Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
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Eye on an object: 1920s Egyptian sarcophagus charm
29 January 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Five questions with Jesse Rossa of Triolet Rare Books
29 January 2024Jesse Rossa of California firm Triolet Rare Books is one of the exhibitors at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair.
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La Belle France art styles shine in Sussex
29 January 2024A portrait by Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is the chief work in the exhibition La Belle France at Ottocento in Petworth.
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California fair reveals a 19th century version of AI
29 January 2024Catalogue of ‘mechanised thought’ counts as one of the stand-out items for sale at San Francisco event
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Shades of Scottish life at Fine Art Society show
29 January 2024Fine Art Society kicks off its in-person exhibition programme in Edinburgh with Fine Shadings: 250 Years of Painting in Scotland.
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London Art Week dates announced
27 January 2024This year’s programme includes a change for the organisation’s spring education week.
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Early sales boost Belgium art fair BRAFA
26 January 2024Several dealers got off the mark in the early hours of BRAFA, which opened yesterday at Brussels Expo.
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Hanley out of the mist at Portland Gallery show
22 January 2024'Misty Landscape' (1987) is a characteristic work by British artist Liam Hanley (1933-2019) and one of the highlights in his retrospective at Portland Gallery next month.
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Dealer news in brief including details of America's largest ephemera event
22 January 2024A roundup of news and events from around the trade
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Eye on an object: Victorian stained glass window
22 January 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Five questions with Joseph Sullivan of Textile Antiques
22 January 2024Joseph Sullivan of Textile Antiques is one of the exhibitors at the London Antiques Run & Textile Art Fair running this week (January 23-28) at Evolution London, Battersea.
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De Glehn revisited as a 30-year journey rolls on
22 January 2024London gallery holds dedicated show decades after first championing the artist
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Two Old Master artworks to benefit from this year’s TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund
20 January 2024Museums in Ireland and Connecticut are recipients of the annual grant
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Massive Churchill collection including his desk, unpublished letters and inscribed books star in offering of London dealer
19 January 2024A collection devoted to the life and work of Winston Churchill is among the standout items at The Winter Show in New York, which opens today.
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TEFAF announces cultural partnerships for two events at upcoming fair
18 January 2024TEFAF Maastricht will host a new event and a loan exhibition, both championing the preservation of cultural heritage.
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Fresh start for Master Drawings New York fair
15 January 2024This month Master Drawings New York (MDNY) has its first run under new ownership.
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Roman tapestry work of Romano
15 January 2024Markus Voigt returns to the London Antique Rug & Textile Art (LARTA) Fair after some years away with a silk and wool tapestry fragment that stars as the main image for this year’s fair logo.
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Textiles take centre stage at fairs, exhibitions and auction
15 January 2024Focus on quilt on offer at the first Decorative event of the year - which shares its venue with specialist fair LARTA
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New Midlands fair MADA postponed
12 January 2024Stable Events' and LAPADA's new venture at Birmingham's NEC may run in the autumn.
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Rediscovered Spanish drawing among the highlights at MDNY
12 January 2024A 16th century drawing would have been brought to "full technicolor" by women makers.