Arts & Antiques

Lee Masters
Managing Director
T: +44 (0)20 7370 8779
E: lee.masters@clarionevents.com

London has been at the heart of the art and antique market since the 1800s and is currently the most important city in Europe for the international art and antiques trade, with the UK representing 56% of Europe's share of this market. In the last few years the nature of art buying has changed. Serious buyers are fast becoming arts consumers and not simply connoisseurs or academic arts collectors and Clarion Arts stable of events provide the perfect hunting ground for them through a visitor database of 250,000.

In the future, art and antiques will necessarily become part of the wider lifestyle of affluent consumers, a sector that is increasing in size and wealth but whose motivations and patterns of consumption are changing. Paul Flatters, Chief Executive, The Future Foundation.

Antiques for Everyone is Britain's largest vetted and datelined antiques fair held at the NEC, Birmingham three times a year, with over 350 specialist dealers from around the world offering quality authenticated antiques, fine art and objets d'art for sale.  The fair began in 1986 and is divided into two sections, each with distinctive dateline regulations.

Section One features around 100 of the country's leading dealers whereas Section Two appeals to collectors of all levels with around 250 dealers offering a vast choice of antiques and treasured items.

Over 25,000 visitors including many overseas buyers flock to each of the fairs, with prices ranging from £10 to £100,000, from the finest paintings, fine period furniture, pottery, glass, sculpture, jewellery, fashion, arts and crafts, ensuring Antiques for Everyone is an enjoyable day out for all.

The Fine Art and Antiques trade has undergone a remarkable period of change in the past few years, but the high end and quality dealers are still the most sought after. The Winter Fine Art and Antiques Fair is the bastion of a traditional British Fine art and antiques event in the UK. It is perfectly positioned as the only event of this quality in UK at this time of year. This glamorous event, where all items have been vetted for authenticity and quality, give the event's loyal and increasing visitors piece of mind.

Olympia offers the crucial ingredient for a major arts fair - space. Olympia is the only venue in London where dealers have the space and license to create unique and totally individual showcases for their stock. Without cramping or crowding, visitors can also move around in comfort and privacy.

The National Fine Art & Antiques Fair, held at the NEC, Birmingham and is Britain's most prestigious antiques event outside London.  The event is supported by LAPADA, the Association of Art & Antiques Dealers, bringing around 90 leading British dealers together to offer visitors the finest antiques, decorative period accessories, objets d'art and fine art.

The impressive fair sees the NEC turned into a stylish showcase, with more than 7,000 visitors from across the world travelling to see pieces spanning 2,000 years.  Prices range from £50 for 19th century drawings to more than £50,000 for 18th century English furniture.  Items on sale are carefully vetted by teams of independent experts to ensure quality and authenticity.