LONDON ART WEEK V


This summer's event took place at some of the most prestigious galleries around St. James’s and Mayfair. No fewer than 50 exhibitors from all over the world curated exhibitions spanning more than 5,000 years of art


isitors were able to discover art not seen in public for decades and sometimes


centuries, and ‘new’ galleries, you may have never noticed before, with several of them upstairs from well-known tailors and designer shops. Art enthusiasts could start


their tour of discovery in Savile Row, where Charles Beddington Fine Art staged an exhibition of Canaletto, Bellotto and their Circle. The highlight painting is Bernardo Bellotto’s The Grand Canal, Venice, looking South- East from the Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne to the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. This very early work, from c1738, when the teenage Bellotto (1722-1780) worked in the studio of his uncle Canaletto, ticks every box - fresh to the market, in outstanding original condition and with an unbroken provenance back to the 18th century. Just upstairs is Andrew Clayton-


Payne’s gallery and his exhibition, From London to Lucknow: A Re- Discovered Collection of Drawings by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810), was well enjoyed. Originally from Germany, Zoffany’s first major patron in London was actor David Garrick, then Queen Charlotte. In 1769, he was nominated by King George III for membership in the Royal Academy. Zoffany became one of the most original and celebrated artists of the Enlightenment, and worked in both England and India at the end of the 18th century. Hitherto, there were only around 30 known drawings by the artist, the majority being in museums. This exhibition doubled that number, and gave a fascinating insight in to the artist’s working methods and his close relationship with his patron in Lucknow, Claude Martin (1735-1800), an interesting figure in


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Aaron, Didier Aaron - Conte Pietro Rotari (Verona


1707 – 1762 St Petersburg) La Dormeuse Pendant to_ La Liseuse Both pastel, c.1752–6 (Dresden period) - LAW19S.jpg


Taylor, Karen Taylor Fine Art - James Ward, RA (British, 1769– 1859) Portrait of Tamorfait Carborlof, a Don Cossack, pencil - LAW19S


Ariadne, Ariadne Galleries - Weight in the form of a Duck Mesopotamian


Antonacci Lapiccirella Fine Art -Vincenzo GEMITO (Naples 1852 – 1929), Portrait of Mariano Fortuny, c. 1880 Bronze - LAW19S Second millennium BC Calcite


Dimensions_ 26 cm L - LAW19S


18th century colonial India. Works started from £8,000 to


around £120,000. Along the Row, Ordovas exhibited a Colombian contemporary artist influenced by the Old Masters in Always Drawing, Jose Antonio Suarez Londoño - Works on Paper 1997-2018. This South American artist has devoted four decades to drawing. A disciplined, daily practice has produced a vast repertoire of small scale works on eclectic themes: reproductions of Old Master paintings, objects, landscapes, portraits; and referencing wide-ranging literary sources. Just a short walk away, more


galleries opened their doors and welcomed the viewing public. Raccanello Leprince showed Summer Highlights at Shapero Rare Books in St George Street – they specialise in Renaissance pottery attractive to a modern public. Sotheby’s across the road,


held its Old Master sales during London Art Week, so lots were on view and several auctions took place both during the day and in the evening, making the event highly interactive for art enthusiasts and buyers alike. Clifford Street is also a gallery hub with Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker who displayed some of their latest acquisitions, including a


Pompeo Girolamo Batoni portrait


of Philip Stanhope, from c1750. This portrait


depicts the illegitimate son of Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Philip junior,


in Rome between December 1749 and March 1750, who received a stream of letters from his father instructing him on every aspect of his life. The correspondence


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