NewsArt market
Secrets and lies: the role of restorers in art crime
Regulation of the conservation profession may be a start, but can it quash the “ego” that often motivates restorers-turned-forgers?
NewsArt market
'An opportunity for bargain hunters' or a waste of time? Italy relaxes stringent export laws for Old Masters and antiques worth less than €13,500
Lower-value older works and those by artists who died less than 50 years ago no longer need an export licence to leave the country—but the process can still be slow
BlogDiary
Antiques dealer launches NFT—of his 17th-century Delftware vase
NewsImports and Exports
Roman bust seized in Germany after confusion around import laws for artefacts in transit
The bronze was taken because German law requires archaeological objects have export licences from the country of origin—but it was only travelling through to Austria from the US
AnalysisArt market
Dealers mix it up at more international Brafa fair
Galleries are displaying different styles and cultures at the Belgian antiques fair this year
NewsIvory
UK museums lose opportunity to buy rare renaissance casket
Cabinet of curiosities cannot go to US because of tough ivory regulations
NewsArt market
UK art market recovered in 2018, with hike in exports to UAE while trade with Switzerland declines
Global art and antiques imports and exports in and out of the UK increased last year but are yet to reach the levels seen during the 2015 peak
PreviewArt market
New Lapada chief on the challenges facing middle market antiques dealers
Freya Simms speaks ahead of the tenth Lapada Art & Antiques Fair in London
NewsArt fairs
Zona Maco sister fairs return one year on from Mexico earthquake
Events dedicated to photographs, antiques, crafts and curiosities offer niche disciplines for collectors
NewsLaw
Top experts dispute Italian police claims about seized ‘antiquities’
“I cannot imagine where a terracotta life-size horse head could come from in antiquity,” a specialist says
NewsArt market
Kraemer brothers among six charged over allegedly fake Louis XIV furniture
Laurent and Olivier Kraemer charged with organised fraud and money laundering in ongoing investigation over so-called "fake Boulles"
NewsLooting
Scotland Yard joins global crackdown on looted pharaonic antiquities
The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects
NewsIvory
What items will be exempt from the UK's tough new ivory ban?
British dealers have been awaiting the government's announcement—but questions remain how the new regulations will be implemented
NewsArt market
Dreweatts 1759 buys struggling Mallett for £100,000 from Stanley Gibbons
London and New York antiques dealership will now form new private sales division of UK auctioneer Dreweatts, based in Berkshire and Pall Mall
NewsLooted art
Islamic State's looting of antiquities is rising but hard facts remain scarce
Experts question the reported size of illicit trade, particularly as the number of fake artefacts increases
NewsArt market
Dreweatts and Bloomsbury get new owner
Art advising and valuations firm Gurr Johns steps in, citing "huge opportunities" in London auction market's lower levels
ArchiveAuctions
Doyle New York gets playful with 'attic treasures' sale
With toys and trains galore, the April sale will appeal to the child in everyone
ArchiveArt theft
Indonesian antiquities thefts show no sign of abating
Fakes left in place of stolen artefacts in elaborate webs of deceit
ArchiveFakes & copies
Difficult timing for autumn fairs in New York as financial crisis hits home
Allegations of “fake” antiques further undermine confidence
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Prince of Liechtenstein to sell hundreds of works of art at Christie's
April auction will include paintings as well as antiques
ArchiveArt market
New York Americana week report: High prices for Colonial, Federal and Native American wares
Collectors seek top antiques in a market with a dwindling supply
ArchiveAntiques
Going...going...is the traditional antique gallery dying?
Dealers race to sell stock at auction as buying tastes change
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Prince of Liechtenstein buys Badminton Cabinet for over £19 million
The finest piece of 18th-century Florentine craftsmanship will go on public show in his Vienna museum this year
ArchiveFrançois Pinault
Pinaults face controversy over antique table at auction
Following €1.23 million bid over writing desk
ArchiveNazi Germany
Solid gold, fake Celtic cauldron found in lake
If deemed a Nazi object, it belongs to the Bavarian State
ArchiveArt dealers
Veteran dealer, Richard Philp on why young collectors aren’t buying antiques
“Dealers must overcome the interior decorator mentality”
ArchiveArt market
BADA Survey shows 2000 was an excellent year for dealers
Highest ever turnover for members
ArchiveParis Biennale
Themed shows in the Paris antique shops during the Biennale
Renaissance jewels (and a master faker revealed), maiolica, Empire and eighteenth-century French lacquer furniture, the life of women between Orient and Europe, Art Deco, Finnish painting, the Brueghels and art from Oceania
ArchiveArt fairs
A marked improvement at Grosvenor House and Olympia
Collectors from all over the world turned up with lots of money and confidence—and so did the British
ArchiveAntique dealers
The life of Goro Sakamoto part IV
The distinguished antique dealer recounts how he became a black marketeer
ArchiveTokyo
Edo-period art at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
From the ukiyo-e prints popular culture to the armour of the Shogun, this exhibition delves into the many strands of Edo period art and culture
ArchiveAntiques
London and Provincial Antique Dealers Association’s annual show report: Grosvenor House size, Olympia prices
Affordable, good quality and diverse, it brings in all sorts
ArchiveTefaf Basel
TEFAF Basel proves a strong venue for antiquities dealers
Second fair surpasses first in sales for certain subjects
ArchiveArt market
Results were mixed at the Czech Republic's first international sale of art and antiques
Dorotheum held its first sale there on 11 November. Results were mixed
ArchiveFakes & copies
German electronics engineer opens fakes museum in Milan
Gottfried Matthaes explains that his family fakes gave him the idea