Art Antiques London brings together more than 70 international dealers offering exceptional works of art, among them many of museum quality. Furniture, paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, glass, clocks, watches, jewelry, objets de vertu, silver, antiquities and Asian art are among the many different categories included and for sale. Prices start from as little as a few hundred dollars but rise into the millions. The fair’s superb lecture program is a particular feature of the Fair, underpinning the fair’s academic credentials and always receives acclaim from collectors. Uniquely positioned in one of London’s most fashionable areas, the fair has become an essential destination in the heart of London for a community of collectors and curators from around the world.
“We think the fair hits all the right notes in creating an exceptional art viewing experience like no other,” said Brian Haughton. “While there are 70 exhibitors, it feels intimate enough for our visitors to have more than a passing dalliance with a work of art.”
Anna Somers Cocks of The Art Newspaper agreed. “Unlike most other fairs today, this is an encounter between people who really want to talk art and handle objects knowledgeably.”
Art Antiques London annually welcomes a very high attendance of visitors from leading museums including the Director of Palaces and Collection at the Prussian Palaces as well as curators from The Victoria and Albert; The British Museum; The National Museums of Scotland; The National Museums of Wales; The Royal Collection; The Ashmolean; The Fitzwilliam; The Bowes Museum; The Bayerisches National Museum, Munich; The Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen; The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio and The Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as many other museums and institutions from Europe and America.
HRH The Countess of Wessex presided over the charity preview evening, and visitors to the Fair in 2013 included HRH Princess Eugenie, Lord and Lady Archer, several members of the Qatari royal family, Giles Brandreth, Michael Portillo, Isobel Goldsmith, Drummond Money-Coutts, Valentino and Giancarlo Giacometti, Jonathan Shalit and Monica Mason.
Online: www.haughton.com
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About Children in Crisis:
Children in Crisis was established in 1993 in the UK to give children in some of the world’s poorest countries the education they need to help transform their lives. The charity was founded in 1993 by Sarah, Duchess of York and she remains The Life President of the organization. HRH Princess Beatrice of York has been a Children in Crisis Ambassador since 2007. An active supporter of the charity, recently she spent 3 months working for Children in Crisis as a research and development intern. Her sister HRH Princess Eugenie will head the Junior Committee for the Gala at Art Antiques London. At the heart of Children in Crisis’ work is the knowledge that education improves health and livelihood, unites communities and builds peace. Education is the key to overcoming poverty and exclusion, so particular attention is paid to children and women who face discrimination or disadvantage for reasons of ethnicity, gender, disability, income or other factors. CIC works in partnership with communities to strengthen their capacity to mobilize local resources, plan, deliver change, and sustain that change. CIC chooses to work where few others do, in some of the most challenging places in the world, and in areas affected by conflict or political instability. This includes Afghanistan, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Worldwide, a staggering 72 million children are still denied an education.
Online: http://www.childrenincrisis.org/
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