News in Brief

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a £1.57bn fund being made available by the UK government for commercial arts businesses, which include art and antiques galleries and fairs.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a gallery in Madrid selling five works to The Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a discovery made by metal detectorists that has been described as of national significance for archaeology.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sunbury Antiques Market, organiser of the bi-weekly Kempton Park Racecourse fair, launching a trial Sunday event in Wimbledon.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including auction house Flints expanding into the fine jewellery market.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Frieze London and Frieze Masters fairs being cancelled this year.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a pair of Celtic hounds sculptures being temporarily prevented leaving the UK by the government.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Christie's merging its Impressionist and Modern Art and Contemporary Art teams.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the arrest of antiquities dealers and experts in Paris relating to looted Middle Eastern artefacts.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the sale of a letter by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin in Paris.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the highest individual price for a painting sold at an auction so far during the international lockdown at Sotheby's.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Star Wars action figure droid from 'The Empire Strikes Back' making over 50-times estimate.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the National Gallery in London taking ownership of pictures by Jean-Etienne Liotard, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Thomas Lawrence.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Sotheby's launching “a silent auction combining the discretion of a private sale with the dynamism of an auction” in Hong Kong.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including 'Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair 2020' being cancelled and replaced with a digital version.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the theft of a collection of cameras, photographs and accessories put together by a private collector for over 45 years.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Bonhams Australia planning its first live online-only auction on May 13 which focuses on Asian art.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including two collectors of British studio pottery bequeathing 100 pieces from their personal collection to The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Dix Noonan Webb pledging 5% of its premium for the NHS.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including Cromwell Place, the new arts hub in South Kensington, London, announcing its membership list.