Dear Colleagues Many of you might be aware of Art Dealer Niall Fairhead ‘s battle over the course of the past year and a half to persuade the British Government to raise the start threshold of Artist’s Resale Right from 1000 euros to 3000 euros. This increase in the threshold would bring the UK’s implementation […]
Dear AAD Friends and Colleagues Please find below a note and a request from Art Dealer Niall Fairhead, concerning the Artist’s Resale Right threshold in the UK. Raising the threshold The “Fight for the threshold” has been quiet for a very long time. However it has not gone away and is about, we hope soon, […]
So far the main battle lines have been drawn up between Native Land and the galleries that will be affected by their proposed re-development. On the other side of the road The Pollen Estate is also proposing a project that would affect existing galleries. AAD attended the meeting at which this second proposal was being […]
I write with a background as a former tenant in Antiquarius Antiques Centre in Kings Road, Chelsea. Although the situations are not identical, the 2009 dealers were given advanced notice that their leases would not be renewed, once the questioned property was slated for redevelopment. It is my opinion that there are some valuable […]
I write with a background as a former tenant in Antiquarius Antiques Centre in Kings Road, Chelsea. Although the situations are not identical, the 2009 dealers were given advanced notice that their leases would not be renewed, once the questioned property was slated for redevelopment. It is my opinion that there are some valuable […]
Dear All Please find below my third choice for this year’s Golden Keys awards. Gail has been a longstanding contributor to AAD. Not only has she written a selection of wonderful educational articles for us, Gail has also taken the time and trouble to visit a number of Art and Antiques Shows in New York […]
Happy New Year to all our readers and contributors! Best wishes for a fantastic 2013! Elliot In its busiest month AAD had 19,742 views. 19742 people is enough to fit almost 1.5 times into the dockland arena to see Kylie Minogue perform. In 2012, there were 490 new posts, growing the total archive of AAD to […]
The President of the Royal Academy of Arts has asked me to give a statement regarding the ‘Save Cork Street’ campaign to be tabled at the Royal Academy Council meeting on 6th November. Please find below a summary of this statement. I have also been asked by the West End Commission to give a presentation […]
Editors Note: Duration of Poll – 1 week
May 18, 2013 by Editors
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