LAPADA

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a new autumn date for the returning LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair.

The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair in Berkeley Square, London, will return next year.

Two more London fairs are on the cards for next year.

LAPADA, The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers, is returning to The Game Fair this summer and plans to debut at The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Welsh Game Fair in the autumn.

English jubilees, coronations and investitures have long been occasions not only for a national celebration but also for manufacturers to cash in with an array of souvenirs. In this special report we turn the spotlight on royal items offered and sold by dealers and auction houses

Dealers’ association LAPADA collaborated with shipping company Gander & White, the high net worth advisory group Rawlinson & Hunter and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to produce a free, public guide of Brexit FAQs, which is available via the organisation’s website’s main page.

A round-up of news and events from around the trade.

John Dixon of Scotland’s Georgian Antiques has become the new vice chairman of dealer association LAPADA.

Previously held in a purpose-built marquee in Berkeley Square every autumn, the trade association’s showpiece fair has not taken place since 2019 because of coronavirus restrictions.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic many LAPADA members turned their attention to the web, says the trade association’s CEO Freya Simms.

LAPADA tries partnership with a different kind of fair amid latest trade challenges

The argument for LAPADA and BADA merger.

More than 20 LAPADA dealers have signed up to take stands at The Game Fair this summer.

When Freya Simms presented at a European art market conference in late January, forecasting what dealers should expect in 2021, the LAPADA chief executive illustrated her slides with an image of someone dragging a ball of red tape up the hill.