Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt

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ADFL’s Ingrid Nilson and dealer David Hickmet weigh in on the opening day of the Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair - VIDEO

05 January 2018

The first major London antiques fair of the year launched yesterday in Mayfair.

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Mixed-media masterpieces from the 19th century travel from Rome to the US via London Art Week

03 January 2018

Two large yet delicate examples of needle painting were among the stand-out sales during the recent inaugural winter edition of London Art Week Winter.

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Two C’s Antiques Fairs takes on and expands London Ceramics Fair

02 January 2018

Two C’s Antiques Fairs has taken over the management of the January London Ceramics Fair, which has been renamed the Kensington Glass and Ceramics Fair.

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Rupert Wace sells ancient Babylonian rarity in ‘London Art Week’ show

02 January 2018

A Babylonian brick with a stamped inscription was among the sales dealership Rupert Wace Ancient Art made as part of its December exhibition Dizygotica.

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Harrogate is first of 15 Galloway events in 2018

02 January 2018

Galloway Antiques Fairs starts its year with a comparatively new event as it makes its second annual appearance at The Majestic Hotel in Harrogate from January 5-7.

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Sidewalk slate and rubble sculptures stride up to London show

02 January 2018

Sculptor Boaz Vaadia (1951-2016) was an Israel-born artist who worked in New York in the second half of the 20th century.

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Green Knight prints gallop into Cardiff exhibition

02 January 2018

Welsh artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ recent series of screen-prints are a fitting subject for a January exhibition.

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5 Questions: Peter Wells of Form & Function in Brighton

02 January 2018

Peter Wells trades as Form & Function in Brighton. He stands at The London Art Antiques & Interiors Fair at ExCeL London (January 12-14).

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Richard Green shows an affordable fifty

02 January 2018

Multi-million buys may be out of reach but five-figure quality is on offer at top London gallery Richard Green.

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They said what?! The week (23-30 December) in quotes from the art and antiques world

30 December 2017

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. For this festive edition it’s clothes that mean cash in the attic and modern British sculpture shines.

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A sparkling year: a look back at some of ATG’s top jewellery stories from 2017

29 December 2017

Among the popular stories on antiquestradegazette.com this year were those concerning jewellery. From car boot finds to an emperor’s gift, these stories illustrate the power of jewels in the market – and the imagination.

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Life and work of English designer and illustrator Enid Marx celebrated in monograph and exhibition

27 December 2017

Lund Humphries is publishing the first monograph on the work of Enid Marx (1902-89) to coincide with a non-commercial exhibition at House of Illustration.

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Calling all craftspeople - West Dean College opens applications for summer festival

27 December 2017

Despite the wintery weather, West Dean College is looking forward to the summer months as it calls exhibitors and demonstrators to apply for its Arts and Craft Festival.

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Former Bonhams vice president joins dealership Dickinson

19 December 2017

William O’Reilly has joined Dickinson in New York.

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TEFAF conservation and restoration grants go to Museu Nacional de Art Antiga and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

18 December 2017

The executive committee of The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has awarded a total of €50,000 to the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA), Portugal, and the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, US.

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Pick of the Week: Eyewitness view of Dunkirk evacuation

18 December 2017

It may be strange and surreal, but John Spencer-Churchill’s (1909-92) landscape panorama of the evacuation of Dunkirk is the only depiction of the event known to have been painted by an eyewitness.

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Back to a bigger Buxton as antiques fair returns to octagonal home

18 December 2017

The annual Buxton Antiques Fair returns to its former home following the completion of building works at its venue.

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January fair is a bit of ‘me time’

18 December 2017

For some it starts with a fireworks display. For others, a kiss at midnight. But for some London fair-goers, the New Year proper begins in the ballroom of the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, with the annual Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair.

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5 Questions: Helen Sutcliffe of Sutcliffe Galleries

18 December 2017

Helen Sutcliffe runs the premises of Sutcliffe Galleries in Harrogate. The family-run business has been trading for more than six decades and specialises in paintings from the 18th century to the present day.

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They said what?! The week (December 11-17) in quotes from the art and antiques world

17 December 2017

In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others.