Of the 44 confirmed galleries, 35 have London spaces, six have galleries in the US, five are based in Europe and two operate in East Asia. It's imperative,” he adds.Īt the new fair, Phillips is joined by the likes of Richard Green, Charles Ede, Didier, Piano Nobile and Adrian Sassoon. “It’s so much a part of what goes on in London. Grosvenor House was an art and antiques fair founded in 1934, which folded in 2009 one year before Masterpiece was established. It's always been part of the season, going back to the Grosvenor House days,” says Simon Phillips, the chairman of Ronald Phillips antique furnitures dealers and a co-founder of Masterpiece. “London is desperate for an art fair in June. The Treasure House Fair (22-26 June), formerly the London Summer Art Fair, is being launched by two of the original founders of Masterpiece-the London dealer Thomas Woodham-Smith and Harry van Der Hoorn, who owns the Dutch stand building company Stabilo. More than 40 leading dealers, the majority of them based in London, have thrown their support behind a new art fair announced last month, which will take the place of the cancelled Masterpiece fair in Chelsea in June.
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