‘Anyone who is interested in the Renaissance should be interested in medals’
It may be a small and specialist market, but it is still possible to find exquisite portrait medals at affordable prices
A potted history of studio ceramics
Studio potters continue to push the boundaries of their medium in Britain
The widening market for Oceanic art
Once championed by the Surrealists, Oceanic art is now achieving top prices at auction and attracting an increasingly diverse collector base
Now is the time to buy English porcelain…
English porcelain may not attract the same high prices of the past, but it could still be a lucrative opportunity for new collectors
The true scale of Alighiero Boetti’s achievements
The current exhibition at the Cini Foundation in Venice has a conceptual clarity that is entirely in keeping with the Italian artist’s philosophy
The record-breaking rise of the Düsseldorf School
Prices are rocketing for photographs by Bernd and Hilla Becher and their students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Who’s collecting German experimental prints?
There has always been a market for early 20th-century German prints, but it’s constantly evolving as tastes and expertise change
Contemporary British ceramics in a country barn
This is no country jumble of brown pots. The latest show at Messum’s Wiltshire is a reminder of a great, evolving national tradition
‘You can get real fireworks with pastels’
Why Impressionist and Post-Impressionist pastels are becoming increasingly attractive to art collectors of all sorts
The best of BADA 2017
More than 90 dealers ranging widely across art, antiques, and contemporary design come together to celebrate the fair’s 25th anniversary
Preserving Prussia’s royal palaces