Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Eye on an object: French sculptor's terracotta model
15 April 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Pippin work pops in to the 62nd Philadelphia Show
15 April 2024Horace Pippin (1888-1946), a self-taught black US artist known for images of the First World War, biblical scenes and images of racial segregation, features at 'The Philadelphia Show' this year where his 1944 still-life 'The Love Note' is offered by M Hanks Gallery for $250,000.
Hoppen takes a fresh view of Japan
15 April 2024'Okashi', the Japanese term for anything strange, unusual or deliberately humorous, defines the array of pieces on display at Michael Hoppen’s first exhibition held in its new premises in Holland Park, west London.
Augustus John: genius wasted or fulfilled?
15 April 2024The jury is still out on the Welsh artist, the main subject of a new London exhibition
Classic Antique Fairs buys Art and Antiques for Everyone web domains
12 April 2024Growing fair brand seeks to preserve reputation of NEC fair
Dealer news in brief including dates for the Northern Antiques Fair
11 April 2024Our roundup of dealer news includes a new home for Ceramic Art London
De Chirico picture included in TEFAF New York highlights on the 100th anniversary of Surrealism
11 April 2024Despite a strained relationship with Surrealism, the artist had a profound effect on the movement.
Large collection of John Ruskin drawings and watercolours offered at London dealership
10 April 2024The 45-piece collection includes several with an intriguing provenance
Winter Olympia fair takes action to avoid an identity crisis
08 April 2024The Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympiais set to return from November 4-10 with certain changes to its presentation.
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.
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.
Strong sales among uncertainty in Maastricht
08 April 2024TEFAF Maastricht achieves many stand-out results but the reduced run time receives a mixed response
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.
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.
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