Fine Art

On October 26, Cologne saleroom Lempertz is holding a sale in Berlin devoted to the collection of some 100 paintings amassed by a German connoisseur from the 1980s onwards.

It is with great sadness we inform you that Mary Yapp, former owner of The Albany Gallery, died peacefully on September 10 aged 96.

'Frieze London' and 'Frieze Masters' opened in Regent’s Park with the former featuring over 160 galleries from 43 countries, and the latter – the 12th edition of Masters – showing more than 130 galleries from 26 countries.

When Marcel Duchamp was recruited in 1953 by New York gallerist Sidney Janis to create a retrospective of the Dada art movement, he rose to the challenge.

Views of Exmoor form a notable niche in the market for works by Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959).

Portraits consigned from the family of two artists feature intriguing stories of those depicted

Stuart Lochhead Sculpture will open its new gallery on Old Bond Street, coinciding with London Art Week in December.

Gordon Mitchell Forsyth (1879-1952) is best known as a ceramicist - specifically for his work as art director at the Pilkington’s Lancastrian factory from 1903-14 and his subsequent teaching career as superintendent of art instruction in Stoke-on-Trent.

Items amassed by the late Eberhard Kornfeld feature in bumper series of five sales at the firm he ran

The French artist Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743) spent much of his early career as a portraitist, including a notable spell working at the court of King Jan Sobieski of Poland.

Frieze Masters coincides with its sister fair, Frieze London, in Regent’s Park on October 9-13.

Sale that featured Constable and Drury big-hitters also included intriguing lots at lower price levels