Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Strong sales among uncertainty in Maastricht
08 April 2024TEFAF Maastricht achieves many stand-out results but the reduced run time receives a mixed response
Celebrated John C Taylor collection shown online
08 April 2024The digital museum Clocktime opened last month with an event at the Royal Academy of Engineering, London.
Eye on an object: Equestrian painting by Claude Grosperrin
08 April 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Five questions: Mike Sparks of The Light House
08 April 2024Mike Sparks of The Light House sells and restores period and antique lighting
Schendel powers into London venue
08 April 2024An untitled ink on rice paper work by Brazilian artist Mira Schendel (1919-88) is among the works starring at the exhibition 'Live With It', staged at Battersea Power Station, where it is offered for $18,000.
Booksellers team up at New York fair to sell major collection chronicling the first Europeans in America
05 April 2024Four dealers are behind the sale of the R David Parsons collection at the New York book fair
BADA Friends hosts popular activities for spring and summer
05 April 2024Calendar includes trips to Burghley House and home of Emery Walker
Winter Olympia organisers plan to adjust fair but call for dealer commitment
03 April 2024This year’s fair is set to have a more distinct identity.
Police appeal for witnesses following theft at Congleton antiques centre
02 April 2024Valuable silver and jewellery lost after smash-and-grab in Cheshire
Five questions with Scottish art dealer Malcolm Innes
01 April 2024Though officially retired for many years, dealer Malcolm Innes continues to trade, focusing on Scottish landscape, sporting and military art.
Eye on an Object: Toleware candelabra and planter
01 April 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Dealer news in brief including Shapero Modern's latest show on Helen Frankenthaler
01 April 2024A roundup of news and events from around the trade
Range of highlights spotted in the Cotswolds
01 April 2024A pair of Second World War Japanese binoculars are among the highlights at the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair where the dealer offering them, Jeroen Markies Art Deco, is part of a group of newcomers.
Hennell’s wartime agricultural scenes in focus at dealer’s first online sale
01 April 2024In his first online sale, dealer Andrew Sim of Sim Fine Art features a series of Second World War pictures of the ‘Food War’ on the home front.
Work by Modern Italian master included in Art Basel Hong Kong sales
29 March 2024Contemporary giant includes some Modern offerings including several recent sales from a London gallery.
UK dealers announce series of sales to overseas museums
25 March 2024Several pictures and one leatherwork portrait have recently gone to institutions in the US and France.
BAFTA awards accepted for American fair
25 March 2024Norfolk dealer Voewood Rare Books will offer two prototype BAFTA awards at a US book fair where the UK is well represented this year.
Artist’s still-life paintings snapped up at auction as museum wing opens in her honour
22 March 2024The life and work of Austrian-British artist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky feature at Olympia Auctions and Amersham Museum
London Gallery Weekend announces new partnership and expanded curator bursary fund
19 March 2024More than 130 galleries will participate in the fourth edition of the event
More highlights from TEFAF Maastricht include seven-figure successes
18 March 2024Further high-ticket sales from this year’s TEFAF Maastricht have been announced.