Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
They said what?! The week (January 22-28) in quotes from the art and antiques world
28 January 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. Long collecting careers and challenges to organisations are among the assortment this week.
What is Atlee up to? Maggs Bros book dealers offer reward to solve Punch cartoon mystery
26 January 2018London rare books and manuscripts dealer Maggs Bros is offering a small reward to anyone who can help solve a mystery contained in a cartoon of Winston Churchill.
Dealer calls for investors as he plans Welsh tourism hub with sculpture park and massive dragon sculpture
25 January 2018A call has gone out to help raise £3m to create a Welsh sculpture park and tourist centre that includes an 80ft (24m) bronze sculpture of a dragon.
Old Master dealer Lowell Libson gets new name to reflect changing business
22 January 2018In a move unusual for owner-named galleries Old Master dealership Lowell Libson has changed its title to Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker.
Works on Paper Fair speaks a language both new and old
22 January 2018Familiarity with the works on paper market means getting to grips with the technical processes behind drawing, painting and printing and learning the requisite vocabulary.
Prints make Edinburgh impression at Fine Art Society's exhibition
22 January 2018For the Fine Art Society in Edinburgh, the year kicks off with an exhibition of 20th century printmaking.
Shop talk: Brian Cheyne of Collecting the World
22 January 2018In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ antiques shops and centres, ATG talks to Brian Cheyne of Collecting the World.
5 Questions: Robin Yacoubian of Gallery Yacou
22 January 2018Robin Yacoubian runs the family business, Gallery Yacou, with his father Ezekiel. The firm has been in the family for more than four generations and specialises in antique, decorative and contemporary carpets. This year, the gallery moved from Fulham Road to its current location in north London.
Harrogate at the heart of a packed events calendar
22 January 2018This month’s Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair is the second fair of the year to take place in the Yorkshire town.
They said what?! The week (January 15-21) in quotes from the art and antiques world
21 January 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover robots, reports and gentlemen’s agreements.
Clarion hopeful about event’s future following the conclusion of second ExCeL fair
20 January 2018Among the sales at last week’s London Art Antiques & Interiors Fair (January 12-14) was an 18th century oak farmhouse dresser.
BADA celebrates centenary with special showcase at March fair
16 January 2018The British Antiques Dealers’ Association (BADA) will host a showcase of antiques and art used in contemporary interiors as part of its schedule of centenary celebrations this year.
Ex-CSK head takes stand as a dealer
15 January 2018Among the 150 dealers at the upcoming Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (January 23-28) is newcomer of sorts, Nic McElhatton, former head of Christie’s South Kensington.
Decorative joined by rugs and textiles line-up
15 January 2018The annual London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) returns to Battersea for the second time to run in conjunction with the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair from January 23-28. Taking place on the mezzanine of Battersea Evolution, the fair focuses on carpets, rugs and woven design.
Tillyer hailed as the ‘best since Constable’
15 January 2018A retrospective of William Tillyer (b.1938) running at Bernard Jacobson this month is only the first in a series of events planned relating to the British artist at the Duke Street gallery this year.
5 Questions: Roy Bolton of Sphinx Fine Art
15 January 2018Roy Bolton is cofounder of Sphinx Fine Art, an Old Master and Russian pictures specialist on Kensington Church Street in London.
Dealers on the move: Wartski swap Mayfair for St James’s... while a new shop opens in north Wales
15 January 2018Dealers are often on the move. Here, ATG takes another look at some of the dealers that have recently taken up new premises (or are planning to do so) around the UK and beyond. They range from a new London location for a long-standing jewellery firm to Drew Pritchard opening a shop in his local town.
They said what?! The week (8-14 January) in quotes from the art and antiques world
14 January 2018In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, the pipe-collecting community comes out in force and the search is one for Ravilious watercolours.
Sir Francis Drake’s will written as he set sail to face the Spanish Armada offered by US dealer
12 January 2018A will bearing the signature of Sir Francis Drake as he embarked to fight the Spanish Armada is on offer for £1.2m.
Art dealer and curator investigated over Modigliani paintings deemed fakes
12 January 2018An art dealer is among those under investigation over a collection of Amadeo Modigliani paintings which have been denounced as fakes.