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Tête de femme by Pablo Picasso

Paris art enthusiast wins €1m Pablo Picasso portrait in charity raffle

16 April 2026

A gouache on paper by Pablo Picasso, Tête de Femme from 1941, was won in a charity raffle this week.

Joan Eardley's Summer Fields

Rediscovered Joan Eardley picture found in a charity shop sells for a five-figure sum at an Edinburgh gallery

16 April 2026

A ‘long lost’ painting by Modern British artist Joan Eardley (1921-63) has been sold for £29,500 by The Scottish Gallery after it was rediscovered in an East Midlands charity shop.

French sciatère designed by Jean Sarrazin

New French museum buys 17th century scientific instruments at auction

15 April 2026

A new museum currently under construction just outside Paris has made two purchases at Hôtel Drouot this month.

Elveden Hall

Home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire opens to the public for one-day event this summer

15 April 2026

The one-time home of the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire will open to the public for one day this summer as part of an East Anglian literary festival.

Michael Goedhuis

Tributes paid to Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis

14 April 2026

Condolences and memories of the well-respected Asian art dealer Michael Goedhuis were shared by the trade this week following his death aged 84.

‘Broadhembury’ ring

Tudor metal-detecting discovery to head to Devon museum with help of London dealer

14 April 2026

A Devon museum is in discussion with a jewellery dealer for the loan of a Tudor ring discovered by a metal-detectorist.

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A group of Scottish Arts & Crafts-influenced silver and copper wares are among five lots to watch

13 April 2026

With estimates from £30 here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

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Top stories this week including fundraising for Strawberry Hill House

12 April 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of a fundraising appeal for a Walpole-commissioned painting by Strawberry Hill House.

Robilant+Voena

Mayfair art gallery splits in two and other expansion and hires news across the art and antiques market

10 April 2026

The latest Movers & Shakers update includes news that art dealers Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena have launched two separate independent dealerships.

Miss Vernon

Rediscovered portraits by Romney and Raeburn emerge at auctions this spring

10 April 2026

Mark the diary for the appearance of two notable British portraits at auction in Paris and in Cambridge.

Chinese art sale

Chinese art collection from dealers and collectors comes to auction in London

09 April 2026

Dealers, collectors and Chinese art specialists Marcus and Debby Flacks will be offering 50 lots from their family collection at Christie’s in London next month.

Photography album

The Bodleian Libraries buys unseen works by photographic greats Lee Miller and Sir Cecil Beaton

09 April 2026

A ‘scrapbook’ of photographs put together by Roland Haupt, a darkroom assistant in the London office of Vogue magazine, has been sold to The Bodleian Libraries by dealer Michael Hoppen Gallery.

Elmwoods 900

Price Reporter: Latest auction results including a Lalique necklace

09 April 2026

ATG Price Reporter brings you a regularly updated selection of auction prices, keeping you on top of the latest market values

A 'parrot-sun' work on paper by Joan Miró

Miró works discovered in Nice studio head to auction

08 April 2026

Three previously unseen works on paper by Joan Miró (1893–1983) have been discovered in a studio in Nice and are set to make their auction debut in April.

C.I.V by Erskine Childers

Rare book fair returns to Dublin after three years

08 April 2026

A new book fair is being planned for the summer in Ireland.

Church murals

Art UK completes project to digitally record the UK's murals and street art

07 April 2026

The charity Art UK has completed its national project to record and digitise murals and street art across the country.

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A 1950s robot is among five lots to watch

07 April 2026

With estimates from £500 here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.

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Top stories this week including rent rises in St James’s

05 April 2026

The most read stories on this website over the last week included news of dealers in St James’s warning that rent rises could lead to firms closing.

Strawberry Hill House

Strawberry Hill House launches latest fundraising appeal for Walpole-commissioned painting

02 April 2026

Strawberry Hill House, the London home created by the famed historian, collector and social commentator Horace Walpole (1717-97), is fundraising to buy a picture once in his collection.

Hamilton Square Auctioneers team

New auction houses, expansions and hires – the latest news from across the auctioneering world

02 April 2026

A new auction house in the Wirral and an Indian auction house expanding into the UK feature in this Movers & Shakers round up.