Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Greek vessel among highlights at Kallos Gallery
14 December 2020London antiquities specialist Kallos Gallery offers this attic black-figure lekythos from c.525-475BC. The decoration depicts a Dionysiac scene with two satyrs chasing maenads.
Peter Harrington's catalogue includes inscribed Rudyard Kipling first edition
14 December 2020Peter Harrington’s Christmas 2020 catalogue features a selection of first and special editions such as this copy of 'Just So Stories' by Rudyard Kipling.
'Catalogue 100' released by Grosvenor Prints
14 December 2020Covent Garden dealership Grosvenor Prints planned to feature 100 items in its special Catalogue 100, but after delaying its release for nine months due to Covid-19 challenges, it now has an excess of items to offer.
Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association's catalogue
14 December 2020For those in the southern hemisphere, Christmas means summer, sun, flowers and exotic wildlife. In this year’s Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association (AAADA) Christmas Catalogue, dealer Josef Lebovic offers a group of 11 Antipodean Christmas cards from c.1883.
Fairy tales and bible stories on offer from Jörn Günther at pre-Christmas book fair
12 December 2020A selection of top historic books is on offer from Swiss dealer Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books at this weekend’s Salon D’Hiver Virtuel.
Dealers at auction: Battersea decorative fair teams up with Bonhams while Apter Fredericks sells through Christie's
09 December 2020Two pairs of London art market institutions are joining forces in sales events early next year.
Talisman boss sets up new business in Wiltshire
07 December 2020Wiltshire shop marks return to the spotlight for Talisman boss but in a more relaxed mood.
Fourteen female artists feature in fine art show
07 December 2020Painted in oil on panel, Flowers in a blue jug by Scottish artist Anne Redpath (1895-1965) is one of the highlights at Richard Green’s exhibition Fortitude, Perseverance, Creativity: Fourteen Women Artists.
The Battersea Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair goes digital with tours
07 December 2020The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair (DATF) is launching digital initiatives after being forced to cancel two out of its three annual events this year.
The web shop window: Danish stoneware flambé fish jug
07 December 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Shapero’s emporium offers a one-stop-shop for all
07 December 2020With indoor fairs still more or less on ice for now, a new project from Shapero is offering dealers the chance to unite under one roof.
Tribal show gets into the spirit
07 December 2020Offered by Bryan Reeves of Tribal Gathering for £4200, this Luba baboon mask is one of more than 100 objects on offer at Tribal Art London’s third online event, Spirit Animals.
5 Questions: art dealer James Mackinnon
30 November 2020Dealer James Mackinnon is among the participants in this year’s London Art Week. He has been an independent dealer since 1970.
The web shop window: ‘Princes’ edition’ of epic poem symbolising Holy Roman Emperor
30 November 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Suffolk House stages Christmas show of 70 pieces of furniture
30 November 2020Suffolk House Antiques is staging its annual Christmas exhibition after giving its usual summer show a miss this year.
Wingett goes for upmarket upcycling turning scrap into a super Georgian cistern
30 November 2020In an act of decidedly upmarket upcycling, dealer Simon Wingett of Burton Antiques and his business partner have commissioned a series of casts of a George II wine cistern to be made from scrap.
Sleep thinkers at winter edition of London Art Week
30 November 2020A marble relief, 'Sleep' by French sculptor and doll-maker Albert Marque (1872-1947), is among the highlights on offer at this winter’s edition of London Art Week (LAW).
Bewitched by the mystic arts: New York drawings dealer hosts show of Occult pictures
30 November 2020New York exhibition orginally for Halloween seems to suit the crazy year as a whole
Battersea Decorative launches online platform and private shopping services
21 November 2020The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair is launching new digital initiatives after being forced to cancel two out of its three annual events.
5 Questions: Contemporary British art dealer Mark Jerram
16 November 2020Mark Jerram specialises in contemporary figurative pictures and sculpture by Contemporary British artists at his business The Jerram Gallery in Dorset.