Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
The web shop window: Graeco-Egyptian gem mounted in a gold ring
08 February 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Soft-paste porcelain showcase at Kensington Church Street dealer goes virtual
08 February 2021The first successful attempts at producing soft-paste porcelain in France took place in the city of Rouen during the closing decades of the 17th century.
Virtual Mayfair event 'more accessible' but lacks 'buzz of a well-attended event'
08 February 2021As with many events, this year’s Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair was unable to go ahead in its usual format at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square.
Dealer's latest show focuses on Henry Lamb's bucolic view of life
08 February 2021Exhibition shows how the artist returned from the First World War in a mellowed mood
Tribal Art London reports increased numbers of online visitors
08 February 2021This Karamojong headrest from Uganda was one of more than 100 objects offered at Tribal Art London’s (TAL) online event, Spirit Animals. It was sold by tribal art specialist Kezhia Field for £450.
‘High priestess of the grotesque’: Pat Douthwaite’s challenging oil paintings took a look at the wicked side of life
01 February 2021Challenging, grotesque and raw, 'The Fete' sums up the art of Pat Douthwaite (1934-2002).
Antiques trade chiefs: Resourcefulness and ingenuity will be crucial in 2021
25 January 2021The heads of three associations say dealers need to rise to the challenges during the toughest trading period for decades
LARTA’s online coverage as 11th edition gets underway
25 January 2021Usually held on the mezzanine of the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea Park, the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (LARTA) migrates online this year with an extended run.
Dealer offers epic Habsburg poem on vellum at Stuttgart Rare Book Fair
25 January 2021Presented on vellum with luxury colouring and illuminated with silver and gold, this is a rare first edition of Theuerdank.
Palm Beach Show set to run as live event in February
25 January 2021The annual winter fair schedule in the Sunshine State has been upended by the pandemic but one of its anchor events plans to go ahead.
5 Questions: Contemporary art specialist Nick Crean
25 January 2021Nick Crean began his career running the private office of Charles and Maurice Saatchi and recently founded Crean & Company, an online gallery championing established and emerging mixed-media Contemporary artists.
The web shop window: ornate pair of George III ormolu ice pails
25 January 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Swedish painter’s alpine view brings a sense of place to Master Drawings New York
18 January 2021“It was the first time I found myself in front of a glacier, alone in the infinite silence and solitude of the snow mountain, surrounded by the overwhelming majesty of nature…”
Dealers lead online charge at The Winter Show in New York
18 January 2021New York’s Americana-focused event and longest-running antiques fair, The Winter Show, holds its 67th edition online from January 22-31 with around 60 exhibitors taking part.
5 Questions: furniture and works of art dealer Nicholas Wells
18 January 2021Nicholas Wells has run Nicholas Wells Antiques in London since 2012, selling furniture and works of art primarily in the British town and country house aesthetic.
The web shop window: Roger Broders' 1928 ski poster of Chamonix
18 January 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Pontormo provides bright spark in a grey world
18 January 2021This recently discovered grisaille painting of Adam and Eve by the Florentine Mannerist artist Jacopo Carucci (1494-1557), known as Pontormo, is the centrepiece of a new exhibition of monochromatic works at New York gallery Nicholas Hall.
BADA’s first female chairman looks to virtual world with a human touch
11 January 2021New BADA chairman feels personal contact is still vital for firms in a Covid-19 environment
Picasso and Hugo partnership platters appear in first UK show
11 January 2021Though prolific in many mediums, Pablo Picasso created silver platters in only 24 designs throughout his entire career, creating an even smaller number of pieces in gold.
5 Questions: Tom Parry of Chester’s Farm Antiques
11 January 2021Tom Parry runs Chester’s Farm Antiques in Nottinghamshire and specialises in decorative arts, including ceramics, jewellery and silver.