Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Design thrives in London with new shop openings in Notting Hill and Fulham Road
06 September 2021Demand for quality 20th century design is thriving in London with two galleries expanding their operations in the capital.
Decorative focus at revamped Chester
06 September 2021Designed by Italian sculptor Egidio Boninsegna (1869-1958) for Stefano Johnson Foundry in Milan, this Art Nouveau bronze relief was shown at the city’s International Exposition in 1906.
Chelsea Antiques Fair comes back but with new owners and new look
06 September 2021The seventieth edition of the London event returns to the calendar at last under fresh ownership
5 Questions: David Brooker of David Brooker Fine Art
06 September 2021David Brooker of David Brooker Fine Art has been specialising in English and European paintings from the 17th to 21st centuries for over 20 years.
The web shop window: Modern artist's take on a fish fossil
23 August 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Tech firm pledges to make e-commerce easier for dealers
23 August 2021A new e-commerce management system designed to help dealers manage their stock listings across a range of online marketplaces has been hailed as a gamechanger for the trade by its creators.
Portraitist and prominent ancestor given joint show
23 August 2021London portrait agency Fine Art Commissions is celebrating the work of British war artist and society portraitist Simon Elwes (1902-75) and his great, great nephew Jamie Coreth (b.1989) with a new exhibition.
TEFAF opens its virtual doors
23 August 2021Online version of the huge fair takes place for a second time with physical event not until 2022
Marine scenes sail into London dealer's exhibition
23 August 2021This large 3ft 11in x 6ft 3in (1.2 x 1.91m) marine picture, painted by French Impressionist Karl Daubigny (1846-86), shows fisherfolk in Normandy loading a traditional fishing vessel with kelp and oysters.
Plath and Hughes wedding rings bought by Wartski
16 August 2021Gold wedding rings belonging to poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes have been bought by London jeweller Wartski.
Town centre of Scottish talent
16 August 2021Exhibition showcases work inspired by artists’ colony of Kirkcudbright and surrounding area
Snuff box sold by dealer was a ‘gift from Lord Nelson’
16 August 2021A snuff box believed to have been gifted by Lord Nelson to his personal secretary during a dinner party attended by Emma Hamilton has been sold by Paul Fraser Collectables for £45,000.
The web shop window: Theodore Major industrial scene of Wigan
16 August 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week
5 Questions: Simon MacLachlan of Piccadilly Vaults
16 August 2021Simon MacLachlan owns and runs Piccadilly Vaults, a relative newcomer to the fine jewellery scene based in London’s Piccadilly Arcade. Founded in 2017, it is named after the wall of working bank vaults installed in the basement.
The web shop window: William and Mary escritoire
09 August 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Oxfordshire dealer Richard Whittle
09 August 2021Richard Whittle founded Whittle Antik in Oxfordshire earlier this year and offers a range of objects from 18th century oak to naïve folk art, Mid-century furniture, taxidermy and Contemporary art.
New catalogues: a selection of dealer highlights for summer 2021
09 August 2021A selection of highlights from four recently released dealer catalogues, including an etching of a 19th century tennis player.
Abstract art associated with St Ives forms the debut show at relaunched Cotswolds gallery
09 August 2021Dramatically lit above a Windsor armchair, 'Up and Across' by St Ives artist Trevor Bell (1930-2017) is a dynamic work of abstracted shapes in fiery red, browns and gold.
Life of a saint comes up at TEFAF Online in September
09 August 2021This 15th century copy of the Life of St Radegund is an illuminated biography of the canonised sixth-century Frankish queen Radegund.
Baroque chess set bought at TEFAF unveiled at Polish museum
09 August 2021This impressive Baroque chess set by the Danzig amber artist Michel Redlin has returned to the city of Gdansk in Poland where it was made over 300 years ago.