Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Three projects awarded TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund for 2017
16 January 2017The Musée Rodin and the Detroit Institute of Arts have been awarded the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund for conservation.
Fear allayed over Sunbury Antiques Market despite Kempton Park redevelopment plan
16 January 2017Supporters of Sunbury Antiques Market took to Twitter to vent their concerns about the future of the market in the face of Kempton Park’s proposed redevelopment.
They said what?! The week (9-15 January) in quotes from the art and antiques world
15 January 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of recent quotes from around the trade. This week, it was all about kidnap, Cromwell and Kempton Park.
AFE London launches at ExCeL London
13 January 2017Antiques For Everyone’s sister fair 'AFE London Art Antiques Interiors Fair' kicked off today at ExCeL London. More than 100 dealers have taken stands at the new event which runs until January 15. Here ATG features seven shots from around the stands.
“Works of art”: British police truncheons to star in Hansons’ auction
13 January 2017“Beautifully gilded”, “hand painted”, “much sought after”. Perhaps not words that are commonly applied to police batons, but this is how auctioneer Charles Hanson described the collection of British truncheons coming up for auction this month.
Summer print fair debuts at Barnsley arts hub this summer
12 January 2017An independent print fair is being launched in South Yorkshire this summer offering a selection of affordable prints and textiles by contemporary British artists.
Eton collection of drawings and watercolours features at Works on Paper Fair
11 January 2017A series of drawings and watercolours from the collection of Eton College go on display as a loan exhibition next month at the 2017 “Works on Paper Fair”.
Another Christie’s departure brings artist’s estate to David Zwirner
10 January 2017Christie’s specialist Jonathan Laib has left the auction house to take up a role as director at contemporary art dealers David Zwirner this month.
Fresh London fair aims to excel
07 January 2017Antiques for Everyone expands its horizons beyond Brum to dock at huge East London venue
BUY TO LEND
07 January 2017Works from the private collection amassed by media entrepreneur Chris Ingram will be exhibited at the 29th annual London Art Fair. This is not the first such loan by Ingram, as Frances Allitt discovers when she meets the collection’s curator and director, Johanna Baring
Art Antiques London fair axed for 2017
31 December 2016HAUGHTON International Fairs has cancelled its annual Art Antiques London fair in the face of “adverse market conditions and rapidly rising costs”.
Masterpiece fair chief exec is leaving
31 December 2016MASTERPIECE London has announced that Nazy Vassegh is to step down as chief executive of the fair at the end of this month.
Galloway Antiques Fairs set for January kick off in Yorkshire
23 December 2016Galloway Antiques Fairs holds its first event of the season on January 6-8 at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate, known for being the scene of Agatha Christie’s retreat during her 1926 disappearance. Here we show a number of objects likely to disappear from the Old Swan over the course of the weekend, but for less mysterious reasons…
Art Antiques London fair axed for 2017
20 December 2016Haughton International Fairs has cancelled its annual ‘Art Antiques London’ fair in the face of “adverse market conditions and rapidly rising costs”.
They said what?! The week (12-19 Dec) in quotes from the art and antiques world
18 December 2016In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This our quotes cover new identities and coveting art.
BADA fair renamed for 2017
16 December 2016The British Antique Dealers Association (BADA) has announced changes to its upcoming fair including a new name, several new exhibitors and a more modern and contemporary slant.
Nazy Vassegh leaves Masterpiece
15 December 2016‘Masterpiece London’ announced today that Nazy Vassegh is to step down as chief executive of the fair at the end of this month.
No mystery: M4 Enigma machine sets record price of $380,000 at Bonhams auction
14 December 2016An Enigma cipher machine made a world-record price last week when it was hammered down for $380,000 (£301,379).
Security and trust top the bill at LAPADA conference 2017
13 December 2016LAPADA, The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers, has announced the programme for its 2017 conference which will tackle some of the major issues dealers face today.
Leonardo drawing estimated at €15m to appear at French auction next year
13 December 2016A newly-discovered drawing that has been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci will be offered by Paris auctioneers Tajan next year, estimated at €15m (£9.62m).