Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Finn Juhl furniture are among highlights at Copenhagen auction
18 September 2017Two rare early pieces of furniture by the famous architect and designer Finn Juhl are among the highlights in Bruun Rasmussen’s Design sale to be held in Copenhagen on September 27-28.
Lucie Rie - doyenne of the British studio pottery scene - continues to lead at auction
15 September 2017Demand for Lucie Rie’s studio pottery is on a roll. The latest example in the saleroom came at Sotheby’s Made in Britain auction on September 13 when this yellow and bronze glazed bowl from the 1980s sold for £100,000 (plus premium).
‘Parcours des Mondes’ – eight shots of objects and displays from Paris’ tribal art trail
14 September 2017The Paris Parcours des Mondes tribal art trail started its six-day run on September 12 with visitors filling the streets in the art and antiques district of Saint Germain des Près to tour around the participating galleries.
Q&A with Florence 'Biennale' exhibitor Jorge Coll, CEO of Colnaghi
11 September 2017Among the London art dealers who are off to Florence for the 30th edition of the city’s Biennale this month is Colnaghi. ATG canvassed the opinion of the firm’s CEO, Jorge Coll.
Dealers gather in Italy for 30th staging of the Florence Biennale art and antiques fair
11 September 2017While Paris has changed its 'Biennale' to run every year, the equally venerable Florence 'Biennale', (the 'Biennale Internationale dell Antiquariato di Firenze – BIAF') retains a traditional format running in alternate years.
40 young dealers offer works at Paris auction’s selling show
07 September 2017Paris auction house Tajan is throwing open its doors to the public for the first edition of ‘Les Jeunes Marchands chez Tajan’, a selling show of works from young dealers aged between 20-40 .
Three centuries of English works on paper to draw bidders at Freeman’s latest auction
06 September 2017A sale packed with English works on paper spanning the early 19th to early 21st centuries takes place at Freeman’s in Philadelphia on September 18.
'Parcours de la Céramique': 20th ceramics staging celebrates Saumur
04 September 2017The Parcours de la Céramique has become a well-established feature of the Paris rentrée.
Expansion kicks in at Paris dealership Galerie Kugel
04 September 2017One highlight of the rentrée is the scholarly exhibitions put on at the same time as the 'Biennale' by the Paris dealership Galerie Kugel.
Foreword: La rentrée
04 September 2017In Europe summer is traditionally a time of lower activity for much of the working world with schools closed and people heading off for a long break. This is especially true in France, so when activity rekindles in September the French make a big thing of La Rentrée (the return to work).
'Parcours des Mondes': a 16-year journey through Saint Germain streets
04 September 2017A well-established lynchpin of the Paris rentrée is the gallery-based, Left Bank tribal art fair known as the 'Parcours des Mondes' (PDM) staged in the small galleries that pepper the network of streets in the 6th arrondisement antiques district around Saint Germain des Prés.
Profile: Chinese and Japanese ceramics dealer Christina Ortega
04 September 2017Cristina Ortega is a specialist in Chinese and Japanese ceramics with a gallery in the rue de Beaune. Now taking part in her eighth Parcours de la Céramique, she remains very enthusiastic about the possibilities…
Paris Biennale preview: a fair held in the Grand manner
04 September 2017More than 90 exhibitors will gather at the Grand Palais in September for the Biennale Paris, France’s premier art and antiques fair.
The French connection: ATG's lowdown on the auction system in France
04 September 2017All auctions are the same aren’t they? Well not exactly.
Interview: SNA president Mathias Ary Jan on meeting the challenge for the Paris Biennale
04 September 2017The Biennale has restructured as the fair evolves into an annual event. ATG talks to chief organiser and SNA president, Mathias Ary Jan, to hear how the changes are not just practical but cultural as well...
Bringing the tribal world view to Paris
04 September 2017As France’s main tribal art showcase, the 'Parcours des Mondes', prepares for its latest staging ATG speaks to Pierre Moos, director of Tribal Art Management, organiser of the event. Moos outlines its origins, his role in its growth and how it has changed since its inception.
Ethiopian art from private collection stars at Madrid auction
28 August 2017After a summer break, the next auction session at Duran Subastas in Madrid on September 21 will feature a special section of 33 lots of Ethiopian art, including intricately decorated wooden crucifixes, bibles, paintings and thrones, all coming to auction from a private collection.
Robot strides into Pennsylvania sale
28 August 2017More than 100 lots of robots and space toys feature in Morphy Auctions’ 1700-lot toy and doll sale to be held on September 16-17 in Denver, Pennsylvania.
Viennese dealer collection on offer at Vienna auction
28 August 2017The second, and final, instalment of the collection of the Viennese art dealer Reinhold Hofstatter will come up for sale at Dorotheum’s Vienna rooms on September 26.
Australian sales bring the roos of the world
21 August 2017It may be pretty quiet on the auction front in Europe but Down Under the saleroom and fairs scene is in full swing.