Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
They said what?! The week (19-25 March, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
25 March 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others.
Browse & Darby stages exhibition of William Coldstream paintings
24 March 2018This week, Cork Street gallery Browse & Darby opened a loan exhibition of the works of British realist painter William Coldstream (1908-87) this week.
Dalí’s iconic lobster telephone is export barred
23 March 2018Arts minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on Salvador Dalí’s Lobster Telephone (White Aphrodisiac).
London dealer Robert Young buys viral #KarmaCycle sign with fellow folk art dealer from Brooklyn
22 March 2018When a Brooklyn resident had her bicycle stolen her response caught the attention of a London dealer.
Unprecedented collection of maps of Japan offered by Daniel Crouch Rare Books in Tokyo
21 March 2018Daniel Crouch Rare Books offers what is dubbed the largest collection of maps of Japan ever to come on the open market at this week’s Tokyo Book Fair.
Hauser & Wirth’s collaboration with TV historian Mary Beard recreated in Colchester gallery
20 March 2018A gallery in Colchester is to host a version of an exhibition first staged by commercial gallery Hauser & Wirth last year.
TEFAF Maastricht 2018: Crowd control is just the ticket
19 March 2018A change to TEFAF Maastricht’s opening day policy has been better for business, exhibitors tell ATG as we check the mood from the floor during the 2018 fair.
Watercolour of ‘Van Helsing’s hotel’ to star at BADA 2018
12 March 2018Fine Art dealer Atelier offers a painting of the Great Eastern Railway Company’s Liverpool Street Hotel & Abercorn Rooms in London as a highlight of its stand at BADA 2018.
Exhibition at New York's Throckmorton Fine Art celebrates early developments in Chinese Buddhist sculpture
12 March 2018New York gallery show coincides with and adds to the Asian art week of events...
Show reveals abstract views in St Ives
12 March 2018In its current exhibition, Cornwall gallery Belgrave St Ives features the works of artists, many of whom are not usually associated with the coastal town in which the business specialises.
French gallery focuses on the Italians who painted in Paris
12 March 2018Paris was an important destination for artists in the 19th and 20th centuries and the city gathered in creatives from all across Europe.
5 Questions: Gerald Weinpolter
12 March 2018Gerald Weinpolter is based in Vienna and specialises in Austrian painting.
TEFAF 2018: ‘Self-regulate to avoid regulation,’ TEFAF Maastricht chief tells delegates
09 March 2018The art market needs to address its issues around transparency if it wants to avoid enforced regulation, TEFAF Maastricht delegates were told this morning (March 9).
TEFAF 2018 update: Christopher Columbus first account of New World priced at €1m among latest dealer sales
09 March 2018Dealers reported new and old clients coming through the doors at TEFAF Maastricht as the flagship art and antiques fair opened to the public.
“I wanted to enhance the atmosphere you get from this picture” – Old Master dealer explains using a ‘multimedia’ frame at TEFAF Maastricht
09 March 2018Toby Campbell of London art dealership Rafael Valls speaks to ATG about TEFAF Maastricht’s opening day and explains why he chose to display an Old Master marine painting in a multimedia frame.
Ten pictures to buy at Abbott and Holder’s 10 day sale
09 March 2018Museum Street fine art gallery Abbott and Holder is holding a 10 day spring sale.
TEFAF Maastricht 2018: Let the sales begin
08 March 2018TEFAF Maastricht's preview opened today at the MECC with 275 exhibitors showcasing 7000 years of art history.
Fashion star Victoria Beckham to team up with Mayfair Art Weekend
08 March 2018Leading fashion brands Victoria Beckham and Max Mara have partnered with Mayfair Art Weekend (MAW).
Doulton stoneware stars at Hertfordshire auction thanks to popularity of whisky flasks
07 March 2018A pair of Doulton flasks far outstripped expectations at Bushey Auctions.
English Antiques offers taste of the Orient in Suffolk
05 March 2018The first annual exhibition at English Antiques, in the small Suffolk market town of Eye, is titled 'A Taste of the Orient'.