Organisations

Britain will be the first nation to have an online catalogue of every publicly owned sculpture. Art UK has announced a plan to digitise images of Britain's 170,000 publicly owned sculptures by 2020.

Gin, jewels and gems were the order of the night at the first Killik & Co and LAPADA event this week.

Michael Gove MP has said he would reconsider introducing a pledge for a total ivory ban.

Art and antiques trade associations are preparing to “forge new relationships” with the incoming government, in particular relating to the trade of antiques containing ivory.

Victoria Borwick, Conservative candidate for Kensington and president of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association, has lost her seat to Labour after a third recount by a margin of just 20 votes.

Two antiquarian book fairs held by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) kicked off Rare Books London last week. The ABA’s London International Antiquarian Book ran from June 1-3 and the PBFA’s London International Premier Fair ran from June 1-2. Here, ATG takes you on a journey through the two west London events.

A view of Venice by Michele Marieschi (1710-44) which was seized by the Nazis in 1940 will be offered at Sotheby’s this summer following an agreement over a longstanding restitution claim.

‘Journées Marteau’, the annual national initiative aimed at promoting the world of auctions across France, takes place this weekend.

The Conservative's 2017 manifesto launched this morning was dominated by Brexit, social care, education and cyber security but was without the party's intentions on controlling the UK ivory trade. This is in contrast to the 2015 version, which pledged an outright ban on trade in ivory.

Conservative peer and former environment minister Lord de Mauley is to become chairman of LAPADA, the Association of Art & Antiques Dealers.