Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Climate change collection sounds the alarm
27 September 2021With the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26) on the horizon, rare books specialist Peter Harrington is using Frieze Masters to launch an ambitious new collection of books and original manuscripts charting the history of climate change and environmentalism.
Textiles made with spider silk weave their magic at Oliver Hoare gallery's latest show
27 September 2021Unexpected, unusual and often overseen objects are the stock in trade of art gallery Oliver Hoare.
Leon Kossoff’s London calling
27 September 2021King’s Cross on an ordinary, busy afternoon in March is the subject of this 1998 work by the late Leon Kossoff (1926-2019).
Hodge and his horses
27 September 2021Available to buy for £2800, this 12 x 18in (30 x 45cm) oil of a grey Andalusian horse in a landscape by Marcus Hodge (b.1966) forms part of a new show dedicated to the equine artist’s latest works.
Guy Peppiatt offers view of Bristol burning in 1831
20 September 2021This dramatic scene depicts the burning of a warehouse in Wapping Wharf during the Bristol Riots of 1831.
5 Questions: Jane Sanderson of The Antiques Bazaar
20 September 2021Jane Sanderson of The Antiques Bazaar is a new exhibitor at The Northern Antiques Fair, which runs from September 30-October 3.
The many faces of Walter Sickert emerge at Piano Nobile exhibition
20 September 2021Nearly 80 years after Walter Sickert’s (1860-1942) death and ahead of a major retrospective planned at Tate Britain in 2022, London gallery Piano Nobile is bringing together over 40 of the artist’s figure paintings for an autumn show.
The web shop window: Heal’s oak chest of drawers
20 September 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Dealer spots “dirty and unattributed” portrait and sells it back to historic mansion
20 September 2021This recently discovered 18th century portrait was painted by John Vanderbank (1694-1739) and depicts Holles St John of Lydiard Park.
‘Harrogate’ fair gathers pace in Leyburn
20 September 2021After enforced absence Northern Antiques Fair returns to the calendar at new venue
A harvest jug festival: new book is first of its kind
20 September 2021The first dedicated published study on the harvest jug tradition of North Devon and the West Country goes on sale this September.
Remembering the glyphic arts
13 September 2021In addition to its uniqueness and connection to the past, a big attraction to owning a piece of ancient jewellery is that it can still be worn.
The web shop window: French still life by Jules Cavaillès
13 September 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Seeking to ride the interiors wave at the Battersea Fair
13 September 2021Decorative Fair returns to Battersea after long absence as demand soars for home furnishings
The lure of Japan for Mortimer Menpes
13 September 2021Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), who painted this portrait titled 'The Yellow Parasol' visited Japan in the 1880s and 1890s.
Matchbook making at Sims Reed
13 September 2021Mass-produced in America for several decades from the 1930s onwards, so-called ‘matchbooks’ were used to advertise alcohol in the post-prohibition era.
5 Questions: Ethnographic art dealer Kenn Mackay
13 September 2021Dealer and collector Kenn Mackay developed an interest in ethnographic art during his travels in the early 1980s.
Dealer duo offer works at Sotheby's as they downsize
06 September 2021“The initial appeal of an object is always visual, and that is where the journey begins; research follows, and one is taken across the culture and geographical area which are both influencing forces on any work of art.”
Pantastic poster on offer at York National Book Fair
06 September 2021This poster was used in the promotion of the first-ever stage production of Peter Pan.
The web shop window: Marine scene depicting battle between British and Dutch
06 September 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.