Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Asia in the regions
22 October 2018Near and far beyond London, the UK regions offer an autumn calendar thronging with specialist auctions. Here Gabriel Berner previews some forthcoming highlights.
Saleroom selection: three artworks under £650 including a David Jagger portrait
22 October 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales including a David Jagger portrait.
Names to watch out for in Irish sculpture scene
22 October 2018Representing just a fraction of the international art market and often overshadowed by the demand for 2D art, Irish sculpture has undergone a quieter recovery.
Looking out for fresh Irish art
22 October 2018While demand is encouraging, a scarcity of high-quality work is hitting the supply side
Affordable art: Six works sold or offered for under £900 including a scene by 'Derbyshire's John Constable'
15 October 2018Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £900, including a Trevor Grimshaw black and grey graphite cityscape, and three upcoming lots offered the next fortnight.
Buyers check out a Czech artist
15 October 2018Earlier this year, the Paris auction house Artcurial sold an exceptional collection of Impressionist and Cubist works by the influential Czech avant-garde artist Otakar Kubin (1883-1969).
Signature of John Sell Cotman is key note to £20,000 result
15 October 2018This watercolour bearing the signature of Norwich School artist John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) attracted a flurry of bids when it went under the hammer in Nottingham.
Gertler ‘East Ender’ portrait sells up north
15 October 2018Renowned today for his fusion of Post- Impressionism and eastern European folk-art, the Jewish painter Mark Gertler (1891-1939) was inspired at the outset of his career by the northern and early-Italian Renaissance masters.
Coaches trot into saleroom
15 October 2018Distinctly patriotic in nature, stage and mail coach depictions started c.1815, reaching peak popularity in the later 1820s with the artist James Pollard (1792-1867).
Affordable art: Six works sold or offered for under £900 including an 18th century print of a Joseph Wright of Derby masterwork
10 October 2018Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £900 and three upcoming lots offered over the next fortnight, including a c.1768 engraving by William Pether after a masterwork by the great Joseph Wright of Derby.
Paris dancer swings into sale
08 October 2018Striking depiction of Folies Bergère entertainer is among eclectic selection offered in Sussex.
