Fairs and Markets

Moses Otunia, who owns the vintage furniture shop Bleu in Herne Hill, launched the Modern Movement Fair at the nearby Brockwell Lido, in Brockwell Park, south London, in 2008.

The Oval, the international cricket ground at Kennington, south London, which is home to Surrey County Cricket Club, is the location of a new annual fair run by the founders of the Midcentury Modern shows.

Francesca Leoni, the Yousef Jameel Curator of Islamic Art at the Ashmolean Museum, will be the headlining speaker at the 2016 LAPADA Art and Antiques Fair taking place from September 13-18 in Berkeley Square, London.

With Birmingham’s Antiques for Everyone Spring fair underway, the ATG trawls the floor to give you an early view of this thrice-yearly fair.

The 20/21 British Art Fair will be relaunched next summer at the newly refurbished Mall Galleries in St James’s.

The 29th staging of TEFAF Maastricht will go down as a good edition of the fair with dealers reporting decent sales overall and the changes made for this year’s event meeting general approval among the standholders.

ATG reporter Frances Allitt took her first trip to TEFAF Maastricht and, as well as witnessing the colour, excitement and love for art and objects that pervade the fair, she also learned some valuable lessons from dealers and visitors.

The aisles were busy at the opening of the 29th edition of TEFAF Maastricht 2016 and a decent stream of sales to private buyers added to the buzz created by some significant museum acquisitions.

With the preview of TEFAF 2016 now underway, ATG gives you a snapshot around the stands of the fair.

Global art sales fell during 2015 with the most significant a decline coming in the Chinese market.

Interior designers have picked a model of the Temple of Zeus and a tortoiseshell tea caddy as two of their favourite pieces at this year's BADA Fair.

The organisers of the 44th Olympia antiques fair have announced a rebrand to emphasise the variety of the fair’s objects and give the event a more modern look.

Lomax Fairs have announced a new event at Holkham Hall taking place from October 21-23 this year.

Following the cancellation of the 20/21 British Art Fair, a new event has been announced that intends to fill the gap left by the loss of the established September fixture.

The countryside of southern Burgundy, with its vineyards and Romanesque churches, might not be the first location that comes to mind for a tribal art fair.

A closure of two years or more to allow renovation on the Grand Palais in Paris could leave the cultural events it hosts without a home.

The Affordable Art Fair springs back to Battersea from March 10-13 where David Bowie will be remembered with a tribute from several artists who have contributed work inspired by the star.

Arthur Swallow Fairs, organisers of the Lincolnshire Antiques & Home Show, have chosen to ‘phoenix’ their company to avoid a tax liability dating back three years.

Art Brussels’ first sale at its new location of Tour and Taxis, the same location as the BRAFA Art Fair, will run from April 22-24.