Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Clarion brings down prices for summer at the Olympia Grand
21 March 2022The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia returns for its first in-person summer event in two years – at lower prices than before the pandemic.
Cataloguing the best in London and beyond
21 March 2022A round-up of current catalogues from folk-art at the rescheduled Winter Show to the Mellor-Cobham collection of English porcelain at Albert Amor
5 Questions: vintage fashion dealer Carol Walker
21 March 2022Carol Walker of Carol Walker Antiques/Frocks and Fripperys specialises in vintage clothes.
5 Questions with Rosey Ford of Serendipity Antiques
14 March 2022Rosey Ford of Serendipity Antiques specialises in 18th century furniture, especially four poster beds, extending dining tables, large sets of chairs and “just about anything you can think of”.
International fairs on the rise again as the shadow of the pandemic fades
14 March 2022Old Masters dealers on the international fairs circuit have a robust range of exhibiting options ahead, despite nearly two years of pandemic-related disruption.
Rediscovered Galizia still-life bears fruit for Colnaghi
14 March 2022A rediscovered still-life by mannerist artist Fede Galizia (1578-1630) is among the highlights at Colnaghi’s exhibition 'Forbidden Fruit: Female Still Life'.
Between Poland and London: The immigrant artist who made his name in Wales
14 March 2022An ink drawing titled 'Four Miners' is among the works featured at Thompson’s Galleries, Aldeburgh, in an exhibition on Josef Herman (1911-2000).
Single owner collection of Weatherill watercolours stars in Harrogate
14 March 2022When dealer Ian Walker was a child, his father gave him £5, which he promptly spent on a small, signed watercolour by Yorkshire artist George Weatherill (1810-90) he found in a Whitby antiques shop.
Young at art: Meet the dealers under 30 who specialise in Old Masters
14 March 2022Buy low, sell high: one of the most basic rules of dealing. For young dealers breaking into the Old Masters market, however, it can be a challenge, writes Frances Allitt.
Dealer news in brief including Ukrainian aid efforts and a portrait miniature reattribution
14 March 2022A roundup of news and events from around the trade
Bath Decorative Fair celebrates spring with return to former spot in the calendar
14 March 2022Traders look forward to fairs such as Bath after numerous challenges of sourcing new items
Ukraine crisis funds raised by art and antiques market
10 March 2022Dealers, fairs organisers and auction houses are using the proceeds of sales to raise money to aid victims of the Ukrainian crisis.
The Open Art Fair organiser plans for return
07 March 2022The organiser of The Open Art Fair (TOAF) in Chelsea vows the event will return next year.
Dealer offers Nelson portrait from Boydell’s 500-guinea prize
07 March 2022A painting of the Battle of Trafalgar containing “one of the most important portraits of Nelson on the market in years” will be on offer in Chelsea.
Connect with art again
07 March 2022Among the highlights at this month’s Connect Art Fair is an untitled c.1968/71 gouache on paper by British-Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams, offered for £4500 by Middlemarch Art.
Alberto Martini out of the shadows
07 March 2022An intricately drawn self-portrait in pen and ink in which the artist likens himself to Albrecht Dürer is at the heart of a new show on Alberto Martini.
The web shop window: 19th century hall lantern
07 March 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Petersfield returns after two-year gap
07 March 2022Petersfield Antiques Fair returns to the Hampshire town’s Festival Hall after two years’ absence, due to the NHS using the venue for Covid vaccinations.
Chelsea Antiques & Fine Art Fair has risen up the ranks
07 March 2022With two key London fairs cancelled, this long-running event is well placed
5 Questions: Asian art dealer Shanshan Wang
07 March 2022Shanshan Wang is among the exhibitors at this month’s Chelsea Antiques & Fine Art Fair. She focuses on early Asian art from the Neolithic era to the 10th century and also produces contemporary pieces of her own.