Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Coronavirus: La Biennale Paris called off until 2021 but dealers face “no financial risks”
12 May 2020Organisers of La Biennale Paris have postponed the 32nd edition of the event until next year.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 20 objects available from dealers' websites
11 May 2020Our selection of 20 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Petworth fair unveils first virtual event but plans for physical staging later on
11 May 2020Blackbrook Gallery, a specialist in 19th century naïve animal painting, offers Cheviot Ram at the first Virtual Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair opening this week.
From Roman fragments to jigsaws: dealers sell for charity
11 May 2020Dealers might not be on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis but many are trying to do their bit through charity sales. Here is a quick look at some of the businesses pledging proceeds to good causes.
Dealers report sales at PBFA's inaugural online fair
11 May 2020A 1902 calendar from Hasegawa, Tokyo, filled with colourful illustrations and verse was among the sales at the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association’s (PBFA) first virtual fair.
Supreme pair of wartime printmakers featured at Osborne Samuel
11 May 2020Two of the most sought-after British artists of the First World War, Paul Nash and CRW Nevinson, are celebrated in an online exhibition at Osborne Samuel this month.
Campaign furniture exhibition keeps trade on the move during lockdown
11 May 2020Virtual exhibition showcases more than 80 items designed to be portable and flexible
Soviet Dollar features among item new AntikBar website
04 May 2020This set of 10 detective novels is by ‘Jim Dollar’, the pseudonym of Soviet author Marietta Shaginian (1888-1982), whose writing is described as ‘satirical fantasy fiction’.
Print fair joins the online revolution to display works during lockdown
04 May 2020The 'London Original Print Fair' (LOPF) is one of the many dealer events moving online as the coronavirus lockdown continues.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 20 objects available from dealers' websites
04 May 2020Our selection of 20 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Coronavirus: Dealers sell antiquities to give NHS and homeless charities a boost
30 April 2020When coronavirus first led to a UK lockdown, some dealers reported feeling powerless to help or even to sell. Now traders are launching more and more efforts to transact while doing some good.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 30 objects available from dealers' websites
27 April 2020Our selection of 30 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Brighten up your home and support charity with art dealers' offerings
27 April 2020The last few weeks of lockdown may have left you wishing you could do more to fight coronavirus. Or they may have left you feeling like that blank stretch of wall in the living room could really do with brightening up.
Dealers come up with tech solutions to display an exhibition no visitors can now attend
27 April 2020'Calyx (Blue)', a 1951 textile by Lucienne Day (1917-2010), sprouts with Modernist forms. Its colourful, flower-like shapes hint at the mobiles of Alexander Calder or the biomorphs of Joan Miro.
Coronavirus: PBFA launches inaugural virtual book fair
23 April 2020Browsing at a fair can mean the serendipitous discovery of a treasure for the collection. To help recapture a bit of this magic online, The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PFBA) launches its first virtual book fair next week.
Call for entries: Frame restorer launches children’s art competition for charity with dealer Philip Mould
21 April 2020For many people living in lockdown, keeping the children entertained and educated is a major occupation. A new art world competition, held in support of charity, offers children the chance to get their creative – and competitive – juices flowing.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 30 objects available from dealers' websites
20 April 2020Our selection of 30 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Lively views during lockdown
20 April 2020You can’t visit dealers in person – but you could pop in to their homes and gardens online
Warm feeling generated by interior scene on offer from Karen Taylor
20 April 2020As part of a spring sale featuring works on paper under £2000, British art dealer Karen Taylor is offering this watercolour by Lady Jane Harriet Pleydell-Bouverie (1819-1903).
Catalogue for Bowes Museum show on history British antiques dealing made freely available
20 April 2020The catalogue for the exhibition 'Sold! The Great British Antiques Story', which took place last year at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, County Durham, has been made freely available in its PDF format.