As well as the bargains we have found via @artistsupportpledge (see previous news report) we have enjoyed good hunting at local auction house Chiswick Auctions, whose recent Modern and Post-War British sale brought us another work by the late local artist Bernard Myers and two lithographs by the ever enigmatic Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.

One of the best things about lockdown art-wise was the Instagram project @artistsupportpledge (www.artistsupportpledge.com) which gives artists a chance to sell work at affordable prices and help other artists at the same time.

Artists who love trees, a new exhibition curated by Robert Eagle, due to open at Burgh House, Hampstead on June 3rd, has been transferred online. Please take a look at our video and catalogue featuring the artists and their work.

We are delighted to have received on commission six oil paintings by the great and glorious Scottish artist John Bellany. directly from a close relative of the artist. They include works featuring several of Bellany’s iconic motifs inspired by his early life in the God-fearing fishing village of Port Seton near Edinburgh as well as sunlit scenes from his days at his second home in Barga, Tuscany.

Artist Luke Edward Hall’s recent article on framing for the Financial Times focused on the frames Harry recently made for Luke Edward’s major exhibition in Sweden.