LAPADA ART & ANTIQUES FAIR DAZZLES AGAIN IN BERKELEY SQUARE
There's little more enjoyable than wandering around the best of Britain’s art and antique dealers with a glass of something bubbly in hand in the heart of London’s most elegant of squares, says Tim Newark. So, why bother traipsing around the country when you can see 100 top exhibitors concentrated under one pretty marquee
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love seeing the trunks of Berkeley Square’s venerable 200-year- old plane trees peeking between
the gallery spaces. Now in its tenth anniversary year, LAPADA’s Art & Antiques Fair brings together a sophisticated blend of art galleries, selling both contemporary and historic art, combined with antique dealers offering objets from antiquity to mid-century modern. Whatever your house or apartment needs to deliver that discerning decorative punch is here. LAPADA—the Association of Art
& Antique Dealers—was established in 1974 and has over 500 worldwide members. Crucially for collectors, it maintains a strict Code of Practice, offering total reassurance when purchasing from a LAPADA dealer. You will find a rich variety of works here, including jewellery, furniture, tapestries, antiquities, clocks, ceramics, silver and fine art, with prices ranging from £500 to £500,000. JH Bourdon-Smith specialise in antique and modern silver and are enthusiastic supporters of the Berkeley Square fair. “It is brilliantly situated,” says Edward Bourdon-Smith. “It has a good party atmosphere and gets the buzz going very well.” The family-run business began when John Bourdon-Smith purchased
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a silver Regency etui sewing set for £4 in 1954. In those days, he used to career around the country on a second-hand motorbike collecting pieces but now they’re more sedately situated in Mason’s Yard in London’s St James’s. For them LAPADA is a great opportunity to widen the audience for their exquisite silverware. “There are not that many antique
fairs around now that have that high profile,” agrees Edward Bourdon-Smith. Contemporary art gallery owner Rebecca Hossack picks up on the rich range of artwork on display. “What I love about exhibiting at LAPADA, is the incredible wealth of knowledge at the fair through each dealer, who has their own encyclopaedic awareness of their special subject. It’s wonderful to see beautiful Elizabethan chairs and jewels juxtaposed with contemporary art.”
She also likes the sense of fun. “I love the amazing marquee, the champagne and the restaurant on the top floor— all in the best part of London. I love all the international clients and that it is a time of year when everyone comes back from summer holidays looking tanned, gorgeous and happy! All of this adds up to a beautiful occasion.” Major artists exhibiting at the Rebecca Hossack gallery during the fair include Sylvain Lefebvre, Andrew Mockett, Emma Haworth and Barbara Macfarlane.
(T) Sylvain Lefebvre “Louise and the round blue, mixed media on canvas. (Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery)
(L) New York Harbour c1919 by British First World War artist CRW Nevinson. (MacConnal- Mason)
(B) Epic panorama of the Thames painted in 1875 with St Paul’s Cathedral. (MacConnal- Mason)
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