Hemswell in Lincolnshire.
Rare $2m Meissen collection restituted to Jewish family comes to market in New York this autumn
28 April 2021A collection of Meissen porcelain assembled by the Oppenheimer family and recently restituted to their heirs is coming to auction this September.
New faces at Tennants and in Bonhams Motoring team
27 April 2021New valuers at Tennants are among the latest news across the world of art and antiques.
London fairs return as lockdown eases
26 April 2021London indoor fair organisers have begun to announce dates for later this year.
Cromwell Place import tax deal boosts storage role
26 April 2021Art hub Cromwell Place has received approval from HMRC to operate an official Customs warehouse.
Clock collector: I have plenty of time to learn
26 April 2021In the latest of our occasional series of collector interviews, ATG talks to a young collector who not only buys clocks and watches but is also a horological apprentice.
English female portrait painter returns to Colchester auction
24 April 2021A portrait by 17th century artist Mary Beale (1633-99) took a six-figure-sum earlier this year at a sale in Essex and now a second portrait by the artist will be offered next week.
New shops and a new book – the latest updates from across the world of art and antiques
22 April 2021A change in ownership at dealership Abbott and Holder is among the latest updates this week.
National Gallery acquires fourth picture from late art patron via tax scheme
20 April 2021The National Gallery has taken ownership of a portrait by Isaack Luttichuys (1616-73), the first work by the artist to enter a British public collection.
Art and antiques return to Portobello Road as restrictions lift
19 April 2021Up and down the country antiques markets, shops and centres were able to reopen last week.
Final chance for EU cultural goods consultation
19 April 2021The art and antiques sector has until April 21 to submit feedback on new rules on the import of cultural goods proposed by the European Union.
New home for a ceramics specialist and a new face at Freeman’s
17 April 2021A new home and name for a Gloucestershire auction house is among the latest updates in the art and antiques sector.
New recruits at Bonhams and Gorringe’s are the latest Movers & Shakers
15 April 2021Appointments at auction houses in the UK and US and an anniversary in Germany are the latest updates in the art and antiques sector.
Call for feedback on EU’s cultural goods importation rules
14 April 2021The art and antiques sector has until April 21 to submit feedback on new rules proposed by the European Union on the import of cultural goods.
TEFAF rethinks New York event
13 April 2021The organiser of art and antiques fairs 'TEFAF Maastricht' and 'TEFAF New York' has changed the frequency and focus of the American event.
Shops and antiques centres open doors again this week
12 April 2021Antiques shops and centres, auction houses and outdoor markets will welcome customers back to their premises in England and Wales this week.