Dealers
Dealers come in all shapes and forms, from small sole-traders to powerhouse galleries. Both play an integral role in the art and antiques market.
They often specialise in a given fields such as jewellery, ceramics, paintings, Asian art or coins but there are also plenty of general dealers operating across different categories.
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POSITIONS Art Fair brings fresh focus to Berlin
30 August 2024This year’s POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair (September 12-15) will showcase works brought by 111 galleries from 24 countries
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Soho gallery celebrates 50th anniversary of David Bowie album
28 August 2024David Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs' was released in 1974 and Muphoria in Soho is marking the occasion with a Pop Art show
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Mayfair dealer Lyndsey Ingram launches new gallery
27 August 2024Lyndsey Ingram spent the last year restoring an Edwardian stable and is launching the new Mayfair space with a Georgie Hopton show
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Surrealism and tribal in tandem
27 August 2024Themed exhibitions at this year’s Parcours des Mondes link ethnographic art with Surrealist movement
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Five questions with Andreas Schmid of Schmid McDonagh
27 August 2024Schmid McDonagh is a dealership of 20th and 21st century objects, furniture, jewellery, art, design and books based in Church Street, north-west London. It will be exhibiting at the Battersea Decorative Fair in October. ATG spoke to co-founder Andreas Schmid.
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Obituary: antiques dealer Paul Lorimer Gifford Nash
27 August 2024We regret to announce the death of Paul Lorimer Gifford Nash (July 27, 1941-June 28, 2024).
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Surrealist’s revival rolls into Wiltshire
27 August 2024After a lively sell-out exhibition at London’s Maas Gallery, Winsor Birch is about to unveil the second part of Cosmos of Dreams: Rediscovering the Locked Up Genius of Henry Orlik.
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Organiser remains optimistic about traditional furniture
27 August 2024Dealer who has run a major Irish fair for 35 years feels Georgian furniture is starting to rise in value
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Metal trunks prove popular in Cambridgeshire
27 August 2024Behind the traditional frontage of Smithers of Stamford in the Cambridgeshire town of Etton lies a retro collector’s dream.
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Visitor and exhibitor numbers both on the rise, says B2B
27 August 2024Debra Scadding and her partner Sue McIntosh took over the running of B2B Events’ two very popular events at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire in January, renaming the operation B2B Fairs.
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Dealer stages Austin Wright show at sculpture garden in North Yorkshire
22 August 2024Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden in North Yorkshire is hosting an exhibition of sculpture and works on paper by Austin Wright (1911-97).
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Close friends Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan are focus of London dealer's show
21 August 2024A forthcoming exhibition explores the rich legacy of Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan who broke with the conventions of post-war Britain
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Dealer Liss Llewellyn creates a window into world of Great Bardfield
19 August 2024This summer Liss Llewellyn is hosting an intriguing online show called 'Long Live Great Bardfield'.
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Pen is mightier than the keyboard in the realm of specialist fairs
19 August 2024Texting and Zooming have practically taken over our busy lives and taking time out to write a card, let alone a letter, seems like too much of a stretch. Yet UK Pen Shows, which runs dedicated fairs at five UK locations, is thriving.
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Treasures find in Bucks
19 August 2024As Hidden Treasures, Neil Payne organises monthly antique and vintage fairs in Berkhamsted and Haddenham in Hertfordshire, Benson in Oxfordshire and Marlow in Buckinghamshire.
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Petersfield fair includes original artwork for illustrations from 1960s-70s novels
19 August 2024After celebrating 50 years of trading last year, the 'Petersfield Antiques Fair' makes a welcome return to the Festival Hall in the Hampshire town.
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Five questions with dealer and fair organiser Darren Hudson
19 August 2024Darren Hudson is the proprietor of Hudson Antiques. For the last eight years he has been organiser of the thrice-yearly Decorative Fair in Battersea Park. The next starts on October 1.
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Specialist antique arms event held at Kempton Park features 100-plus dealers in total
19 August 2024Some of the biggest hotshot dealers in classic arms will soon be loading up their cars and vans ready for the Classic Arms Fair at Kempton Park Racecourse on Sunday, September 1.
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Venetian dreams and Irish charm in artist's new show
17 August 2024British painter Alan Cotton has the Royal seal of approval and a new show at Messum's highlights his skill for capturing the fading sun in choice locations
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Mayfair gallery highlights Modern British art rarities
15 August 2024A photo of a Hollywood legend by Francis Bacon's drinking sidekick to a radical lithograph inspired by Charlotte Brontë are highlights of this summer show.
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