Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Five fancies: highlights from the Florence Biennale
27 September 2017The Biennale Internationale Dell’ Antiquariato di Firenze (Florence Antique Dealers Biennale) is one of two long-standing historic fairs staged in September, the other being La Biennale, Paris.
Shopping for the jewels of the city
25 September 2017The New York Jewellery & Watch Show returns to the city for its third staging from October 27-30.
Photographic bites from the Big Apple
25 September 2017October is one of two periods each year when New York salerooms put the spotlight on photographs. Here ATG selects highlights ranging from mid-19th century daguerreotypes to works from the 21st century...
Dealers unveil items on offer at ‘Fine Art Asia’ fair in Hong Kong
20 September 2017‘Fine Art Asia’ opens for its 12th staging from September 30 to October 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition centre.
Artcurial stage Symbolist sale in Paris
18 September 2017A sale dedicated to the art of the Symbolist movement will be held by Artcurial in Paris on September 26.
Henry Moore maquette emerges in New Jersey
18 September 2017This bronze maquette by Henry Moore (1898-1986) will feature in a two-session, 850-lot sale to be held by Nye and Company in Bloomfield NJ on September 27-28.
Qianlong seal appears in Toulouse auction
18 September 2017The personal seals used by the Qianlong Emperor, a known connoisseur and patron of the arts, are among the most highly prized Chinese artefacts in today’s market.
Cravens collection offered at Cottone Auctions in New York State
18 September 2017Cottone Auctions is selling the collection of Annette McGuire Cravens, a philanthropist and widely travelled arts patron from Buffalo, New York State.
Madrid sale to offer virgin and child by Murillo
18 September 2017A painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo will feature in the next auction at Alcalá Subastas on October 4-5.
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.
Dutch homage to Caravaggio in Zurich
18 September 2017A painting of a violin player holding a wine glass by Dirck Van Baburen will be offered at Koller’s upcoming auction in Zurich.
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.
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.
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.
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).