Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Unrecorded archive of well-connected Victorian gay rights activist Edward Carpenter makes eight times estimate at auction
15 March 2019A previously undocumented archive of writings by Edward Carpenter, the well-connected socialist poet and gay rights pioneer, sold for a hammer price of £4200, more than eight times its upper estimate, at Bamfords in Derby this month.
Porcelain galore in Chelsea fair
11 March 2019Porcelain from five private collections features in a special exhibition on the stand of Jupiter Antiques at this month’s Chelsea Antiques Fair.
5 Questions: Patrick Macintosh
11 March 2019Patrick Macintosh deals in English country house antiques from the 17th-20th centuries with an emphasis on quirky furniture. He is based in Sherborne, Dorset, and exhibits at the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea with fellow dealer Richard Nadin.
Photo fair clicks up new London venue
11 March 2019The London Photograph Fair, on March 17, has a new venue at the Hellenic Centre in Marylebone for this edition.
Modern British art – female artists coming to the fore
11 March 2019A wave of fresh interest in female artists is sweeping the UK, forcing museums and galleries to rethink their displays and purchasing policies – and driving demand at dealerships and auction houses in the process.
The web shop window - Twentieth Century Posters
11 March 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Bath fair toast to 30 years
11 March 2019Exhibitors at Bath Decorative Antiques Fair toasted 30 years as the event opened last week.
How a museum or gallery show can boost demand
11 March 2019Waterhouse & Dodd’s Jamie Anderson attributes a recent flurry of interest in the works of Dorothy Mead (1928-75) to her inclusion in the Tate Britain’s 'All Too Human' show last year.
Hats off to artist Doris Hatt
11 March 2019The Court Gallery has joined forces with the Museum of Somerset to stage an exhibition of the works of Doris Hatt (1890-1969), a local pioneer of British modernism.
Table with a naughty side
11 March 2019A jumble of names scratched into a piece of oak by naughty children (or possibly adults) has been discovered on the underside of an antique table in the latest exhibition at WR Harvey in Witney.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including a toy auction dubbed “a little ‘loco’”
10 March 2019Reflections on the global art market, auctioneers in retirement and toy sales all feature in our weekly roundup of quotes from around the art and antiques trade.
Ninety-two first edition Beatrix Potter books go up for auction at Ewbank’s
08 March 2019Ninety-two first edition copies of Beatrix Potter’s 1907 ‘The Tale of the Faithful Dove’ go under the hammer in Surrey this month.
World Book Day focus: Five classic and collectable rare books going under the hammer this month
07 March 2019Today marks World Book Day, and while the occasion is aimed at young people, it could also be a chance for rare book collectors to take stock of their libraries and investigate some top lots in store at future auctions.
Journeys of discovery: Highlights from the stands of 11 dealers at TEFAF 2019
04 March 2019An intriguing find by a dealer new to TEFAF Maastricht leads a look at some of the highlights on offer at the huge event.
Ringing the changes: Interview with TEFAF CEO Patrick van Maris
04 March 2019A surge of fresh faces in the Modern section, a shift in the global vetting policy and stronger links with the host city are among the recent shake-ups at TEFAF Maastricht, as CEO Patrick van Maris tells ATG.
Mayfair gallery hosts first solo Mulas exhibition
04 March 2019This 1962 photograph of artist Lucio Fontana, below, is included in the UK’s first solo show of works by Ugo Mulas (1928-73).
Connect fair organisation praised as shipshape
04 March 2019William Wyllie’s 1917 watercolour HMS New Zealand – The Sixteen Point Turn at Jutland was among the stand-out sales at the inaugural Connect Art Fair where it was offered for a price in the region of £20,000.
BADA fair aims at exceptional quality
04 March 2019Annual BADA event includes copy of Reni work commissioned by the pope or a cardinal.
Woolf work in women’s show
04 March 2019A first-edition presentation copy of Jacob’s Room (1922) by Virginia Woolf bearing an inscription to her sister Vanessa Bell is on offer for £85,000 at Peter Harrington’s exhibition In Her Own Words: Works by Exceptional Women.
5 Questions: Karen Taylor
04 March 2019Art dealer Karen Taylor is among the exhibitors at this month’s BADA 2019 (March 20-26).