Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Chippendale-period pieces on offer in Peterborough as dealership celebrates 60 years
18 June 2018Windsor House Antiques is joining in the celebrations around Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) tercentenary and its own 60th anniversary offering a number of pieces from the furniture maker’s day.
Works on paper fair bows out after three decades
18 June 2018The Works on Paper Fair has ceased running after more than 30 years – a reflection of a contracting market, dealers say.
Whistler’s ‘ravishing’ book on a plate
18 June 2018In 1930, Jonathan Swift’s 18th century satirical book Gulliver’s Travels was republished by Cresset Press with a suite of illustrations by the British artist Rex Whistler (1905-44).
Bawden interest ‘higher now than it’s ever been’
18 June 2018In a selling show at south London’s Morley College dealer Neil Jennings celebrates the work of Edward Bawden (1903-89).
Chinese art dealer on the move
18 June 2018Chinese art specialist Priestley & Ferraro has moved to a new location in St James’s. The new address is 3 Bury Street, not far from 17 King Street where it had been located since 1996.
Masterpiece: a fair growing in size and in confidence
18 June 2018Exhibitor numbers at Masterpiece rise to 160 as trade prepares for summer showcase.
5 Questions: Paul Peacock of Peacock's Finest
18 June 2018Paul and Alex Peacock started trading four years ago and opened a showroom in Pimlico earlier this month. They are exhibiting at The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia from June 20-27. Below, Paul discusses the pair’s transformation from collectors to dealers.
Rediscovered: Canova’s ‘Giorgione’ hoax for sale at London Art Week
18 June 2018A painting created by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) as an 18th century art world prank has been rediscovered after more than 200 years.
A traditional British picture show that is Taylor made
18 June 2018Karen Taylor Fine Art returns to Illustrationcupboard Gallery for a second summer show, bringing a selection of British 18th and 19th century paintings and drawings this month.
They said what?! The week (June 11-17, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
17 June 2018The London summer season is only days away, but don’t think that the market sleeps until then. This week the ABA celebrated a strong book fair in a new location, a new Canova came to light and a German auctioneer reflected on an outstanding Danish designer. All that and more below.
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ABA Fair’s move to Battersea results in invigorated event
15 June 2018The ABA Rare Book Fair London’s move to Battersea Evolution was marked by a 20% increase in visitor numbers last month, fulfilling organisers’ hopes for an invigorated event at the trendier location.
Annual Buxton Fair Postponed until May 2019
15 June 2018Cooper Events’ annual Buxton Antiques Fair has been postponed until May 2019 due to late-running refurbishment at its venue.
Rediscovered Canova ‘self-portrait’ of Giorgione which tricked art experts goes on offer in London for nearly £1m
14 June 2018A painting at the centre of a legendary art world hoax has been rediscovered after hundreds of years.
London Art Week adds events to attract new visitors
11 June 2018Galleries want to encourage first-time visitors during London Art Week...
5 Questions
11 June 2018Tom Davies is director at the Mayfair gallery Daniel Katz, specialist in Old Master sculpture and paintings. It is a participant in 'London Art Week', hosting an exhibition titled Defining Elegance.
Two London displays wrap Christo up
11 June 2018As Christo, the Bulgarian-American contemporary artist, unveils his first public outdoor project for the UK this summer in Hyde Park, Stern Pissarro Gallery’s show also offers a look at some of the most celebrated works he and his wife ever created.
Goodman Fine Art stages Feiler and Heron joint show
11 June 2018Mark Goodman of Goodman Fine Art offers this picture by Patrick Heron (1920-99), titled '28 April 1980', in a show that features Heron and his fellow modern British artist Paul Feiler (1918-2013).
Hepworth prints star at Belgrave St Ives
11 June 2018Barbara Hepworth’s 'The Aegean Suite' (1971), a series of lithographs based on her impressions of Greece, is currently on offer at Belgrave St Ives.
Get your bear-ings: original map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood goes under the hammer
04 June 2018An original map of the Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood is coming up for sale at Sotheby’s.
Northern Antiques Fair hails earlier date as good for dealers
04 June 2018The Northern Antiques Fair is anticipating a “significant” rise in exhibitor numbers as it moves to an earlier date this October.