Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Heritage association warns UK traditional crafts are endangered
05 May 2017A project was launched last week to assess the viability of the UK’s traditional heritage crafts.
Setting sail with style: Gray MCA fashion illustration preview set for Queen Mary 2’s Transatlantic Fashion Crossing
04 May 2017Fashion and art will come together on the high seas this August as UK dealership Gray MCA brings fashion illustration to the Queen Mary 2’s annual Transatlantic Fashion Crossing.
Unknown portrait is top lot at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auction
03 May 2017A portrait of a beautiful but mysterious 19th century lady led a sale at Exeter-based auction house Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood taking a hammer price of £155,000.
Tomasso Brothers Fine Art to open gallery during London Art Week
02 May 2017Sculpture specialist Tomasso Brothers is set to open a new London gallery this summer.
Ancient art stands out in West Hollywood
02 May 2017Ancient art dealer Barakat Gallery has opened an extra US location in West Hollywood to the international galleries run by Fayez Barakat.
5 Questions: Saxon Durrant
02 May 2017Saxon Durrant started his business Metroretro in 1994. His Essex firm offers bespoke and reclaimed furniture and also provides props to film production companies. He will be exhibiting at Salvo Fair on June 23-25.
Buxton takes decorative path
02 May 2017The Buxton Antiques Fair, organised by Cooper Events, runs from May 18-21 in Buxton Pavilion Gardens. It is a quiet yet well-respected presence in the annual fair calendar and has withstood many market changes since it opened more than 50 years ago.
Modern leanings at TEFAF
02 May 2017The second TEFAF New York event opens this week, running from May 4-8 at the Park Avenue Armory. It is the second event that TEFAF has staged in the Big Apple in the past 12 months, the first of which was its inaugural ‘Fall’ edition last October. Whereas that event focused on art from antiquity to 1920, this edition features modern and contemporary art and design.
Deals made in an instant
02 May 2017Last week, Sherborne dealer Patrick Macintosh sold a pair of beds off Instagram in a matter of minutes.
Art and dec: Battersea duo delight
02 May 2017Paintings, drawings and prints are among best performers at spring showing of popular fair
Harewood wows in West Yorkshire
02 May 2017Next up from the Antiques Dealers Fair Limited (ADFL) is The Antiques & Fine Art Fair at Harewood, which runs from May 12-14. The event returns for its sixth year in a purpose-built marquee on the grounds of Harewood House in West Yorkshire.
They said what?! The week (23-29 April) in quotes from the art and antiques world
30 April 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, young girls are observed to sell better than old men and literary anniversaries are shrewdly evaluated.
Large porcelain collection amassed by Wedgwood descendant returns to Leith Hill Place
29 April 2017More than 140 pieces of Wedgwood go on display today in a Surrey Hills stately home.
Offer Waterman exhibition sees early success with exhibition of Contemporary figurative painter
28 April 2017Offer Waterman’s ongoing exhibition of works by an artist who counts the Prince of Wales and Steven Spielberg among his collectors has experienced significant success during its first week.
Avington Park mirror re-acquired after 65 years in the US
27 April 2017A George I giltwood mirror bearing the coat of arms of Sir Bysshe Shelley has returned to a Hampshire stately home after 65 years.
Eight to join TEFAF board of trustees
27 April 2017TEFAF has appointed eight new art world professionals to its board of trustees, increasing its membership from 12 to 14.
The shifting focus of London Original Print Fair
24 April 2017The London Original Print Fair, now in its 32nd year, takes place at the Royal Academy from May 4-7 and features 51 international dealers and print publishers.
5 Questions: Gary Wallis
24 April 2017Gary Wallis is based in Henley-on-Thames, trades in anything from childhood collectables to potential heirlooms and is a regular at The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea.
Shop talk – Origin Antiques of Colchester, Essex
24 April 2017Ken Garrard runs Origin Antiques with his father Steve. Their business is based in The Barn on Turkey Cock Lane near Colchester and sells antique, vintage and contemporary furniture.
Chelsea Art Fair keeps its standards high on King’s Road
24 April 2017The next Chelsea Art Fair takes place from April 27-30 and, as fair director Ben Cooper sees it, the attraction of the event comes down to two key elements: quality and breadth of selection.