Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Online symposium addresses the history of Impressionist collecting
31 October 2020A symposium on collecting Impressionist art is being held this month as part of the Normandie Impressioniste Festival.
Seven highlights at the first TEFAF Online
27 October 2020Next week TEFAF launches its new digital marketplace.
Trade fears axe of VAT-free shopping for tourists after Brexit
26 October 2020A government plan to end VAT-free shopping for international visitors next year will impact the UK art and antiques trade, say dealers.
The web shop window: Arne Jacobsen's Swan Chairs
26 October 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Asian Art in London: the East Asian award nominees
26 October 2020Following on from the nominees for the best Indian and Islamic object (published in ATG No 2463), an equivalent shortlist has been announced for pieces in the East Asian category.
No travels to Japan but dealer moves in on Japanese website idea
26 October 2020Asian Art in London dealer Joost van den Bergh is launching a new website devoted to Art Deco and Modernist Japanese art to coincide with the event.
5 Questions: Delftware specialist Robert Aronson
26 October 2020Robert Aronson runs Dutch family business Aronson Anitquairs, which launched in 1881 and today specialises in Delftware.
Amsterdam tribal art fair runs online with 21 dealers
26 October 2020The rare Ankwe terracotta figure is attributed to ceramicist Azume of Goemai, who died c.1951. Her figures were made for women and important locals, and two other examples – the only others known – currently reside in The British Museum.
Four methods dealers are using to showcase stock
26 October 2020The firebreakers, circuitbreakers, alerts and tiers have made recent weeks feel chaotic. But dealers are carrying on regardless, devising new and different ways to sell their stock safely, whether online, through catalogues or in person.
East Asian: Virtual realities as Asian Art in London adapts to Covid-19 changes
26 October 2020While galleries remain open during Asian Art in London, the ever-changing world of Covid-19 restrictions means the internet has also become an important resource for doing business
Venetian abbey buys northern Renaissance devotional oil
19 October 2020Turin dealership Caretto & Occhinegro Gallery has sold a previously unpublished oil by Jan Matsys (c.1510-75) to the Abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
New Orleans gallery covers a timeline history of clocks
19 October 2020A 16th century German weight-driven turret wall clock is offered as a prime example of Renaissance horology at New Orleans gallery MS Rau’s exhibition 'Time Across Time: Clocks and the Art of Timekeeping'.
The moon rises at Colnaghi exhibition
19 October 2020Dating to the second quarter of the 16th century, this stained-glass moon comes from northern France and is offered now by St James’s dealership Colnaghi.
5 Questions: Monica Cardarelli of Laocoon Gallery
19 October 2020Monica Cardarelli is co-director of Laocoon Gallery, which is part of London Art Week’s focus on female artists this month. Cardarelli has curated the gallery’s ongoing exhibition of Futurist artist Marisa Mori (until January 15).
It moss be love: naturalist’s album bought by museum
19 October 2020At a recent PBFA fair, dealer John Underwood sold a collection of albums of mosses compiled by the naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman (1834-1919) to Horsham Museum & Art Gallery.
Top idea for a hat carrier
19 October 2020This c.1905 leather top hat ‘bucket’ by the prestigious hatters Johnson and Co of Regent Street, London.
Oxfordshire dealership sources Louis Vuitton trunk with the famous canvas pattern
19 October 2020Oxfordshire dealership 3Details offers this original Louis Vuitton trunk with its instantly recognisable monogrammed canvas for £22,500.
Ingenious design for travelling chalice
19 October 2020Made from paktong, a zinc, copper and nickel (or similar) alloy resembling silver, this c.1780 English travelling chalice, or cup, is modelled on drinking glasses of the period.
Dealer offers forerunner of the modern sofa bed
19 October 2020In the campaign furniture market, provenance and an interesting story behind the owner are important.
The web shop window: coloured wax portrait of a famous actress
19 October 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.