NEWS & EVENTS

CONCERTS

THE PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA STRING TRIO CONCERT SERIES

Augmenting this summer 'Music & Dance' theme an exciting new partnership between LAW, the arts hub Cromwell Place and the Philharmonia Orchestra, to present a series of chamber concerts in special gallery settings.

Editorial

LONDON ART WEEK REPORTS MUSEUM SALES

London Art Week dealers show exceptional paintings, drawings and sculptures in exhibitions all year round. Discover some of the recent acquisitions by leading institutions from LAW participants...

Editorial

THE GRAND TOUR, THE TWO HORACES AND THE COURT OF FLORENCE (1740-1786)

Politician and patron of the arts, Horace Walpole, founder of Strawberry Hill House & Garden, and his fascination with the city of Florence and the Medici family...

Editorial

SUNLIGHT AND SHOWERS

LAW dealer Ben Elwes Fine Art has recently sold Sunlight and Showers by Anna Boberg to the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, Canada and the painting will go on view in the Richard Barry Fudger Memorial Gallery on 12 March 2022. Find out more about the artist and her poetic landscapes...

Editorial

ALBERTO MARTINI, MASKS AND SHADOWS

Following the great success of the exhibition inaugurated at Galleria del Laocoonte and W. Apolloni in Rome, Laocoon Gallery brings to London a fascinating collection of art by Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876 - Milan 1954). The exhibition runs until 1 July 2022.

ART HISTORY IN FOCUS

Art History in Focus March 2022

Our interim series of online talks and events will take place over the course of the week from 8 to 18 March 2022. Register for one or more of the upcoming events...

Editorial

MUSEUM ACQUISITION: THE CAPTURED RUNAWAY

Museum Acquisition: The Captured Runaway, a rare abolitionist painting by William Gale (1823-1909), exhibited by Ben Elwes Fine Art at London Art Week 2020.

Editorial

EXHIBITIONS CONTINUING BEYOND LAW WINTER 2021

Whilst London Art Week Winter 2021 has now drawn to a close, there are still plenty of specially-staged exhibitions continuing on view in London Art Week galleries over the coming days and weeks. So if you are in London's West End in the run-up to Christmas, pay a visit and enjoy.

Editorial

ETHEL GABAIN: PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

Take a closer look at one of the few artists able to support themselves from the sale of lithographs in the early 20th century. 'Ethel Gabain (1883-1950), Portrait of a Woman' is on view until 23 December at Abbott & Holder in Bloomsbury.

Editorial

JEWELLERY IN PORTRAITS AT THE WEISS GALLERY

The Weiss Gallery are proud to display a unique set of related objects for the Winter edition of London Art Week. Alongside their portrait of Richard Harford of Bosbury they have sourced a seventeenth-century enamelled ring that is a near-identical replica of the memento mori shown in their portrait...

Editorial

NEWLY DISCOVERED ALBRECHT DÜRER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON PUBLIC VIEW

An absolute highlight not to miss during this winter's London Art Week. A newly discovered Albrecht Dürer is now on view at Agnews for the first time since its discovery in the U.S.A. Visit the exhibition 'Dürer and His Time' to not miss it...

Editorial

HUNTERS PICKS FROM LAW WINTER 2021...

Sometimes you see an artwork that you can't take your eyes of: discover the artworks selected by our long-time sponsor Hunters for this edition of LAW Winter 2021...

Editorial

EUROPE DIVIDED: HUGUENOT REFUGEE ART & CULTURE

This December, Koopman Rare Art offers a spectacular collection of silver from the Regency period and host the launch of a new book: 'Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee Art & Culture' by leading expert, former V&A curator, Dr Tessa Murdoch.

NEW COLLABORATION

LAW X WEST END GALLERY HOP!

This December, LAW joins its forces with West End Gallery HOP! to celebrate central London's variety of art galleries from Antiquities to Contemporary art on the final evening of this edition...

AHIF 2021 | Editorial

Black Presence in Portraiture

If you have enjoyed our latest talk 'The Black Presence in Portraiture', you may also like to learn about a few more examples from some of our dealers and museum partners...

AHIF 2021 | Editorial

The John Blanke Project

Discover 'The John Blanke Project' paying tribute to the royal trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII, who remains the only black Tudor for whom we have an identifiable image...

AHIF 2021 | Editorial

Charleston's Famous Women Dinner Service

The untold story of the famous Women Dinnerware collection of 50 hand-decorated plates by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and celebrating legendary women throughout history.

AHIF 2021 | Editorial

Our latest picks from Frieze Masters

Catch up on our highlights picked for you from the latest edition of Frieze Masters...

AHIF 2021 | EDITORIAL

Highlights from LAW dealers at Frieze Masters 2021

Our freshly picked highlights from London Art Week dealers exhibiting at Frieze Masters 2021. Read more...

INTERVIEW

'Our Favourite Works' - Chosen by the team at Hunters LAW LLP

Hunters Law LLP, sponsors of London Art Week 2021, shares its clients' passion for art, so we asked members of the team to select their own favourite works on offer at LAW this summer. These are the results...

Article

LATEST DISCOVERIES

This year, London Art Week is in the fortunate position to have several new discoveries on public view for the first time. A short introduction to the five highlights from the 15th to the 19th Century can be found here.

Article

Women Artists

Since London Art Week introduced Art History in Focus, its new series of talks and articles on the LAW Digital platform, we have looked at many works by great women artists offered for sale by our dealers.

Podcast

The Bigger Picture

Listen to the latest London Art Week episode of the Bigger Picture, in partnership with Arcarta. Get an inside look at the businesses that make the Art World work and the stories behind the people that shape them.

Introduction

Introduction to London Art Week by Ketty Gottardo

Dr Ketty Gottardo, Martin Halusa Curator of Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery writes an introduction to London Art Week 2021

ARTIST FOCUS

Six Canvases of Birds by Carlo Antonio Raineri

These six canvases are an important testimony to the Genoese period of painter and illustrator Carlo Antonio Raineri, who, along with his son Vittorio, dedicated the entirety of his life's work to the depiction of birds within a floral setting.

Highlight

Sculpture Highlights at London Art Week Summer 2021

Sculpture highlights at London Art Week Summer 2021 span the millennia from ancient Egypt and Rome, through the Renaissance, to the very recent early 21st century.

Article

THE LITERARY EDGE OF LONDON ART WEEK

This summer LAW runs from 2nd to 16th July and several dealers are showing works with a literary theme, in particular works of literary women...

Artist Focus

Lotte Laserstein - the forgotten Realist of the Weimar Republic

Lotte Laserstein was a German-born artist, whose enforced Jewish identity greatly influenced much of her work...

London Art Week 2021

Showcase Exhibition

For this Summer's Digital and Live edition, London Art Week launches a satellite Showcase in partnership with Cromwell Place, the recently-opened exhibition space in South Kensington.

ARTMARKET REPORT

Old Masters Market Report - Summer 2021

ArtTactic is delighted to present this special edition report providing both in-depth analysis of the Old Master Paintings Evening sales as well as insights into the Old Master dealer market. Get 40% off the Old Masters Market Report - Summer 2021 (worth £150) with LAW discount code LAW2021

London Art Week 2021

Exhibitors

For London Art Week 2021 discover some of the world's leading galleries and auction houses...

What's On

Exhibitions

Plan your London Art Week exhibition route and discover over 5,000 works of art from auction houses and galleries across London.

Art History in Focus

THE MUSE AS ARTIST/ THE ARTIST AS MUSE

Seen purely as models to male artists, even those that inspired a whole body of work, many of these talented women soon became forgotten. They were not only painters themselves, but also writers, photographers, poets, sculptors, musicians and designers...

Art History in Focus

Clare Atwood - Billingsgate Fish Market

The Fine Art Society is showing this remarkable painting, which had been in a private US collection until it was shown for the first time at the Tate Britain as part of Queer British Art 1861-1967 (5 April - 1 October 2017)...

Art History in Focus

Women Artist in Focus: Gluck

Born Hannah Gluckstein, Gluck grew up in a wealthy Jewish family who owned the Lyons catering empire. At the age of 21 Gluck left home and by 1918, she had begun to call herself Gluck ("no prefix, suffix, or quotes")...

Art History in Focus

E-scape with Us

At a time when escapism is much at the forefront of our minds, artscapes are the perfect way to travel and lose oneself in another place and time. Sit back and relax, dream of past holidays or future adventures. Through landscapes and city-scapes, discover a wonderful variety of works offered by London Art Week dealers...

Art History in Focus

The immortal journey of Dürer

Forget Leonardo: there is a case to be made for the German artist being the true Renaissance great, argues Michael Prodger from Country Life Magazine

Art History in Focus

Become an Instant Expert on the Boy Genius Thomas Lawrence

Born in 1769, by the age of 10, Thomas Lawrence was already showing remarkable artistic ability. Amina Wright, explores the story of the boy that went on to become president of the Royal Academy of Arts...

Art History in Focus

Medieval Women: Subjects & Makers of Art

Although medieval art is dominated by a lack of female voices, a story of exceptions has emerged in 20th-century scholarship, which looked at the Middle Ages through a feminist lens...

Art History in Focus

Travel Essentials of the Past

Next time we are going to travel, there will be a few essentials on our packing list - phone, laptop and probably several other electronic devices. The essential tech for the well-equipped Renaissance and Baroque traveller looked a little different, but was certainly as much at the height of technology at the time than all the devices we are taking with us these days.

Art History in Focus

Prunella Clough (1919 - 1999): Seeing the World Sideways

The subtle and thoughtful work, both mysterious and commonplace, of this leading modern British artist, was admired by critics and avidly collected. Osborne Samuel Gallery holds numerous works by Clough, paintings and prints, which focus primarily on landscapes and industrial subjects...

Art History in Focus

Rosalba Carriera, Pastellist and Portraitist: A Unique Career

Wildly successful and hugely admired in her lifetime, the 18th-century painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757) wowed European Royalty her exceptional skill and is credited with inventing the pastel portrait. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art reveals a rare subject for the artist...

Editorial

Works of Devotion

There are numerous outstanding devotional works to be discovered at London Art Week Winter 2020. Some were created for the intimacy of private prayer, others relate to large works intended for places of public worship. We look here at a selection of exceptional smaller pieces made for private devotion that feature the iconography of mother and child...

Editorial

10 Lessons Learned about Buying and Selling Art during a Global Pandemic

The global Covid pandemic, which gripped the world at the beginning of 2020, has, without doubt, had a fundamental impact on the way the art market operates in London and around the world. Here is our selection of 10 things we have learned in the last few months...

Editorial

Art Against Slavery: The Captured Runaway (1856) by William Gale

Depicting an enslaved fugitive and her captor, a north American bounty-hunter, the painting by the white British artist William Gale (1823 - 1909) is a pictorial contribution to the Anti-Slavery emancipation campaign that preceded the US Civil War. At today's distance from the 1850s, it is not an easy picture to understand...

Art History in Focus

The Fairford Park Friendship Album

A group of drawings from a friendship album assembled by Augusta Raymond-Barker (1827-1900) of Fairford Park, Gloucestershire offer a fascinating insight into the lives of a group of Victorian women, all of whom were accomplished watercolourists.

Art History in Focus

Juana Romani - Parisian Artist of Romance, Mystery, Tragedy

Emerging from the darkness is the biblical figure of Hérodiade or Hérodias, who along with her daughter Salomé, orchestrated the death of John the Baptist... Daniel Katz Gallery introduces a beautiful work by French artist Juana Romani (1869-1924) whose life ended in tragic circumstances.

Art History in Focus

Marisa Mori (1900 - 1985): Between Figurative & Futurist Art

Marisa Mori (Florence 1900 - 1985), is a perfect example of the inexplicable oblivion into which supremely talented female artists often would fall...

Art History in Focus

Historical Frames - An Insider's View

London Art Week participant Enrico Ceci specialises in Italian antique frames from the 15th to 18th centuries. With expertise spanning 35 years, here he shares revealing insights in to the very important business of historic Italian frames...

Art History in Focus

Félicie de Fauveau - Feminist and Revolutionary

Félicie de Fauveau, the 19th century sculptor, occupies a space of courage and radicalism that is totally original. Her story goes beyond the history of art, which recounts the story of women in their struggle for expression, against the male order, and of the repression of their demands.

Art History in Focus

Artemisia, The National Gallery

Join Ellice Stevens, the actor who plays Artemisia in the stage production of 'It's True, It's True, It's True', as she journeys through Rome, Florence, Naples and London; retracing Artemisia's footsteps, and coming face-to-face with some of her most important works, for the first time.

Art History in Focus

In Conversation

Amparo Martinez-Russotto, Curator of The Klesch Collection, which includes works by significant historic women artists, talks to Emanuela Tarizzo, London Art Week Board Member and Gallery Director at Tomasso Brothers Fine Art.

Art History in Focus

Lavinia Fontana and Fede Galizia: Two Avant-Garde Women Artists Who Challenged Gender Roles in Their Time

Italian women artists of the 16th and 18th centuries have come out of the shadow in recent years. While they were recognized in their own time and played a major role in the Italian artistic scene, they were almost written out of history, which has given pride of place to their male counterparts...

EVENTS

Art History in Focus 2020

In October 2020 London Art Week will present Art History in Focus, a series of themed erudite and enlightening discourses online.

EDITORIAL

The de'Medici Connection at London Art Week Digital

If you were asked to name a European Renaissance family, chances are the first name that springs to mind would be de' Medici - the banking and political dynasty so highly influential around Italy and Europe from the 15th to the 18th century...

EDITORIAL

Rembrandts Self Portrait

Viewing is now open and Sotheby's star lot has just arrived in London - one of the last self-portraits by Rembrandt left in private hands. It is offered as part of Sotheby's cross-category evening sale and carries an estimate of £12-16m.

EDITORIAL

Compelling Jewish paintings on view at London Art Week Digital

Menachem Wecker writes about compelling Jewish paintings on view at London Art Week Digital

INTERVIEW

The Art of Insurance

Franz Ihm of Tectus Insurance and sponsor of London Art Week shares insights into the world of art insurance.

EDITORIAL

Nordic Interest at London Art Week

In a troubled world, it is encouraging to notice that the global interest in Nordic art continues to develop...

EDITORIAL

Celebration of Women Artists

Women were usually restricted to showing their artistic talent in the private sphere; as a result, their names have not become well known, and it is only now that we are starting to reassess the works of these women especially from the 18th and 19th centuries...

Old Masters Market Report

Old Master Paintings Market Report

As an official partner of London Art Week, ArtTactic is delighted to present this special edition report providing both in-depth analysis of the Old Master Paintings Evening sales at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York earlier this year, as well as insights into the Old Master dealer market...

Lecture

Old Masters Lecture

This the first of Artactic's two-part online course on The Old Masters Market. For students or collectors who feel as though the Old Masters are a mystery to them, this course offers a step-by-step guide on the key market characteristics, value drivers, challenges and opportunities...

EDITORIAL

Art as a Vaccine

A message from our sponsors. 'Covid-19 does not appear to be a great respecter of beauty but in a climate where the underfunded culture and arts sector is already under strain, art has risen through to allow us to look forward with a little optimism...'

EDITORIAL

Sitter, Painter, Viewer - the Triangle of Portraiture

Why do we value portraits so highly?  And why is portraiture as important as ever? Here we highlight many interesting portraits included in LAW Digital Summer 2020, and our dealers share some discovery stories from their career...

EXHIBITION

The Studiolo and Domestic Spaces

This year, Georg Laue, Kunstkammer Ltd and Stuart Lochhead Sculpture are combining efforts to present a special exhibition The Studiolo: From Renaissance to Modern, while Trinity Fine Art is working with colleagues Walter Padovani and Raccanello Leprince to emulate the setting of art in a domestic space of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

EDITORIAL

The World of Interiors

London Art Week 2020 goes Virtual. More than 50 galleries are participating, from the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the USA, and between them they highlight an extraordinary range of fine art, primarily museum-quality paintings, sculpture and drawings but also encompassing antiquities and the decorative arts.

Acquisition

Milwaukee Art Museum

Ben Elwes Fine Art is delighted to announce the acquisition of Margaret Foley's striking marble relief Portrait of Jenny Lind (1820-1887), c. 1866-69, by Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.