Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
5 Questions: book dealer Dr Jörn Günther
03 February 2020Rare book dealer Dr Jörn Günther of Switzerland specialises in manuscripts, miniatures, and rare early printed books from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
US mayor's Patek Philippe watch on offer at Chester fair
03 February 2020Time is of the essence in the story of Speed Menefee (1879-1968), the shortest-serving city mayor in US history – and original owner of a pocket watch offered at the Chester Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.
The web shop window: netsuke from 1830 surfaces in time for the year of the rat
03 February 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Views of a vanishing world: Supply of mountain paintings begins to melt
03 February 2020Nineteen years after launching the annual 'Peaks and Glaciers' exhibition, dealer William Mitchell reflects that as the snow on the peaks themselves has contracted, so too has the supply of topographical Alpine scenes.
SOAS students awarded inaugural BADA Friends prize
29 January 2020Corrina Ellis and Chih-En Chen, students from London School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), have been awarded the inaugural BADA Friends Brian Morgan Prize.
Textiles come to the fore with London Art Fair sales and new exhibition
28 January 2020Long considered outside the mainstream of art history, textiles have had a boost in London this month.
Exhibition at London gallery showcases the free spirit of artist André Derain
27 January 2020Exhibition showcases the compromising but also capricious artist André Derain
Career of Fred Yates in full focus at Mayfair show
27 January 2020Among the oils on offer at the John Martin show on Fred Yates (1922-2008) is 'The Blizzard' (2007-8), a thickly painted scene of a street in Manchester.
5 Questions: Tom Lintern-Mole
27 January 2020Book dealer Tom Lintern-Mole runs Antiquates in Corfe Castle, Dorset.
The web shop window: Viktoria Gorynska self portrait
27 January 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Seago sea scene offered in latest Portland Gallery showcase
25 January 2020Low Water on the Orwell by Edward Seago (1910-74) is among the highlights at the Portland Gallery’s exhibition on the British painter.
TEFAF's Patrick van Maris to leave in May
21 January 2020Patrick van Maris van Dijk is stepping down as president and CEO of TEFAF.
Four treasures published recently in dealer’s catalogues, including a 19th century Welsh diorama
20 January 2020Every year, dealers across the UK publish some of their best findings in catalogues. Take a look at some of the best recent examples here.
‘Time to concentrate on us’ says Lennox Cato as Edenbridge Galleries winds down
20 January 2020Edenbridge Galleries is closing after 13 years with owners Lennox and Susan Cato saying they want to concentrate on their own business.
Striking Russian Empire chairs offered at Petersfield Antiques Fair
20 January 2020A pair of Russian Empire chairs, 1810-15, featuring striking decorative brass inlay is offered for £25,000 by Ellis Fine Art at the Petersfield Antiques Fair.
Bernadette bounds into London Art Fair
20 January 2020A sculpture by Modern British artist Kenneth Armitage (1916-2002), 'Bernadette Going to Wales', is among the works on offer at the 'London Art Fair'.
London Calling: Mall Galleries hosts second staging of the Connect fair
20 January 2020A view of Tower Bridge from the Thames, commuters on the District Line, a 1970s punk and historical shopfronts are among the images of London offered at the second staging of 'Connect: The Independent Art Fair'.
New decade, new premises: six dealers opening new shops
20 January 2020Here is a selection of gallery updates, including a new showroom and shop for a Hertfordshire business dating back to the 19th century.
5 Questions: Richard Turkington of Fifties Art and Design
20 January 2020Richard Turkington of Fifties Art and Design, which focuses the mid-1940s-50s as well as the work of John Piper, is among the exhibitors at 'Connect: The Independent Art Fair'.
The web shop window: George Jones majolica 'kingfisher' dish
20 January 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.