Fine Art

Eight great reasons to buy oil paintings
Buying antique oil paintings can combine a love for art, history or culture with the opportunity to acquire a timeless piece that will enrich any home.

Paws for thought: cat items coming up for sale at auction online
Items such as Louis Wain’s famous cat drawings are an affordable way to honour our furry friends

Marvel at 100 years of Surrealist art at Bonhams
As Surrealism reaches its 100th anniversary this year, Bonhams celebrates with a dedicated auction in Paris.

A Snapshot of the past: Photos from Chiswick Auction’s Bigger Picture sale
Chiswick Auctions’ sale The Bigger Picture: Fine Photographica & Panoramas features a selection of 19th and early 20th century photography including a single owner collection of panoramas. There is also an assortment of rare 20th century cameras as well as 19th century British mahogany and brass examples. Buyers can choose from these delights as well as a range of fresh-to-the-market 19th century travel photographs from across the globe.

Five to buy at Tennants' British, European and Sporting Art Sale
There are plenty of highlights from local collections and artists to be found at the North Yorkshire auction house which takes place on March 16.

Colour in the winter: Five works estimated at under £500 from the Branfield collection of Cornish art
The art collection amassed by John Branfield and his late wife Pep represents one of the most significant groups of Cornish art to have come to the market in recent memory.

Finding interior inspiration in art
Interior pictures offer a little window into domestic history.

‘Spending the brass’: Sporting art and more from former country house owner’s collection
The auction market always loves a good country house collection and an upcoming sale will offer a group of works previously kept at Glympton Park in Oxfordshire.

Kime on a dime: Missed out on the Robert Kime auction? How to recreate the look on a budget
The auction of the collection of the late Robert Kime held at Dreweatts last week was a white glove affair making a hammer total of £7.6m.

From Dürer to Hockney: five prints to watch at upcoming auction
Works on paper, including a selection of 79 prints, feature prominently in an upcoming auction at Dominic Winter.