A work described as ‘one of the finest and most intricately conceived’ of Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) full-length portraits will be the headline lot at the auction of the Leonard A. Lauder collection ...

Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a burglary at a museum in Exeter. Around 17 pocket watches and a blunderbuss were stolen from Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gal… ...

A pair of characterful studies of cranes, a penguin and a boatbill heron set a high price for Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98) at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh earlier this month. The ...

Society of Antiquaries of London, a membership group for historians and archaeologists, is fundraising to stay in its ...

Hampshire police are appealing for information on an antique sundial stolen from The Somerley Estate in the New Forest. The sundial, weighing nearly 4 stone (around 25kg), was stolen from Georgian ...

With estimates from £50, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week ...

The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of dealer Emma Rutherford selling a portrait miniature believed to depict Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton.

A previously unknown depiction of Christ on the cross believed to have been painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) has emerged at French auction house Osenat. Billed as a major discovery, the work ...

The annual London Art Business Conference returned this week at Church House Conference Centre in We… ...

After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...

Burmantofts Pottery was born out of James Holroyd’s architectural brickworks, taking advantage of the rich local deposits of both coal and clay. However, today, the church built in Shakespeare Street ...

The form emerged in the early 18 th century, though the origin of the name is obscure. Chairs of this type were manufactured in large numbers in the Thames Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Windsor may ...