Events and conferences

Industry events for the art and antiques trade are often organised by dealer and auctioneer associations but others are managed independently and operate as commercial enterprises.


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Turner prints quest leads to latest exhibition at Mayfair art dealer Gerrish Fine Art

01 May 2026

The quest for Turner prints is a constant in the career of British art dealer Hilary Gerrish, who started trading in 1971.

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Museums boost results at Asia Week New York

30 April 2026

Museums came prepared to buy at the recent staging of Asia Week New York.

Benjamin Constant's Odalisque

Flurry of exhibitions launched by art and antiques dealers for spring

24 April 2026

A round up of gallery shows launched this month.

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Key work by Joseph Southall secured for dealers' show just in the nick of time

24 April 2026

Next month’s exhibition on Joseph Southall (1861-1944), a joint effort by dealers Harry Moore-Gwyn and Sarah Colegrave, was six years in the making, yet the key piece came to the duo at nearly the last moment.

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Winnie the Pooh museum among buyers of previously unseen drawings by EH Shepard

23 April 2026

A small group of previously unseen preliminary drawings by Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator EH Shepard were offered by book dealer Peter Harrington.

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Rochester’s Huguenot Museum shines with latest acquisition

21 April 2026

An 18th century silver tea table linked to the Lethieullier family has been purchased by the Huguenot Museum in Rochester.

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Prolific John Piper in demand in galleries and at auction

17 April 2026

Despite a recent work on paper auction record, the artist’s works remain relatively affordable according to specialists

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Manhattan’s Schoelkopf Gallery focus on collector Robert A Ellison

17 April 2026

Collector Robert A Ellison was obsessively acquisitive.

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Ben Nicholson was proud of his primitive taste

17 April 2026

A fragment of a Cycladic figure once owned by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is the lynchpin of an exhibition held by two dealers: Willoughby Gerrish and Elliot Davies.

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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.

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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.

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Exhibition celebrating John Bly at 135 years old and 300 years since Benjamin Franklin first appeared in London

10 April 2026

Antiques dealership John Bly is celebrating its 135th year in business with an exhibition.

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Somerset antiques dealer launches curated collection in London interiors shop

31 March 2026

Rebecca Christie-Miller Antiques has extended links with interiors shop Pentreath & Hall and will promote a curated collection of antiques in its Rugby Street showroom in Bloomsbury.

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Tudor portraits provide timeless qualities of style and substance

27 March 2026

Specialist Philip Mould describes the appeal of art from the era ahead of his Elizabethan showcase

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Three ways to celebrate artist Cedric Morris: a talk, exhibition and garden tour

24 March 2026

The reopening of Benton End as a museum and garden later this year has sparked a wave of Cedric Morris-related events.

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John Hitchens retrospective brings out works surprising even to a dealer friend and neighbour

13 March 2026

Modern and Contemporary dealer Elspeth Bray of Moncrieff-Bray took a gamble recently.

The Chinese Chippendale Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace

Haughton annual art history seminar returns to London this summer

06 March 2026

The annual two-day Haughton International seminar returns this summer with a theme on Courtly Magnificence - Gender, Dynasty & Politics.

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Dealer William Mitchell: I still have Matterhorn on my mind

06 March 2026

Dealer and mountaineer is fascinated by both the peak in real life and in a Doré depiction of first ascent

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Focus on the 'first wave' of modern Japanese ceramicists at Asia Week New York

06 March 2026

Joan B Mirviss uses Asia Week New York to launch its spring exhibition Six Celestials, featuring works by modern artists who laid the groundwork for contemporary Japanese clay work.

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Petworth gallery stages show of bright and bold Boaba works

06 March 2026

Romanian artist Nafir Boaba (1929-2006) is represented in several works at the exhibition European Visions.

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