Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Gallery transforms Transylvanian folk scene
10 September 2018Romanians, Hungarians, Saxons, Roma and Russians have all historically lived in the area in central Romania known as Transylvania. Each group had its own distinct culture, but after years of living side-by-side these ‘families’ drew inspiration from one another.
5 Questions: Mel Caswell
10 September 2018Dealer Mel Caswell, based in Bristol, specialises in Japanese art and unusual objects.
Mullany takes Franklin gallery in St James’s
03 September 2018Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art opens the doors to its new gallery on Bury Street, St James’s, this autumn, taking the premises formerly occupied by a silver dealership.
Meet the market experts at LAPADA fair
03 September 2018When is the right time to buy a piece of rare antique silver – a George III caviar dish, say?
5 Questions: Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew
03 September 2018Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew is a specialist silver dealer with a business encompassing all areas of the 19th and 20th century decorative arts genre. He is among the dealers at this month’s LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair.
Mayfair dealer holds solo show dedicated to Henri Martin
03 September 2018Mayfair gallery Connaught Brown is staging the first solo exhibition of French Neo-Impressionist and Symbolist painter Henri Martin (1860-1943) to take place in London for a number of years.
Furniture highlight at Galloway Fairs’ North Yorkshire event
03 September 2018A late 19th century kingwood and ormolu mounted jardinière, offered for £4995 by Mark Buckley Antiques of Ilkley, is among the pieces on show at Galloway Fairs’ next event at Duncombe Park.
Book and map fairs find same June slot
27 August 2018In a major cooperative move, next summer’s series of London book and map fairs has been aligned to run in the same four-day stretch.
Lavish church garments showing influences of other cultures go on sale in London exhibition
27 August 2018Created to impress and instruct, textiles played an important role in the history of the Catholic Church.
John Piper takes root in Aldeburgh
27 August 2018'Elements of Foliate Heads' will be instantly familiar to fans of John Piper (1903-92), despite the fact that the picture has not been on the market for more than half a century.
5 Questions: Paul Pfanner of Timewise Vintage Watches
27 August 2018Paul Pfanner runs Timewise Vintage Watches and next exhibits at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair (September 14-19).
They said what?! The week (August 20-26, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques market
26 August 2018Members of the trade look ahead to life post-Brexit, struggled against Trump's Chinese tariffs and considered the appeal of a painted horse this week. Read what they said in our quotes roundup.
Rare Boston Tea Party cartoon from colonial America goes under the hammer in Dallas auction
24 August 2018In a rare cartoon depicting the Boston Tea Party the Goddess of Liberty says: “Behold the Ardor of my sons and let not their brave Actions be buried in Oblivion.”
ABA and PBFA fairs change to June dates to align with other summer book events
23 August 2018The ABA and PBFA rare book fairs as well as ‘The London Map Fair’ and Etc Fairs’ ‘Bloomsbury Book Fair’ will all open during the second week of June next year, realigning dates after around 10 years.
Five highlights coming to TEFAF New York 2018
21 August 2018French female arsonists, parrot tulips and a plague of fiery snakes are among the subjects in five highlight objects in this year’s TEFAF New York Fall.
Vintage camera with rare Ross Xpres lens goes 26-times over estimate in “spectacular” result at Linconshire auction
20 August 2018A 1940s cine camera estimated at £200-300 was knocked down for £7800 at Batemans Auctions in Lincolnshire earlier this month.
London Art Week launches salon-style events for second edition to reach new audience
20 August 2018The second winter edition of London Art Week, a biannual festival that celebrates galleries and auction houses around Mayfair and St James’s, features a series of new salon-style events.
London dealer showcases powerful works by Frank Avray Wilson
20 August 2018London dealer showcases powerful works of an artist fascinated by the human condition
Welsh artist Wilf Roberts drives demand
20 August 2018In his later years, Welsh painter Wilf Roberts spent time going on drives, his wife Sue at the wheel, out to the Anglesey countryside. He would set off with pencils or watercolours to sketch landscapes while she waited for him in the car, reading.
Note shows light-hearted Laura Knight
20 August 2018A cartoon by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) offers a rare and light-hearted look at her married life.