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A tale of two cities unveils two masterpieces in one and pure gold in the other
FABRIZIO Moretti currently holds two very different exhibitions in his New York and London galleries, and in different ways both are a bold move. Until June 7 at their sixth annual exhibition of ...
A royal appointment adds further gloss to the glamour of Masterpiece
AS with every fair the main attractions at Masterpiece London should be the works for sale around the stands but the organisers are also hoping to woo the crowds with a very special exhibit there o...
Forty years in the art business and still adding to his stable
BELGIAN artist Joseph Lacasse (1894-1975), a pioneer of abstraction, had his last London exhibition 40 years ago at the Drian Galleries, just at the time young dealer Adrian Mibus founded Whitford ...
Top fairs in London and Hong Kong come together in an historic promotional pact
EAST meets West twice in the coming months as two major international fairs on opposite sides of the world team up in what looks like an enterprising partnership. London’s Masterpiece and Fine Art...
Summer spotlight on Caulfield in three capital shows
JUNE in London may be the month for antiques fairs but this year on the London art scene it is also very much the month of the popular and influential Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005). From June 5 to...
New Book Week speaks volumes about the benefits of fair cooperation
BIBLIOPHILES can look forward to a new chapter in the story of the London bookscape as London Book Fair Week is launched next month from June 8 to 16 with no less than seven events in nine days ded...
After four decades and some sticky patches Olympia is still a welcome flag waver for June in London
WHEN it comes to antiques fairs a number of cities have their season and for London it is June. June in London has been an international destination for buyers since the now departed Grosvenor Hous...
London fair demonstrates the enduring pull of Print power
LONG a London art world institution but never staid and more popular than ever, The London Original Print Fair will be held for the 28th year at the Royal Academy, W1 from April 25 to 28. This is...
Calder’s memorable mobiles set the Pace at Burlington Gardens
FROM April 19 to June 7 leading contemporary art gallery Pace London hold a comprehensive exhibition of some 50 important works by Alexander Calder (1898-1976), one of the most acclaimed and lastin...
High Society glam and glitz set to light up Kensington Gardens
PROBABLY the most iconic and glamorous society jewellery designer of the 1960s and 1970s, the late Andrew Grima included Jackie Onassis, Estee Lauder, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon among his c...
Bumper sales at Masterpiece help Mallett climb back into the black
TOP Mayfair antiques dealers Mallett continue their climb back to profitability as chairman Lord Daresbury announced improved figures for 2012 with a loss before tax of £0.1m on an unchanged group ...
Tomasso Brothers celebrate a good Maastricht opening with the opening of a suitably elegant new gallery in St. James’s
Over recent years Leeds-based Tomasso Brothers have made quite a splash on the international fairs circuit with their spectacular and well-presented fine sculpture, and by the second day of their ...
Trinity mark their Maastricht launch with one man at the helm
LITTLE wonder art dealer Steven Beale looked pleased at his stand, Trinity House Paintings, at TEFAF Showcase, the one-off shop window for young dealers at Maastricht which gives a flavour of showi...
Cork Street gallery defies the developers and move up to a new Mayfair address
THIS is turning out to be quite a year, if a busy one, for Cork Street, Mayfair 20th century and contemporary art dealers Waterhouse & Dodd. Regulars at Maastricht, they come to TEFAF after ...
Vanderven looks to the Orient as Maastricht veterans enter a new era
THIS month’s 26th staging of TEFAF Maastricht heralds a new era for a Dutch dealership which has been with the world’s top fair since the beginning as Floris van der Ven (pictured) officially takes...
A centenary celebration of a photographer who is never out of fashion
ONE of the most important, famous and influential photographers of the last century was born 100 years ago and London photography dealer Chris Beetles marks the occasion with a selling exhibition ‘...
Haunch of Venison quit the fair but bow out of business with a last hurrah at Maastricht
AS you enter this month’s TEFAF Maastrict you will be greeted by an installation impossible to ignore, a huge colourful sculpture entitled Mary Poppins by the Portuguese contemporary artist Joana ...
Commissions get a shop window among the art dealers of St. James’s
NOWADAYS the fine art business is one of buying and selling paintings and sculpture but there was a time, till not too long ago, when artists largely relied on commissions to make a living. Perhap...
A masterpiece as big as the Ritz
UNDISCOVERED masterpieces often turn up in the most insalubrious places, dusty attics and forgotten storerooms are favourites, but the recent unearthing of a previously unrecorded painting by Charles...
West country watercolours add to the allure of a typically English day out in Chelsea
TEFAF may be the only show in town in Holland but as I said last month there is another notable show in London around the same time, the BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair which runs from March 13 t...
PAD Paris emphasises the tribal element in its annual display of 20th century design
OVER the past six years Paris organiser Patrick Perrin has made an increasing impact on the London autumn fairs scene with his chic and stylish Pavilion of Art & Design (PAD) in Berkeley Square...
Gifted Australian comic actor accepts a serious new role in the international book trade
MULTI-talented Australian comedian, actor, artist and writer Barry Humphries (above) has been appointed Patron of Honour by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers in recognition of his...
Founders bring their successful Hong Kong formula to Olympia as London hosts another Modern art fair
JUST six weeks after the hugely popular and long-established London Art Fair in Islington, London launches a new event to cater for the burgeoning demand for Modern and Contemporary art, and there ...
New London art trade initiative proves three into one will go
MASTER Paintings Week and Master Drawings London, both established events in the summer calendar, have come together and added sculpture dealers in a joint venture called London Art Week to run fro...
Masterpiece creates new management position to oversee global branding
MORE changes, or rather additions, to the senior management structure at London’s luxury art and antiques fair Masterpiece as Nazy Vassegh (pictured) moves into the newly-created position of chief...
Historic carpet designed for Notre Dame takes the floor at Maastricht
THOSE with even the remotest interest in art and antiques are aware that the world’s greatest fair in the field, TEFAF Maastricht, will be held in the Dutch city next month. There is no question o...
Tribal weavings and exotic rugs make for a unique gathering in deepest Marylebone
WHILE there are specialist fairs for antiquities, tribal art and ceramics I can’t think of one that caters exclusively for rugs and textiles, possibly the last was the Hali fair at Olympia which s...
BRAFA plays to its local strengths but finally gets global attention after ten years at Tour & Taxis
WITH 58 stagings the annual Brussels Antiques & Fine Art Fair, more commonly known as BRAFA, is Europe’s longest-running antiques event but the latest edition from January 19 to 27 was the most...
Moretti Fine Art at TEFAF Maastricht
An extraordinarily rare 14th century panel by a follower of Giotto (c.1270-1337) is among the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Italian paintings and works of art to be shown by Moretti Fine Art at T...
Masterpiece London appoints Nazy Vassegh as Chief Executive
Masterpiece London has appointed Nazy Vassegh as Chief Executive with immediate effect from Monday 14 January 2013.  The role is a newly created position and will focus on building, developing...
A contemporary focus on the most ancient Tibetan traditions
WITH their distinctive blending of Classical and contemporary Asian, particularly Himalayan art Rossi & Rossi have been leading London dealers for years. With her classical background Anna Mar...
Putting on the glitz in deepest Battersea
IF you fancy a relaxed, chic and friendly fair to banish the winter blues then straight after the London Art Fair I suggest another event with a personality all of its own just off the beaten trac...
The shifting landscape of the Palm Beach fairs scene
WHILE famously Miami has developed a vibrant international contemporary art scene, Florida is not generally a state one associates with culture and the art trade. And certainly one would not have ...
Thrilling Islington art fair celebrates a quarter century
JANUARY is a relatively quiet month in London but there is one notable exception, The London Art Fair which traditionally kick starts the UK art year with a phenomenally successful and buzzing even...
Brafa’13 – The power of 10!
Tour & Taxis - from 19th to 27th January 2013www.brafa.be   One hundred and twenty-eight exhibitors from twelve countries, around twenty specialist areas spanning several millennia of ar...
Leading London dealer in the field a major backer of RA’s British landscape show
Among the London luminaries taking part in Master Drawings New York is Clifford Street, Mayfair dealer Lowell Libson, who is also on the organising committee of Master Drawings London. Mr Libson (...
Showcased dealers can make the jump from a one-off guest appearance to a permanent place at the table
INITIATED in 2008, TEFAF Showcase is now an established feature of Maastricht, and since it is (almost) every dealer’s dream to participate in the world’s top fair it was laudable to give recently ...
Damascus gallery survives in a war zone and continues its global expansion
WITH daily news of turmoil and bloodshed in the Middle East it is hard to imagine in some countries that anyone thinks of anything else, let alone contemporary art. But the art trade has a knack o...
Mallet help BADA celebrate in style at their palatial new Dover Street home
ON the evening of November 3 I attended the always convivial Christmas party hosted by the British Antique Dealers’ Association, a civilized but jolly affair this year much enhanced by its surroun...
Mysteries of hidden Rome in focus at Islington fair and Bond Street exhibition
JANUARY will be a busy time for The Fine Art Society. They are at the Winter Antiques Show in New York late in the month and from January 16 to 20 stand at The London Art Fair in Islington where th...
Drawing discerning art lovers to a busy month in New York
WITH the exception of Art Basel Miami early in the month, and numerous selling exhibitions with an eye on the Christmas gift market, December is when the international trade winds down before the a...
Leading London Secessionist and Expressionist dealer entrusted with the sale of one of the great collections in his field.
ONE of the world’s most important private collections of 20th century German and Austrian art, The Silverman Collection, is on exhibition and sale until November 24 at Richard Nagy’s Mayfair galle...
Masterpiece fixes the dates but already some of the big players have booked their place at the fair
DATES have been announced for next summer’s fourth Masterpiece London which returns to the South Grounds of The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, SW3 from June 27 to July 3 with a glam £100 preview on June ...
Winter at Olympia remains an old fashioned Christmas treat
LIKE it or not, in the UK a sure sign that winter is here and Christmas not too far away is the Winter Fine Art & Antiques Fair which runs for the 22nd year at Olympia in West London until Nov...
A personal look at the Chinese art world through the eyes of the man who knows it best
AS I predicted last month, Eskenazi’s exhibition of Qing porcelain from a private collection proved a highlight of Asia Art in London and at Open Night in Mayfair the Clifford Street gallery’s rec...
After impressing London Jorge Welsh takes his Biscuit show back to his Portuguese roots
Well received at Kensington’s Open Night at Asian Art in London was Jorge Welsh’s handsome exhibition ‘Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte wares’ at his Kensington Church Street gallery. Famill...
Excellent feedback on MasterArt’s Directory of the World’s Leading Art and Antique Dealers
First distributed at the Masterpiece London private preview last June, followed by the Benefactors Gala at the Hermitage Palace in Saint Petersburg a few days later, the 26th Bien...
Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares, exhibiting at Jorge Welsh gallery, Lisbon, 17 November – 8 December, 2012
An important group of famille verte biscuit wares will be exhibited by Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain and Works of Art, from the 17th of November to the 8th of December, 2012 at Jorge Welsh galler...
Eskenazi again poised to be Qing of London Asian festival
FROM November 1 to 10 the international market for Asian works of art will be firmly centred on the UK where for the 15th year Asian Art in London will be celebrated by the trade, auction houses and ...
Art of the ancient world is on a Swiss roll
ANTIQUITIES are one of the hot areas of the market as more and more collectors recognise the academic, aesthetic and purely decorative appeal of items from the world’s oldest cultures. Switzerland...
Masterpiece funds the restoration of a 17th century Flemish masterwork
ANOTHER example of the trade aiding museums can be seen here with the recent unveiling of the newly conserved ‘Allegory of Fruitfulness’ by Flemish master Jacob Jordaens in the freshly refurbished ...
From the slums of Calcutta to the salons of Mayfair
Mallett are known as top dealers in European furniture and could hardly be described as Asian specialists, but they make a contribution to Asian Art in London when from November 1 to 10 at their Do...
The London duo who brought vetting to America stage the flagship fair where it all began
FOCUSED on the Biennale, September saw the international art world turning to Paris, then in early October with Frieze Week the action moved to London, but later in October it is New York which ta...
Perrin brings all his Parisian flair to his Berkeley Square fair
AT the LAPADA fair’s Berkeley Square preview there were comments that this was “the smartest fair in town”. Well, perhaps it was until Patrick Perrin’s Pavilion of Art & Design moved into the...
In their contemporary way Frieze have mastered the art of the past
FOR the past ten years I have been out of the country at the time of the Frieze art fair in Regents Park so this year was the first time I have seen what is truly an art world sensation. I visite...
London portraits dealer introduces a Prince of Wales to a wider public
FOR years there was a tendency for the museum world to keep the trade at arm’s length, which is rather foolish for arguably there is as much expertise among specialist dealers as among curators. But...
Oceanic art expert spreads the word from the Australian outback to Hoxton Square
With the ever increasing admiration for things tribal, Oceanic art is getting its fair share of attention, but you do not see that much early Australian work on the market. So expect an eager rece...
New-look Lapada Fair is setting pulses racing in a luxury tent on Berkeley Square
MORE genuine excitement and anticipation surrounds this month’s staging of the popular LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair than at any time since its 2009 move to Berkeley Square in the heart of London’s ...
From pride of place in a Florentine palace to pride of place at the Grand Palais
AS with so many fairs much publicity for the Paris Biennale, which runs from September 14 to 23, has emphasised what are considered the sexier items on the market, like 20th century design and tribal...
Dealers devastated after an anchor of New York Asia Week bows out
NEW York’s March Asia Week has suffered a severe setback with the announcement that New York Arts of Pacific Asia, a fair launched in 1995 by Californian organisers Caskey Lees and an anchor of Asia ...
The best of British art comes back home to the Royal College
WHILE international attention will be focused on Paris this month one very British fair is worth noting, the 20/21 British Art Fair which celebrates its 25th anniversary from September 12 to 16 at th...
Pad London set to woo international style set with a raft of new exhibitors
MORE next month, but here is a taster for the Pavilion of Art and Design, which moves into the LAPADA marquee on Berkeley Square from October 10 to 14. With some 60 carefully chosen exhibitors this ...
London exhibitions provide an impressive window for a high spot of the high period of Mughal art
MAYFAIR specialist in Indian and Islamic art Francesca Galloway has signed up for Frieze Masters, which will run in conjunction with the hugely successful Frieze contemporary art fair in London’s Reg...
Art detective and dealer Mould back on the beat with a new television series
TELEVISION programmes involving the art and antiques trade are seldom popular with the trade itself. Antiques Roadshow has become a national UK institution and has its merits, but with the notable ex...
Roll away the Stones and see if an accomplished artist emerges
ROLLING Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has long been a megastar in the rock world but he has now reached star status in the art world and, as the Stones celebrate 50 years of rock n’ roll, Symbolic Col...
Mallett’s success with period furniture makes Masterpiece their sale of the century
AS after-sales become an ever more important feature of international fairs, often it takes months to assess just how successful an event was for an exhibitor. But less than a month after the close...
Biennale poised to balloon to new heights with Deydier and Lagerfeld at the helm
PLENTY going on in September but you can bet all eyes will be on the XXVI Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais, Paris from September 14 to 23 to see just what Christian Deydier, President of ...
A pair of Japanese screens in their own show will rock Asian Art in London
MUCH of the art world takes a sabbatical in August until the trade gets back into gear in September, but looking further ahead here is an early taster of something to relish at Asian Art in London in...
London Olympics make beach volley ball and Canaletto a most unlikely pairing
NOT often do the worlds of fine art and beach volley ball collide but take a look at this London panorama by Canaletto (1697-1768) and see if the London landmark it depicts looks familiar. If you w...
Sculptors artwork set to be a big draw at landmark show in London’s King’s Cross
A LANDMARK exhibition not to be missed by fans of both drawings and sculpture will be held at trendy Kings Place in King’s Cross, London N1 from September 1 to October 21. ‘Sculptors’ Drawings &am...
MasterArt Directory enthusiastically greeted at Masterpiece London and the Hermitage Benefactors Gala Evening in Saint Petersburg
Genuine enthusiasm best sums up the reaction received for MasterArt’s first edition of its print Directory, distributed at the Masterpiece London private preview on June 26th. The artistically design...
AFTER three editions Masterpiece is living up to its name and adding substance to style
IT is always difficult to assess the success, or otherwise, of an international fair less than a week after it has closed; clients may take some weeks before they clinch a deal initiated at the fair ...
PLENTY of sheer luxury but Masterpiece proves that as an antiques fair it reaches the parts other UK fairs can’t reach
WHILE Masterpiece, with justification, prides itself on breaking the mould of conventional antiques fairs by highlighting luxury goods alongside more mainstream items, when it came to actual sales th...
Colourful Scottish Colourist finally poised to move out of the shadows with his own show
MUCH in demand, the stock of the four Scottish Colourist painters has never been higher but the work of one of them, Leslie Hunter (1877-1931), has always been overshadowed by his three Fellow Colour...
ST. JAMES’S modern art gallery celebrate their ruby anniversary with a Manhattan reunion
DUKE Street, St. James’s, London specialists in 20th century works Whitford Fine Art celebrate 40 years in business this year and mark the anniversary with a return to New York in October. After a ...
SIMPLY a Masterclass in bringing in exactly the right people - and keeping them happy
ABOVE all, a fair is a marketplace but at the top international events there must also be an element of glitz, glamour and, like it or not, celebrities. Well known names may be gossip column fodder ...
Pimlico gallery has 20th century special designs on Paris’s Left Bank
NOTED 20th century design specialists Erik Müllendorff and Philippe Rapin have not let any talk of recession or eurozone meltdown hold them back. Belgian Erik (pictured above left with his partner)...
Jeweller to the stars of today sets up shop at London’s most historic shopping arcade
LONDON-based international jewellery designer Theo Fennel is having a busy July. He manned a chic stand at Masterpiece and later this month opens a new shop in Burlington Arcade, a haven of luxury sh...
Van Haeften keeps it in the family as London celebrates Master Paintings Week
IF you are a fine art lover you will be aware that Masterpiece is not the only show in town at the end of June. Indeed, there will be a host of other shows around Mayfair and St. James’s when from ...
Olympia climbs back to its old heights
ON June 7 I spent some hours at the preview of the Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair and after some shaky years I am delighted to report it is back to top form. Omens were good l...
Hong Kong organiser shows the West how it is done
WESTERN fair organisers have long tried to exploit the emerging Asian, particularly Chinese market, generally with little success. But an international fair which is going from strength to stren...
London’s oldest botanical garden to host some of the best of contemporary sculpture
LONDON is particularly blessed with green spaces but one of the most delightful is among the least known, the Chelsea Physic Garden, founded in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries as a h...
Venerable Japanese screens and monumental pottery made yesterday offered in the shadow of Prince Albert
LAST month I eulogised about the dream setting of Brian and Anna Haughton’s Art Antiques London in a marquee next to the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, SW7. But as you can see when it op...
Far from sketchy, West End art dealers mount shows which will prove a big draw this summer
IT is not just paintings which bring curators and collectors to St. James’s and Mayfair this month, overlapping with Master Paintings Week is the longer-established Master Drawings London which wil...
Tribal gathering in the heart of Mayfair
Tribal art has been hot on the market for some time, and little surprise. It ticks all the right boxes in that it can be academic, sculptural or just decorative. But it is a niche market and can...
Marino does not just collect bronzes, now he makes them
WORLD renowned architect and designer Peter Marino is said to have redefined modern luxury with his award-winning work for the likes of Chanel and Louis Vuitton, but in connoisseurial circles he is...
It is not just diamonds are forever as top Mayfair furniture dealers celebrate 60 years in business
IT is not just Her Majesty who is enjoying a Diamond Jubilee this year, Ronald Phillips Ltd, London’s top dealer in the best 18th century English furniture, also celebrates 60 years in business. S...
Frieze appeal may be contemporary but now it stretches back to antiquity
WHEN the Frieze contemporary art fair was launched in London’s Regent’s Park almost a decade ago it was not to everyone’s taste, but it proved a sensation and straight away became an international ...
Masterpiece may still be about luxury but this year its marketing adds substance to its style
SINCE the untimely, but not in retrospect unfortunate, demise of the venerable Grosvenor House fair in 2009 there has been a sea change in the dynamics of the London summer fairs scene. Masterpiec...
Already London’s top fair Masterpiece recruits the world’s top art dealer to play a mystery role this year
FROM Maastricht to New York and Paris, cities have their annual antiques and art moments and traditionally in June the focus is on London. I have mentioned there are three major London summer fai...
The Belles of St. Trinians ring out joyously in St. James’s
WITH an exhibition ‘Ronald Searle Remembered’ St. James’s art dealer Chris Beetles, London’s premier specialist in cartoons, pays tribute to the man considered by many the greatest cartoonist of th...
Sometimes opening the shop every morning means crossing continents
I note that Moretti Fine Art have their fifth exhibition of Italian Old Masters at their gallery on East 80th Street in New York until May 25, but then I see they move ‘Seicento Fiorentino: Sacred...
Sophie demonstrates her sculptural strengths with a muscular work out at the Sladmore
IF you live in London you will have been reminded all year that the two events which dominate this summer are the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and then in late July the Olympics. There have been plenty...
Haughtons return with a gold standard fair for serious collectors in a dream setting in Kensington Gardens
ALTHOUGH London-based, Brian and Anna Haughton really established their international reputation as top organisers with their New York fairs. They introduced strict vetting to the Manhattan fairs...
Olympia back to its best as it ushers in the summer fairs season in London
WITH three major fairs, The Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair, Art Antiques London and Masterpiece, London’s summer fairfest looks stronger than ever this year and first up is the...
Master Paintings Week London - 29 June to 6 July 2012
 Now established as one of the key art events in the summer calendar, Master Paintings Week is a collaboration between twenty-three leading galleries and three auction houses. This week of exhib...
Three decades in the business are brought to book
MANHATTAN-based, Dutch-born Old Masters specialist Bob Haboldt celebrates his 30 years in the business in some style at the end of this month with the publication of Singular Vision. Haboldt & Co...
Monumental sculpture provides the finishing touch to luxury property development
COMMERCIAL concerns are well aware of the kudos and potential profitability of commissioning works of art and London property developers Northacre and Minerva certainly have enhanced the market profi...
The Queen of Op Art set to dazzle at museum-class gallery shows
LONDON shows by Freud, Hockney and Hirst may have captured the headlines but it is not just museums who mount what are in effect museum-class exhibitions. To mark 50 years since iconic artist Bridge...
Leading New York art dealer bucks the economic trend with two new five-storey spaces
TIMES may be tough but, as has been often said, when the going gets tough the tough get going. Very much the case with New York dealer David Zwirner, 47 and considered one of the most powerful playe...
TEFAF Maastricht 25th Anniversary
IN the month when the cream of the world’s trade, collectors, curators and decorators head for the small Dutch city of Maastricht, congratulations are due for all associated with TEFAF Maastricht at ...
A reshuffle in the boardroom as the chairman steps down to take on a more creative role at Masterpiece
SPECTACULAR, ultra-smart London fair Masterpiece may have established itself as the UK’s premier art and antiques attraction, and indeed attained world-ranking status in just two stagings but far fro...
End of an era as Mallett move out of Bond Street and look to the future in a bishop’s palace
FOR over a century Mallett, one of the oldest established antiques dealers in the world, have been a Bond Street institution but since late February things have changed. They have left their landma...
The rise and rise of Yorkshire’s Tomasso Brothers as they bring their sculpture to Maastricht
OVER the past five years Yorkshire-born and based European sculpture specialists Tomasso Brothers Fine Art have increasingly upped their profile culminating this month with their first TEFAF Maastric...
Top London galleries help fund academic show at Courtauld
IN the past there has been some unfounded animosity toward dealers getting involved with museum shows, one charge being that the dealers are just cosying up to the institutions. And there was a time ...
UK art trade fights back as EU extends the tax burden of Droit de Suite to include the estates of dead artists
BATTLING the worst economic turmoil in generations, to say the art trade has found it tough going is an understatement. But the burden most vexing UK dealers in modern and contemporary art is not dow...
Carlton Hobbs makes debut at TEFAF Maastricht
ONE of New York’s most respected and academic period furniture and works of art dealers Carlton Hobbs makes a long overdue debut at this year’s TEFAF Maastricht and as we have seen from his stands in...
The godfather of English pop art pops up at the London Print Fair to celebrate his 80th birthday
FANS of pop art are in for a treat at the 27th London Original Print Fair when it opens at the Royal Academy on April 19 with an evening celebrating the 80th birthday and printmaking achievements of...
Winners of annual grants from the new TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund
THE first winners of annual grants from the new TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund are the Denver Art Museum in Colorado and the Rijksmusem, Amsterdam. Denver receives £26,000 to help restore a c.1736 ...
David Moss, MasterArt’s new Editorial Director
Renowned arts specialist David Moss will be treating MasterArt readers to a monthly column on the latest news in the world of art and antiques. With his40 years’ experience of incisive and inform...
MasterArt will be at TEFAF! Come and visit us at stand 819 in the Business Pavilion, directly across from the Executive Lounge
Maastricht’s Silver Jubilee: 25 years of unsurpassed choice of the best in fine art. This year’s fair, from 16th to 25th March, is sure to be a truly exceptional one, exhibiting genuine masterpieces ...
BRAFA’12, the arts gathering at the heart of Brussels
From 21st to 29th January 2012, at Tour & Taxis (www.brafa.be) Across 9 days, 122 exhibitors will represent 11 countries in over 14,000 square metres of exhibition area; thousands of exhibits, a...
CELEBRATING WITH THE BEST - RARE WORKS TO MARK TEFAF MAASTRICHT'S SILVER JUBILEE 16-25 March 2012
Helvoirt, 14 December 2011. Exhibitors at TEFAF Maastricht will be bringing anextraordinary array of rare and beautiful works of art as The European Fine Art Faircelebrates its Silver Jubilee at the ...
The International fine art and antique dealers Show, October 21-27
Preview Party For The Society Of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Thursday Evening, October 20th 2011.  A spellbinding mix of the highest quality art and antiques is the hallmark of A...
Monet pastel to be unveiled at ‘From Constable to Cézanne | Inaugural Exhibition by Trinity House Paintings NY’
Private view 6:30-9PM October 19, 2011Exhibition October 20-27, 2011 24 East 64th Street, New York Trinity House Paintings, will unveil Claude Monet’s ‘Waterloo Bridge’ at the private view of their...
Tomasso Brothers Fine Art at The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show 21 to 27 October 2011
Major pieces of European sculpture will be presented by Tomasso Brothers Fine Art at this prestigious New York fair. The Tomasso brothers, Dino, Giovanni and Raffaello, are known for their passion ...
Paris Tableau 4 to 8 November 2011
At the heart of Europe, Paris is a cultural capital with an incomparableheritage, one of the major centres of the art market and the only city inthe world with such a rich and diverse market. For thi...
Richard Green on the Apple Store
Richard Green is an international family business of great distinction, his three galleries are in the heart of the London art world. For three generations, Richard Green has dealt in traditional and...
MANHATTAN AND MAYFAIR TRINITY HOUSE TO OPEN A NEW YORK GALLERY
Trinity House, the London-based international dealers in high quality 19th and 20th century art, are to open a gallery in New York to enable them to expand their operation in the United States. The...
A Loan Exhibition at Lowell Libson Ltd: Masterpieces of English Watercolours and Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland
23rd June to 14th July  Monday to Saturday 10 – 5 Sunday 3rd July 10 – 5 Admission free   This exhibition presents a splendid opportunity to see a selection of some of the finest ...
Master Paintings Week London - 1 to 8 July 2011
Now in its third year and established as one of the key art events in London's summer calendar, Master Paintings Week is a collaboration between twenty-three leading galleries and three auction house...
Daniel Katz to exhibit at Masterpiece 2011
Daniel Katz has been dealing in European sculpture since 1968 and is renowned for handling only the best. He blends the expertise of a connoisseur with the passion of a collector. He is p...
MASTER DRAWINGS LONDON, 1 – 8 July 2011
After celebrating its 10th anniversary last year Master Drawings London is returning once again to Mayfair, St. James's and Bloomsbury from the 1 - 8 July 2011. Twentytwo leading drawings specialists...
Bernheimer-Colnaghi to exhibit at Masterpiece London 2011
Old Masters Meet Contemporary Photographers  Bernheimer-Colnaghi will show the unusual combination of Old Master paintings and contemporary photographs at the second staging of Masterpiece Lon...
Masterpiece London 2011 set to take the world by storm
Hailed by Sir Roger Moore as “breathtaking in its execution” and crowned “by far the very best fair I have ever been to” by globally-renowned interior designer Rose Tarlow i...
Solid sales boost market confidence
Following a very strong start to TEFAF Maastricht, which takes place at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the city of Maastricht in the Southern Netherlands  between 18-2...
An extraordinary display of masterpieces at TEFAF
An extraordinary display of masterpieces will be on show at TEFAF Maastricht when the world's most influential art and antiques fair opens its doors at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Ce...
Nic Fiddian Green at Sladmore’s Bruton Place gallery
In June, Nic Fiddian Green will be showing new sculpture at Sladmore's Bruton Place gallery.  Simultaneously he will create a site specific installation piece, similar to that illustrated here, ...
Pavillon des Arts et du Design – Wednesday March 30th – Sunday April 3rd 2011
With its various editions (Paris, London, New York*), the PAD (Pavilion of Art and Design) is one of the world's largest art and design fairs. In terms of its competitors, it is without a doubt ...
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