British studio pottery moved into new financial territory at the end of June with the sale of a vase by Dame Magdalene Odundo (b.1950) for £570,000. The price is not just an auction high for a living ...

Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu (1917-94) is sometimes described as ‘the first African artist to gain international recognition in the modern art world’. He was dubbed ‘Africas greatest contemporary ...

A painting by Canaletto (1697-1768) once owned by the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole sold for £27.5m at Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale.

A crowdfunding project by Bristol Museums Development Trust to bid for JMW Turner’s 'The Rising Squall, Hot Wells from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol' (1792), has reached in excess of £100,000. The ...

An enormous deceased estate in West Yorkshire has been providing Scarborough saleroom David Duggleby (25% buyer’s premium) with a vast range of works to offload over the last two years. The late owner ...

"In their view, we Londoners know little about God, and nothing about pottery". Royal Doulton's rise from London makers of domestic stonewares to an internationally-recognised Staffordshire Potteries ...

Lowestoft Porcelain. The East Anglian fishing port of Lowestoft, set far away from the other centres of 18th century porcelain production like London, Staffordshire or Liverpool, began producing ...

By 1897, the antiquarian Albert Hartshorne had published Old English Glasses: An account of glass drinking vessels in England, from early times to the end of the eighteenth century.This seminal work ...

Are you an ATG digital subscriber? If so, you can download the app and access the weekly editions of the newspaper for free – allowing you to read ATG on the move with a smartphone and tablet. Once ...

A First World War roll of honour brass plaque, that had been made into a coffee table, has returned to South Shields after 50 years away with the help of Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter.

Islamic brass bowl ‘sleeper’ stars in our pick of five auction highlights. ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a possible 14th century Islamic brass bowl that made over ...

Stephen Ongpin Fine Art is hosting a much-anticipated exhibition for the summer: 'Two Centuries of British Drawings, Watercolours and Oil Sketches'. The show boasts over 60 works, including JMW Turner ...