Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Hare-themed Ming incense burner
18 October 2021The hare, one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, is associated symbolically with longevity and the moon.
Good times in a boat artwork combines tradition and modernity
18 October 2021Created with handmade paper, gold leaf and ink, this large work Good Times: Boating Together was made in 2020 by Yao Jui-chung (b.1969).
Sensitive carving shown on bronze head of Buddha
18 October 2021This bronze head of Buddha, formerly in a private Belgium collection since the 1970s, is priced at £75,000 from Antwerp gallery Marcel Nies Oriental Art.
Human body and a horse’s head in harmony
18 October 2021The Tang dynasty, considered a golden age of reform and cultural advancement in China lasting from 618-907, is the focus of Eskenazi’s exhibition .
Bath: a fair with a friendly vibe
18 October 2021Relaxed atmosphere of event held in the historic city wins praise from traders.
Incense burner topped by a dog and ball
18 October 2021This Meiji period iron incense burner from Japan was made using nunome zogan: the art of inlaying different metals into one another.
The web shop window: a Japanese pipe case
18 October 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Vote of confidence for St James’s with Asian art dealers moving to the area
18 October 2021A group of Asian art dealers have committed to new spaces in St James’s.
5 Questions: Furniture dealer Rowland Leach
11 October 2021Rowland Leach runs interior design and antique business French Loft with his wife Mary, specialising in 17th and 18th century French and English country furniture.
Ede gaze falls on black glaze pottery
11 October 2021Antiquities specialist Charles Ede is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an exhibition and catalogue championing the understated elegance of Greek black glaze pottery.
Go on a treasure hunt at Firsts
11 October 2021Tolkien classic in bespoke binding is one of the highlights as the London event returns
Thompson’s opens third gallery
11 October 2021Thompson’s Galleries, specialist in Modern and Contemporary British art, is opening a third exhibition space this October.
Tale of Bedouin life roams into new London event
11 October 2021This October, the capital hosts The London Autumn Book Fair – a fresh addition to the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association’s (PBFA) 2021 calendar.
The web shop window: Carlo Lasinio engraving
11 October 2021Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
US museum buys a van Overbeek
11 October 2021The Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio has become the third US institution to hold a work by the obscure Dutch artist Michel van Overbeek (fl.1650-1719) after acquiring this small drawing of the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome.
New specialist at Jenna Burlingham
11 October 2021Modern British art gallery Jenna Burlingham Fine Art has appointed Lydia Wingfield Digby as its new gallery specialist.
Cotswold fair makes its debut appearance at Compton Verney after enforced move
04 October 2021Grand venues can work wonders for fair organisers helping to get punters through the door while providing an ideal backdrop for dealers to showcase their stock.
5 Questions: Steven Beale of Trinity House Paintings
04 October 2021Involved in the art industry since he was 16, Steven Beale opened Trinity House Paintings in the Cotswolds village of Broadway in 2006.
West Country wonders return to Albert Amor
04 October 2021One of the largest selling exhibitions in recent years of 18th century Plymouth and Bristol porcelain is under way at London gallery Albert Amor in Bury Street.
BADA members showcase their wares with week-long event
04 October 2021Encompassing mezzotints from the court of George III, gentleman’s library objects and furniture by master craftsmen of the Belle Époque period in Paris, BADA members are gearing up for a week-long series of gallery-based shows, talks and tours.