Coronavirus

Wearing a face-covering when attending an auction house in England will become mandatory from Saturday August 8.

Organisers of the Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia have reiterated that the event will go ahead and have announced measures to ensure safety for visitors and exhibitors.

Two more UK fair organisers have called off events as the closure of conference and event venues has been prolonged.

The Petersfield Antiques Fair, which was scheduled to take place this autumn, has been called off.

Galloway Fairs has called off two upcoming events due to continuing complications over coronavirus.

The inaugural 'Eye of the Collector' fair in London has been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus.

The delayed TEFAF New York 2020, postponed from spring to autumn, has now been officially cancelled.

Auction houses did their bit for charity during lockdown – regional UK salerooms raised at least £379,597 (mainly for NHS related causes) during the period.

Frieze London and Frieze Masters fairs have been cancelled this year due to the ongoing issues relating to coronavirus.

Two more stagings of London fairs have been cancelled due to Covid-19.

For the first time in more than four decades, the BBC series 'Antiques Roadshow' will be filmed on a closed set with a small invited audience only.

Auction house Christie’s has created a new department called 20th & 21st Century Art group by merging the existing Impressionist and Modern Art and Contemporary Art teams.