Monumental Terrracotta Portrait Bust of Saint Paul, c.1660, by Domenico Giudi

CELEBRATING WITH THE BEST – RARE WORKS TO MARK
TEFAF MAASTRICHT’S SILVER JUBILEE
 MARCH , 2012

Helvoirt, Netherlands -  14 December 2011. Exhibitors at TEFAF Maastricht will be bringing an extraordinary array of rare and beautiful works of art as The European Fine Art Fair celebrates its Silver Jubilee at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from 16 – 25 March 2012. The renowned international specialists who exhibit at TEFAF always keep their best works of art back to show but this year they will be pulling out all the stops as TEFAF marks the 25th anniversary of its foundation. It is this insistence on quality that since 1988 has transformed TEFAF from a relatively small-scale event into the world’s most important art and antiques fair attracting collectors, curators and connoisseurs from more than 50 countries.

A tulip created especially for TEFAF will be unveiled at the Fair as part of its Silver Jubilee celebrations. Visitors to the 2012 Fair will be greeted by a spectacular new entrance hall designed for the 25th anniversary containing an astonishing light installation by the artist Leo Villareal. On the morning of Friday 16 March there will be a symposium about the changes and developments in the art market between 1988 and 2012. TEFAF is also producing a special Silver Jubilee book, has set up a Museum Restoration Fund to help institutions with restoration projects and has become the principal sponsor of the Museum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht.

Among the works to be exhibited at TEFAF 2012 will be: 8 A stunningly beautiful gold, diamond and enamel dragonfly pendant by René Lalique, the undisputed genius of Art Nouveau jewellery. This signed piece made c1903 depicts four dragonflies with green-blue enamelled legs and wings with a large oval acquamarine in its centre. It was originally purchased directly from Lalique by the glassmaker Leon Appert, the brother-in-law of the great French painter Georges Seurat. The pendant will be exhibited by Epoque Fine Jewels from Belgium.

A rare cup made from a coconut once owned by Alexander von Humboldt, the German naturalist and explorer. The silver-mounted Humboldt Cup was one of a series of works commissioned in the 17th century by Johan Maurits van Nassau, the Dutch prince and general whose residence is now the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague. It later belonged to Von Humboldt and only four comparable objects have survived, all in public collections. It will be brought to TEFAF by Kunstkammer Georg Laue of Munich.

A newly-discovered 16th century alabaster relief by the German sculptor and woodcarver Tilman Riemenschneider. The Annunciation, dating from 1515 – 1520 and measuring 32cm by 21.5cm, was intended for private devotion and strikes a balance between formal elegance and expressive strength. Riemenschneider’s work in alabaster is rare and this piece with details such as the letter from God and the Virgin’s crossed hands appears to be unique. It will be exhibited by Daniel Katz Ltd of London.

The last available work from a set of six bronzes made by the influential Mannerist sculptor Giambologna (Jean de Boulogne) in 1596 for the Eucharistic tabernacle in the Certosa del Galluzzo monastery in Florence. The other five are all in public collections or foundations in the United States and Australia. An Angel Alighting will be on the stand of Altomani & Sons from Milan.

A magnificent example of the work of Pieter Brueghel the Younger depicting peasants working in the field and resting over lunch. The Harvest, signed and dated 1621, was one of a series of paintings of the seasons of the year produced by the younger Brueghel. It brilliantly portrays the fertility of the earth amid the heat and torpor of August. The painting will be exhibited by De Jonckheere of Paris.

A unique photographic self-portrait of the painter Edgar Degas probably taken in the autumn of 1895. Degas began experimenting with photography in the 1880s, capturing scenes of everyday life from unexpected viewpoints. The intimate photograph entitled Self-portrait in his library shows him sitting by a shaded sculptural bust. This contact print is unique although two enlarged versions of this image are known in museum collections. The historic image will be shown at TEFAF by Hans P.  Kraus Jr Fine Photographs of New York.

Art, more than an Asset

TEFAF shares its view of art as more than an asset with its principal sponsor, AXA Art.   Their partnership provides art collectors with unique expertise covering the full range of risk prevention, conservation, recovery and restoration, to enable them to maintain their collections in the best possible condition. 

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Helvoirt, 11 October 2011 – TEFAF Maastricht will celebrate its Silver Jubilee when it opens at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from  March 16 – 25, 2012.  In the 25 years since The European Fine Art Fair was founded in 1988 it has established itself as the finest event of its kind in the world, changing and raising the game for the art market through an absolute commitment to quality and connoisseurship. In an age when the market has evolved rapidly into a global phenomenon it has embraced internationalism and is reaching out to emerging economies.

Visitors to TEFAF Maastricht in 2012 will be greeted by a spectacular new entrance hall designed specially for the Fair’s Silver Jubilee containing a stunning light installation. The Fair will also reveal a new logo at the 2012 edition. These are among a number of initiatives celebrating an extraordinary 25 years which have seen TEFAF transformed from a relatively small-scale event into the world’s most important art and antiques fair attracting collectors, curators and connoisseurs from more than 50 countries.

TEFAF Showcase gives recently established galleries the opportunity to participate in TEFAF Maastricht on a one-off basis and to gain experience of being part of an international fine art event. The pre-eminence of TEFAF among international art fairs has led to a long waiting list for potential exhibitors and TEFAF Showcase enables some of those keen to take part to do so for one year. It also introduces visitors to the Fair to some of the most interesting emerging galleries from around the world.

The conditions for applicants are: - The gallery or dealer should be operating at a high level in their field. - The gallery or dealer should have international standing.   The gallery or dealer must have been in business for at least three but no more than ten years.    All works of art to be exhibited will be pre-vetted.  Successful applicants will be allocated small, uniform stands in a special pavilion inside the Fair.

October 1st to the 9th, 2011

Eighty-eight fine art and antique dealers – 74 Italian and 14 foreign – will take part in the forthcoming 27th Florence International Antiques Fair, which takes place between 1-9 October 2011 in the Palazzo Corsini. Pier Luigi Pizzi will once again be responsible for the design and lay out of the Fair. Mario and Giuseppe Bellini launched the first Fair in 1959, which has gone on to become the most important Italian art exhibition in the world. As the current Secretary General of the Fair, Giovanni Pratesi says “over half a century old and still as passionate as ever”.

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MANHATTAN AND MAYFAIR

TRINITY HOUSE TO OPEN A NEW YORK GALLERY

Trinity House at 24 East 64th Street, New York

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 gallery at 24 East 64th Street in Manhattan is in the heart of New York’s Upper East Side. It is in the building occupied by Pucci, the fashion house founded by the Italian designer Emilio Pucci, and opposite the renowned art dealers Wildenstein & Co. The off-street premises has exhibition space and offices and will open in early September.

Simon Shore and Steven Beale, the sole owners of Trinity House, have appointed Philip Mezzatesta to run the New York gallery for them. “Philip is not only a good friend but is a perfect fit for our New York operation,” they said. “He has a vast experience of the New York art scene spanning 15 years and has established vital links with museum curators across the American continent. He studied art history at Columbia University,  New York and at the University of St Andrew’s in Scotland.”

Simon Shore and Steven Beale

Trinity House is particularly strong in Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern British works of art and artists exhibited recently have included Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Eugene Boudin, John Singer Sargent, Maurice de Vlaminck and Henry Moore. It was established by Shore and Beale as a response to a changing art market. They recognized that clients not only want to be offered fine works of art but also receive expert, straightforward advice on buying art and building a collection. Shore has a degree in Valuation of Fine Art and has worked in the art world for 16 years for both public and commercial galleries. Beale has been in the art trade for 13 years buying and selling internationally.

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Trinity House – London • 50 Maddox Street • London W1

A superb still life by Kees van Dongen and a unique sketch by John Singer Sargent are among the highlights of works to be exhibited by Trinity House, the international dealers in 19th and 20th century art, at Masterpiece London from 30 June to 5 July 2011. Mayfair-based Trinity House, which will shortly open another gallery on New York’s Upper East Side, is taking part in this major fair for the second time.

Bouquet de fleurs by the Dutch painter Kees van Dongen, who became an important member of the Fauves group in the early 20th century, will go on sale at Masterpiece London for a seven figure sum. The still life, which has been included in literature on both Van Dongen and the Fauves, is a magnificent example of the artist’s use of colour. Van Dongen was born near Rotterdam in 1877 and the Impressionists were an important early influence on him. He arrived in Paris in 1897 where he became a leading member of the artistic community within a few years.

Trinity House, founded by sole owners Simon Shore and Steven Beale in 2006, will also exhibit a unique sketch painted by John Singer Sargent on the reverse of a work by one of his students at the Royal Academy Schools in London. Portrait of an Italian Model was Sargent’s way of showing Jesse Marion McConnell how he felt the unknown model should be portrayed.

McConnell studied at the Schools from 1904 to 1907 where she met Sargent, who was a visiting lecturer in his capacity as a Royal Academician. Instead of trying to explain in words how best she could improve her study, he painted his own version on the other side of the canvas. The sketch is taken little further than the under-painting with the head broadly blocked in and the values of light and dark firmly established. McConnell inscribed the stretcher: ‘Painted by John S. Sargent when giving me a lesson at the Royal Academy Schools Dec 1905’.

Trinity House will exhibit the painting at Masterpiece London so that both sides can be seen and visitors can understand the artistic direction that Sargent sought to give his students. The price will be £150,000.

Masterpiece London will take place in its new setting in the South Grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 30 June to 5 July 2011. More than 150 dealers from around the world will be exhibiting art and antiques alongside premium collectors’ items such as contemporary design, classic cars and fine wine.

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Featuring 300 years of great American design: folk art, furniture, fine and decorative arts, jewelry, ceramics, silver, American arts and crafts, and American Indian art, the former American Antiques Show was considered the premier show of its kind.

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art is exhibiting a selection of nineteenth and twentieth century work by artists such as David Hockney (1937), Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833- 1898), John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), and Patrick Caulfiled (1936-2005) as well as work from The British School (1850s).

English painter Lewis portrays his vision of the orient, a work he created during his stay in Bursa in 1841 when it was a centre of the silk trade, populated by peoples of different ethnic origins hailing from the Ottoman territories in Europe.  Lowell Libson is hosting an important loan exhibition of some thirty 18th and 19th century English watercolours and drawings, which serves to highlight the holdings of the National Gallery of Scotland as well as celebrating the publication of the catalogue of the National Gallery’s English watercolours. “Masterpieces of English Watercolours and Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland” includes major landscapes and figure subjects by Blake, Turner, Girtin, Cotman, Gainsborough, Cozens, Constable, Bonington, Rowlandson, Sandby, Cox, Lewis, Palmer and Dadd.

Also exhibiting British art is W'S Fine Art, whose annual Summer Exhibition will run throughout July to coincide with Master Drawings London. Amongst the exhibits is a pencil and watercolour drawing by Paul Sandby RA (1725 -1809), entitled George Alexander Stevens and Mrs Paul Sandby.

Founder of Master Drawings London, Crispian Riley-Smith, is showing European drawings including works by Francesco Zuccarelli R.A.  (1702-1788), one of the most desired landscape painters of the classicising 18th century, as well as work by Danish academic artist Heinrich Hansen (1821-1890). Theobald Jennings is exhibiting drawings by the twentieth century German printmaker and draftsman Horst Janssen (1929–1995), while American participants Hill-Stone is bringing a variety of European work. Most notable is Two Actors Standing on an Ornamental Platform by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement as well as the waning Baroque idiom.

Agnew’s is planning to show four landscapes by Marco Ricci (1676 –1729) entitled Landscape with a Waterfall, Landscape with Horsemen, View of an Estuary with a Fishing Boat and Village in the Hills with Riders, which are characterised by their free, confident handling and inimitable use of colour. In the last decade of his life Marco Ricci produced a number of beautiful landscapes executed in tempera on vellum.

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Connoisseurs of fine jewels look forward to an eclectic and
exciting mix of exhibitors in Kensington Gardens this June.

Art Antiques London, which incorporates The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, was launched in June 2010 to wide acclaim, winning praise, in particular, for  its central location and stylish presentation. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Haughton International Fairs, which began in London with the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar in 1982.

A particularly strong theme of the fair this year is fine jewels and specialists from Europe and the UK will be showcasing an array of historic and modern gems.  New to the fair, Mayfair dealer Lucas Rarities, who specialize in period jewellery with particular emphasis on Art Deco, will be unveiling a stunning heart brooch designed by the Hollywood jeweller Paul Flato in 1938 and owned by Millicent Rogers Balcom, the Standard Oil heiress. The pavé-set gemstone heart is made up of diamonds, rubies and sapphires. The speared heart, a popular 1930s motif, has a banner reading “Verbum Carro” which roughly translates as “The Word Made Flesh”. Millicent was photographed wearing the brooch in Vogue in 1939.

Paul Flato began his career with an apprenticeship to New York jeweller Edmund Frisch. Other devotees of his work included Ginger Rogers, Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn who flocked to his storefront on Sunset Boulevard.

Granocchia Fine Art, specialists in antique and modern jewellery will be coming to Art Antiques London from Cortina d’Ampezzo in Northern Italy. They will be bringing a selection of period pieces including a 1940s Van Cleef and Arpels 18 carat white gold brooch, in the shape of a stylized leaf. Mounted with diamonds and rubies, it is a stunning example of the ‘serti mesterieux’ technique, for which they became synonymous. They will also be bringing a David Webb bracelet of two tiger headed serpents picked out in diamonds and rubies, their collars in emeralds.

The fair is delighted to welcome back Sandra Cronan Ltd in 2011. One of London's leading sources of exceptional and esoteric jewels dating from the 17th century through to the early 20th century, she will be bringing a 1925 Henel Art Deco diamond bracelet set which is mounted in platinum and an American two stone ring, set with a fine ruby and an old cut diamond. Mounted in a fine pierced platinum setting it dates from 1905. Her jewels are chosen not only for their good design and period charm but above all for their wearability.

Samina Inc was founded 12 years ago in London by Dr. Samina Khanyari, and is a long standing collaborator with Haughton Fairs. The gallery specializes in pieces reflecting the grandeur and opulence of Mughal and Deccan courts which date from the 17th to the 19th centuries. This year Samina will be bringing a Manga Malai, necklace of mangoes from Taminal Nadu in Southern India. Dating from the 19th century, it is in gold, gold set with Burmese Cabochon rubies, emeralds  and white sapphires in mango shaped units. The mangos are held in sequence by flat chains that pass through loops behind each piece.

Also from the 19th century, she will be showing an armband from the Maratha States, Western India, which is fabricated from gold, and exquisitely set in the kundun style with white sapphires and rubies.

Art Antiques London

Albert Memorial West Lawn, Kensington Gardens, Queen's Gate, Kensington

Gore, London, SW7, UK

Dates:    June 9-15, 2011 Preview:  June 8, 2011

The West Lawn is next to the The Albert Memorial and directly opposite The Royal Albert Hall.

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7389 6555 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7389 6556

Opening Times : Daily, 11am – 7pm, except Sunday and last day 11am – 6pm.

General Admission: £15.

The BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, the UK’s premier national art and antiques fair and the showcase for more than 100 members of the prestigious British Antique Dealers’ Association, takes place from 23-29 March 2011. Founded 19 years ago, it has established an unrivalled reputation for quality and authenticity and pioneered the use of a purposebuilt pavilion providing a unique forum in which to buy from some of the country's very best art and antiques dealers. It is situated in one of Londons most affluent areas, the Duke of York Square, off Sloane Square, London SW3 and is surrounded by luxury shops and restaurants.

The Fair brings together the very best of the UK’s art and antique dealers who offer for sale a fantastic variety of top quality furniture, paintings, silver, jewellery, ceramics, glass, clocks and textiles. Long-standing participants Thomas Coulborn & Sons and Frank Partridge exhibit English furniture of the highest calibre, seen in Frank Partridge’s fine pair of mid 18thcentury carved giltwood Chippendale period two light girandoles, circa 1765. Leading clock specialist Anthony Woodburn shows, amongst other things, a magnificent Charles II marquetry clock by Joseph Windmills, circa 1685.

Both Godson & Coles’ and Lucy Johnson juxtapose rare period English furniture alongside 20th-century British art, most notable is Godson & Coles’ George II period carved and painted side table with a Breccia di Medici marble top, circa 1740. Campbell Wilson has an important private collection of paintings entitled ‘Father and Daughter,’ by British artist Victor Hume Moody and his daughter Catherine. A glittering selection of rare silver ranging from 16th-century to contemporary designs is being sold by Sanda Lipton, Peter Cameron, Bourdon-Smith, and Payne & Son as well as some Chinese pieces by S & J Stodel. Geoffrey Breeze’s selection of canes and walking sticks made from the hulks of some of the most famous ships in history is also on display.

Seven newcomers are exhibiting this year, Freshfords Fine Antiques, Charles Mackinnon, Moxhams Antiques, and Timms Antiques Ltd, all of whom specialise in fine furniture. Adding further to the selection of paintings on offer is Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, specialists in 18th-and 19th-century British watercolours and drawings, as well as Elford Fine Art who display paintings by distinguished artists from the 18th-century up to the present day. Also making its debut is Hampton Antiques who are passionate about bringing antiques into the 21st-century, seen through their eclectic mixture of antiques boxes and accessories. In addition, former Grosvenor House participant Michael Lipitich is returning, bringing with him a fantastic array of personally selected English antique furniture of the utmost importance.

Leading art insurers, AON are sponsoring the Loan Exhibition entitled ‘Private Collectors, Private Passions’ featuring Lord Ashcroft’s gallantry medals to Britain’s ‘Special Forces,’ and pieces from the Schroder Collection. The exhibition gives visitors a unique opportunity to view Lord Ashcroft’s collection of bravery awards to elite forces such as the SAS which he has been assembling over the past two decades. Pieces from Baron Bruno Schroder’s collection include a magnificent selection of silver, bronzes, maiolica and snuff boxes.

Once again the Cellini Restaurant, the Duke of York’s Brasserie and the Champagne Bar will be providing first class catering at the Fair. The quality of cooking with its emphasis on regional specialities and seasonal produce and efficient service has ensured that the Cellini Restaurant has become a firm favourite with visitors and exhibitors alike. The BADA Fair is delighted that leading champagne house Taittinger, one of the few remaining family-owned champagne houses, is once again sponsoring the champagne bar. Named sparkling Winemaker of the Year in the International Wine Challenge 2006, they are renowned for the elegance, delicacy and finesse of their champagnes.

Lady Ashcroft is hosting a Black Tie charity dinner in the Cellini Restaurant on Thursday 24 March to raise money for Crimestoppers. Crimestoppers is an independent charity helping to fight crime; they provide a twenty-four hour phone line so people can give information about crime anonymously.

Note:  We are told that visitors to the Fair can buy with confidence, knowing that every item for sale has been carefully vetted for quality and authenticity by a specialist Vetting Committee whose sole purpose is to maintain the high standards of the British Antiques Dealers’ Association. 

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With prices ranging from £100 to half a million pounds the fair accommodates every level of collector. Both first-time and seasoned collectors can be reassured by the knowledge that every single piece has been checked by a 200-strong team of trade experts, who 'vet' the show before it opens to ensure it is genuine and of good quality.

The historic Grand Hall at Olympia will be filled with over 30,000 pieces from history’s most exciting cultural eras in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. These range from Cromwellian beds that sit alongside Ming Dynasty porcelain; through to Renaissance sculpture next to Aboriginal oils, Picasso plates next to Battlefield letters and French Empire furniture next to American civil war flags.

EURANTICA Brussels - fine art & antiques fair

From  March 25th until  April 3rd, 2011, Eurantica Brussels - fine art & antiques fair opens its doors in Hall 5 of Brussels Expo to celebrate its 30th edition. For 10 days, packed with professional and cultural meetings, the Brussels exhibition centre, well-known for its eclectic, contemporary character, will display a selection of 120 Belgian and foreign collections.

On the occasion of its 30th edition, Eurantica Fine Art and Antiques Fair pays tribute to the city that has earned a reputation well beyond the confines of Belgium: Brussels. Belgian and foreign antiques dealers exhibiting here will honour the flamboyant city through retables, tapestries, historic Flemish paintings and the designers to whom the Atomium gave wings. The great names featured throughout the artistic growth of Brussels include painters Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Alfred Stevens, Fernand Khnopff and René Margritte, sculptors Gilles-Lambert Godecharle and Constantin Meunier, goldsmith Philippe Wolfers, architect Victor Horta and designer Jules Wabbes And thanks to its very situation and status as “Europe's capital”, Brussels makes Eurantica a truly outstanding European exhibition – the event to attend. The exhibition aims to meet the demands of a changing international public, captivated by the cultural emergence of Brussels, rising star on the European art market. The eye of the Brussels collector, often a great traveller, art patron, fanatic or lover of curios, will also be drawn by African or Asiatic pieces, sacred works of art from all over Europe and collectorsʼ items selected by famous Belgian and foreign dealers.

The committee of independent experts rigorously selects antiques dealers and art collections of the highest repute from Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Holland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Italy, granting them space in Hall 5 of Brussels Expo. The exhibitors present a range of the main genres of collectables: furniture, paintings, sculptures, tapestries, glassware, icons, silver, jewellery, bronzes, textiles, clocks, ancient weapons, engravings, coins and notes and tools and instruments. Art Nouveau and Art Deco, in addition to primal art, pre-Columbian art, ethnography, archaeology, Asian art, Oriental porcelain and ceramics are also well represented.

The exhibitors are professionals of the highest repute, and only admitted after rigorous scrutiny by the Eurantica Selection Committee. This committee is made up of a multi-disciplinary team of independent experts who base their decisions on the Eurantica Charter. This method guarantees the quality of the antiques dealers exhibiting at the fair, and is further strengthened by the meticulous study of each and every article on display before the fairʼs official opening. Any article not satisfying the Charterʼs requirements is thus withdrawn. Moreover, five members of the Committee are on hand throughout the exhibition to inform and advise potential buyers, and to issue Certificates of Authenticity for the collectorsʼ items.

The antiques dealers and gallery owners exhibiting at the fair are asked to make a special effort to display their pieces to best advantage, whether classic or contemporary. The prestigious surroundings provided by the stands reflect the finest of current trends in interior decorating.

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ART ANTIQUES LONDON ON TRACK TO REPEAT SUCCESS OF INAUGURAL FAIR

 June 9-15, 2011

Art Antiques London was launched in June 2010 to wide acclaim, winning praise, in particular, for its central location, light and airy atmosphere and stylish presentation. The boutique Fair incorporates The International Ceramic Fair and Seminar, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary. Art Antiques London is aimed at collectors and connoisseurs, and, in 2010, attracted a crowd of knowledgeable international buyers as well as many new enthusiasts from South Kensington. The Fair had a buzz and air of excitement from the moment the doors opened for the Private Preview on June 9th 2010 until the end of the Fair some seven days later.

The Private Preview on 9th June 2010 was followed by The First Night Party in aid of the Bush Theatre, where a fashionable crowd of well-heeled Londoners enjoyed an evening of fund-raising, performance and culture at one of the most talked about parties of the Summer Season. This year’s Private Preview and First Night Party will be held on June 8th 2011.

Art Antiques London is delighted to again be working with The Friends of The Hermitage, Waddesdon Manor, and The Dorchester Hotel and is busy negotiating a number of other exciting new partnerships. The Fair’s restaurant, which was described as having ‘the best location in London’, situated with a magnificent view over the Albert Memorial, will this year once again dazzle visitors with both its delicious food and breathtaking view.

London, England  --  The BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair is the UK’s foremost national art and antiques fair and a major showcase for 103 members of the British Antique Dealers’ Association. The 18th Fair will take place from 17- 23 March 2010 housed in a purpose-built pavilion in the exclusive location of the Duke of York Square, off Sloane Square, London SW3 surrounded by luxury shops and restaurants.  An outstanding array of art and antiques will be for sale, ranging from furniture, paintings, ceramics, glass and textiles to clocks, silver and jewellery.

The very best of British art and antiques dealers will be exhibiting. Butchoff Antiques, Lennox Cato and Thomas Coulborn & Sons will bring their connoisseurship and finest items of English furniture to the Fair. This year the Fair boasts a record number of clock dealers with seven in total including leaders in their field John Carlton-Smith, Raffety & Walwyn and Anthony Woodburn Ltd. Dazzling jewellery comes from Bond Street dealer Sandra Cronan, antique silver of the highest quality will be on offer from B. Silverman, while 20th-century and contemporary silver will be on the stand of Payne & Son. British Impressionist painting will get a prominent showing from Messum’s while the best of British contemporary painting can be found for sale from Jonathan Cooper at the Park Walk Gallery. Trinity House will be bringing paintings mainly from the Impressionist and Modern British eras, and Atelier Ltd will exhibit an earlier offering of paintings starting from the late 17th century. A fantastic offering of ceramics will be for sale from Robyn Robb with her museum-quality 18th-century English porcelain.

There will be around eleven newcomers this year, three of which greatly strengthen the offering of Modern British art at the Fair. The much-acclaimed Godson & Coles pride themselves in offering a marriage of rare, period English furniture coupled with Modern British painting. This period will be further represented on the stand of newcomer Moore-Gwyn Fine Art, which deals in 18th- and early 19th-century drawings as well as Modern British art, with a particular focus on neglected artists of the time. Sim Fine Art will also show a handful of Modern British works alongside a range of other pictures from 18th-century portrait miniatures to 19th-century watercolours and drawings. Renowned glass dealers Delomosne & Son will be making their debut, alongside BADA Fair veterans Mark J. West and Jeanette Hayhurst.

The loan exhibition will give a unique opportunity to view one of the world’s greatest private collections of celebrity memorabilia assembled by David Gainsborough Roberts. Entitled Heroes or Villains?, the exhibition will include historic items that belonged to some of the most celebrated and infamous figures of the past two centuries. The exhibition will examine the nature of heroism and villainy through these extraordinary and often very personal pieces.

Green’s of St. James’s continues to run the Cellini Restaurant, the Duke of York Bar and the Champagne Bar at the Fair. Green’s of St James’s is one of London’s most enduringly fashionable restaurants. The quality of cooking with its emphasis on regional specialities and seasonal produce and efficient service has ensured that Green’s of St. James’s has become a firm favourite with visitors and exhibitors alike. Leading champagne house Taittinger, sponsor of the Champagne Bar, remains one of the few family-owned champagne houses.  Named sparkling Winemaker of the Year in the International Wine Challenge 2006, they are renowned for the elegance, delicacy and finesse of their champagnes.

The Charity Gala Evening, under the chairmanship of Lord Cadogan, will be held on Thursday 18 March. It will start with a glittering Champagne Reception followed by a Black Tie Dinner in the Cellini Restaurant within the Fair. All proceeds will go to the Leukaemia Research Fund, which will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010.

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Editor's notes:   Ticket Prices: £10 for a single ticket, £15 for a double. All tickets
include a BADA Handbook and one re-entry pass per person.   Address and Contact Details: The Duke of York Square, Chelsea, London SW3  General information number: +44 (0)20 7589 6108    For events at the Fair and recommended luxury hotels within walking distance of the Fair

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