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 Jacques Charles’ Représentation du globe aerostatique

Flights of fantasy – Bonhams to offer collection dedicated to airborne experiments

15 February 2017

A French collection comprising 70-lots documenting historical attempts at achieving flight will be offered at Bonhams on March 1.

Bryars

April business rates hike to hit dealers in London and Cotswolds the hardest

14 February 2017

Shop owners in London and the south of England are facing a significant increase in business rates when bills arrive in April.

Book

Rare book trade hit by shocking £2m theft

13 February 2017

The antiquarian book trade has suffered one of its biggest-ever thefts after an audacious robbery in west London.

Parmigianino

Export bar issued for Parmigianino from Sudeley Castle bought by Getty Museum

10 February 2017

An oil painting by Parmigianino has been barred from export in the hope £24.5m can be raised to keep it in the UK.

van Gogh bedroom

Van Gogh Museum unveils new high-tech print series in London

09 February 2017

The Van Gogh Museum has unveiled a series of prints of nine works by the great artist recreated with three-dimensional technology.

Cromwell Place

Council gives green light for Kensington townhouses to become galleries

08 February 2017

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A have got the approval from Kensington and Chelsea Council.

Paul Nash book cover

Paul Nash book designs go on show in London and offered for sale

08 February 2017

Followers of Paul Nash (1889-1946) are getting another opportunity to view his works in London this month.

Conference

Ethics code and transparency are key in protecting image of art market

08 February 2017

Ethics, transparency and self-regulation should be the focus for the art trade to protect against reputational risk.

Frans Hals portrait

Sotheby's and dealer Mark Weiss head to court in Old Master dispute over Frans Hals portrait

06 February 2017

Sotheby’s has begun legal action against dealer Mark Weiss over the sale of a Frans Hals painting that it now believes to be “undoubtedly a forgery”. However Weiss said he will "contest the claim vigorously".

Parliament

Ivory trade debate intensifies with second parliamentary meeting

06 February 2017

A parliamentary debate is to be held this afternoon in the House of Commons' Westminster Hall ahead of the launch of a government consultation.

Aurora Australis from Shackleton’s National Antarctic Expedition

Example of the first book printed in Antarctica sells for £55,000

03 February 2017

A rare copy of the first book printed in Antarctica has sold for £55,000 at Bonhams.

Cromwell Place

Kensington arts hub gets backing from industry figures ahead of planning decision

03 February 2017

Plans to create art galleries and premises for dealers in townhouses near the V&A will go before Kensington and Chelsea Council next week.

Pimlico Road

Legal challenge launched to stop redevelopment of Pimlico Road galleries and historic timber yard

02 February 2017

Plans for the closure of galleries and the redevelopment of a Victorian timber yard in Pimlico Road is facing a fresh legal challenge.

Glyn Cywarch

Lord Harlech's Kennedy letters and a painting by Queen Elizabeth I’s portraitist go to auction

01 February 2017

Intimate letters from a recently widowed Jackie Kennedy and a painting by Queen Elizabeth I’s portraitist are among the lots being auctioned from Lord Harlech’s estate. After inheriting Glyn Cywarch, the family house and grounds in Talsarnau, Gwynedd in Wales on the death of his father in February, Jasset Ormsby Gore, now the seventh Lord Harlech, decided to put his film production career on hold to focus on the estate. To fund the upkeep of the Grade II-listed property he made the decision to auction off 400 lots at Bonhams on March 29.

LOPF looking

Applications open for museums’ print fair acquisitions prize

31 January 2017

UK museums and galleries have the chance to add to this print collection this year with the help of an award at the London Original Print Fair (LOPF).

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When auctioneers kept calm and sales carried on despite wartime bombing

23 January 2017

Keep Calm and Carry On is the now famous instruction from the Second World War thanks to a plethora of copycat items inspired by the poster which was never officially issued.

Burlington Arcade

Traditional tenants of Burlington Arcade hope for a sympathetic new owner as it goes up for sale

23 January 2017

Tenants of Mayfair’s Burlington Arcade are bracing themselves for change as Britain’s oldest shopping arcade is put up for sale.

Ceri Richards

Man charged in north London gallery theft

20 January 2017

A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a painting by Welsh modern artist Ceri Richards from Belsize Park gallery Sylvester Fine Art and will be tried later this month.

S Franses

Tapestry dealer S Franses in court to defend right to stay in St James’s gallery

19 January 2017

St James’s textile specialist S Franses is this week in court fighting for the right to stay in its gallery in central London.

Bruton Street

Jewellery dealer SJ Phillips to make Mayfair’s Bruton Street its new home

17 January 2017

Antique jewellery dealer SJ Phillips is moving out of Bond Street next month to a second floor of Bruton Street in Mayfair.

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