Latest News Articles by Laura Chesters
Artists portrayed by artists at new exhibition
29 September 2025West End art dealer Liss Llewellyn has teamed up with Modern British art museum Pallant House Gallery for a show of paintings of artists.
Chagall to shine in historic venue
29 September 2025St James’s gallery Stern Pissarro is taking part in Canopy, a pop-up exhibition in Marylebone at the Grade II-listed building 14 Cavendish Square.
Dealer Sim supports Thomas Hennell museum showcase
29 September 2025A museum show on war artist and poet Thomas Hennell (1903-45), marking the 80th anniversary of his death, has been put together with the help of Modern British art dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art.
Latest hires and expansion plans including a London rare book dealer opening stateside
26 September 2025The latest Movers & Shakers from around the world of art and antiques
Calling young book collectors: national competition open for entries
25 September 2025The annual Antiquarian Bookseller Association (ABA) National Book Collecting Prize is open for entries.
FAB Paris opens for the first time with an earlier autumn date
23 September 2025More than 100 exhibitors at FAB Paris welcomed visitors to the Grand Palais for the fourth edition of the fair.
Looming US anti-money laundering rules could do ‘more harm than good’
22 September 2025Trade bodies are warning that a proposed anti-money laundering bill in the US could adversely impact art and antiques dealers operating in the country.
Alan Titchmarsh downsizes and puts antiques up for auction
22 September 2025TV presenter, gardener and author Alan Titchmarsh is selling his large collection of antiques ahead of downsizing.
New judging panel announced for BADA Art Prize
22 September 2025The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA) has announced a new judging panel for its annual prize.
US tariffs, EU regulation… it’s challenging to be a shipper
22 September 2025New rules surrounded by a constant lack of clarity are affecting deliveries both across the pond and the Channel. But specialist firms are finding solutions.
Plea to recover 18th century Chinese plate stolen from National Trust house
19 September 2025The National Trust has issued an alert following the theft of an 18th century Chinese plate from a property in north Wales.
‘National treasure’ Alan Titchmarsh to sell his own treasures with Sussex antiques dealer
18 September 2025TV presenter, gardener and author Alan Titchmarsh is selling his large collection of antiques ahead of downsizing.
Appeal for help to recover silver stolen from Sloane Street Auctions
18 September 2025Auction house seeks information following the theft of a silver sculpture
Historic William De Morgan collection comes to auction
17 September 2025A historic William De Morgan collection that began with Sir William Gwynne-Evans, 1st Baronet of Oaklands Park (1845-1927), and spanned three generations is being offered at auction in Guernsey.
Information sought to help recover pocket watches stolen from museum in Exeter
16 September 2025Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a burglary at a museum in Exeter.
Battersea's Decorative Fair celebrates 40 years in business
15 September 2025The Decorative Fair in Battersea Park is celebrating 40 years in business and the autumn edition on September 30 to October 5, is expected to attract a star-studded crowd as usual.
Police appeal after sundial stolen from New Forest country estate
15 September 2025Hampshire police are appealing for information on an antique sundial stolen from The Somerley Estate in the New Forest.
How Darnley decided on Cecil Court as a buzzy base
15 September 2025Having gone from Newark International Antiques Fair to the West End’s Cecil Court, art and antiques dealer Adrian Pett is now expanding his business into a 1400 sq ft two-floor gallery.
Decorative Fair memories four decades later
15 September 2025Who best to ask about how the fair has evolved than Wakelin & Linfield, stalwarts since the very first?
Art and antiques dealers take part in fundraising events to keep Society of Antiquaries of London at Burlington House
12 September 2025Society of Antiquaries of London, a membership group for historians and archaeologists, is fundraising to stay in its historic home at Burlington House in central London.