Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
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Mod Brit dealer puts the spotlight on painter teacher Norman Clark
27 May 2024Show covers highly rated British artist who was content to keep a low profile
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Top artworks set to star in LAPADA’s 50th anniversary exhibition
22 May 2024Online show features everything from fine art to furniture, Asian art to antiquities
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Eye on an object: A collection of glass slides from Victorian designer John Hardman
20 May 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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Showpiece collection of British ceramics comes from Australia
20 May 2024Australian pharmaceutical chemist Robert Francis Burke started building his collection of Chelsea and Worcester porcelain in the 1970s, long before the days of the internet.
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Online dealer showcase announced as part of LAPADA 50th anniversary celebration
20 May 2024LAPADA has unveiled plans for its 50th anniversary including a summer exhibition and a new series of events around its flagship fair.
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Impressionism anniversary marked in major St James's exhibition
20 May 2024Gallery with family connections stages a show 150 years on from Paris exhibition where the art movement began
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Five Questions with art dealer Simon Rastall
20 May 2024Simon Rastall, one of the exhibitors at the recent Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair, runs Rastall Art, which specialises in 20th century paintings.
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LAPADA announces plans for Berkeley Square Fair
17 May 2024Flagship event is scheduled for a later date and comes with new events for next edition
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Dorset police appeal for information following burglary at antiques centre
17 May 2024Lone thief took several high-value items of jewellery
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British studio pottery features among TEFAF New York sales
16 May 2024Lucie Rie and other Modern masters delight buyers at recent fair
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Events to look forward to: Firsts, London Map Fair, PBFA London and the Ephemera fair
13 May 2024A wide range of dealers are set to offer a variety of items at upcoming fairs
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Collector interview: Tracking down detective works
13 May 2024ATG meets Jeffrey Johnson, whose collection of classic ‘Whodunnits’ was recently on public display at the Grolier Club in New York
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New chapter for Shapero - still in Mayfair
06 May 2024Shapero Rare Books has given a vote of confidence to London’s West End by moving to even larger premises within Mayfair.
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The intriguing Ingoldsby Legends were indeed unreal
06 May 2024Dealer Sky Duthie brings an Arts & Crafts movement binding of The Ingoldsby Legends to this year’s PBFA London Summer Book Fair.
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New art fair: ‘Everyone bit our hand off to take part’
06 May 2024There is a new fine art event in town this month as dealers unveil The Little London Art Fair.
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Folk art specialist Young celebrates the British high street
06 May 2024A collection of 23 vintage photographs is showcased in Robert Young Antiques’ exhibition Ironmongers.
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Physical attractions on display at Firsts fair
06 May 2024Theme of Firsts fair centres on works not being seen just as reading material but things of beauty
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Specialists double up for an exhibition
06 May 2024In a joint portrait miniature exhibition by Emma Rutherford of The Limner Company and Nick Cox of Period Portraits a depiction of Jane Seymour by Wenceslas Hollar (1607-77) is among the highlights.
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It’s just your calotype: an introduction for enthusiasts
06 May 2024As well as his usual commercial stand at Photo London this year, Robert Hershkowitz stages a special exhibition on French calotype.
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Hurrah for a Suffragette vesta case for sale at Derbyshire fair
06 May 2024A vesta case decorated with a campaigning Suffragette is among the highlights at the Buxton Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair.