Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Scottish scene stars in selection of Modern British pictures in Petworth
04 December 2023'Landscape and Figures' by Archibald McGlashan (1888-1980) is among the highlights at Ottocento’s Modern British art exhibition.
Gallery brings out the colourful side of the Middle Ages
04 December 2023From 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' to 'The Last Duel', films nearly always depict the Middle Ages as dark, dingy and beset by bad weather.
Indulge your wanderlust with two travel poster exhibitions
04 December 2023London poster specialist stages two shows – one held in an embassy
Specialist promotes folk art of the future
27 November 2023Antiques-dealer-turned-artist Tom Hickman is the focus of this winter’s exhibition at Robert Young.
Sculpture dealer goes back to Victorian values
27 November 2023Sculpture dealer Willoughby Gerrish is using London Art Week (LAW) as a chance to launch another branch of his business.
Tan takes deserved break
27 November 2023Dr Leng Tan is retiring after 22 years working at Simon Ray, a specialist in Indian & Islamic works of art.
The web shop window: Picture of four ‘gossiping’ hats
27 November 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Olympia: a spirited showing
27 November 2023Among the highlight sales reported at the Art & Antiques Fair Olympia was a Japanese bronze of a carp.
Book features the best of Barton
27 November 2023Dealer Miles Barton is looking back over 20 years of selling portraits with a book featuring some of his best discoveries and an exhibition of more examples.
Clocks show in East Sussex: Would you Adam and Eve it…
27 November 2023An automaton brass dial longcase clock by Richard Comber of Lewes (1742-1824) is one of the highlights at an exhibition in the clockmaker’s hometown devoted to Adam and Eve.
Ancient and modern works united at Forge and Lynch
27 November 2023Archaic and Contemporary works are often considered suitable bedfellows in the world of modern collecting, and buyers may find both at Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch’s next exhibition.
Dealer says stumpwork panel ‘of outstanding cultural significance’
20 November 2023A dealer who bought a piece of 17th century stumpwork at the Robert Kime sale believes it may hold more significance for the history of race and gender than initially understood.
Collector Interview: Eyes of the world are on this special collection of maps
20 November 2023For Helen Sunderland-Cohen collecting is a family business. The Sunderland Collection was launched by her father, and several years ago she came on board.
5 Questions with Oliver Brooke-Walder
20 November 2023Oliver Brooke-Walder deals in art from the 16th century to the present in London.
Greek textiles wow on Pall Mall
20 November 2023A near pair of Rhodian bed curtains were among the highlight sales at Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch’s recent exhibition 'Four Rivers from Eden: Works of Art and Paintings from the Islamic & Indian World'.
Miniatures shine in Emma Rutherford's show
20 November 2023Emma Rutherford, the portrait miniature specialist formerly of Philip Mould who went solo earlier this year, is holding her second pop-up exhibition this week.
Back in Birmingham for a new NEC fair
20 November 2023Dealers hail return to Midlands venue a year after closure of popular Antiques for Everyone events
Dealer news in brief including the BADA Friends Prize
13 November 2023A round up of news across art and antiques dealers
Price helped by ‘voice beyond the grave’
13 November 2023A first edition, first impression presentation of WB Yeats’ first book, Mosada (1886), was among the standout sales at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair.
First come, first served: Antiquities specialist Charles Ede's latest show
13 November 2023Antiquities specialist Charles Ede releases its online Christmas catalogue at noon on November 15.