Art Antiques London 2011

9 - 15 June 2011
Albert Memorial West Lawn
Kensington Gardens, London 
'First Night Party' in support of
Children and Famillies Across Borders
Wednesday 8 June

'The Jewel in the Crown of London's Summer Season'

Kensington Gardens again provides the dazzling backdrop to one of the most exciting and glamorous art and antiques fairs in London. Art Antiques London incorporating the renowned thirty-year-old International Ceramics Fair & Seminar is held in a beautiful custom-built pavilion opposite the Royal Albert Hall and close to the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851. The fair brings together leading international dealers and visitors from all over the world, who, can buy with confidence as each object is vetted for quality and authenticity by a panel of advisors.

Public opening hours9 June–15 June 2011
Daily 11.00 am–7.00 pm. Sunday and last day 11.00am–6.00pm
The West Lawn is next to The Albert Memorial and directly opposite The Royal Albert Hall.
Entrance £15.

Lectures
Sponsored by The Ten Ten Foundation Inc.
For a full synopsis of each lecture and to book please visit our website.
Thursday 9 June
A1
12.00pm – 1.00pm
SPRIMONT’S COMPLAINT: BUYING AND SELLING CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN IN LONDON 1730-1775
PATRICIA FERGUSON – Independent Researcher
A2
2.45pm – 3.45pm
FRAGILE CARGO: IN PURSUIT OF A PRINCE AND HIS PORCELAIN
MAUREEN CASSIDY-GEIGER – Educator, Curator and author
A3
4.30pm – 5.30pm
SAUCE OR SOURCE
KATE MALONE – Contemporary potter

Friday 10th June
 B1
12.00pm – 1.00pm
SCULPTURAL COLOUR AT SÈVRES
TAMARA PRÉAUD – former archivist of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
B2
2.45pm – 3.45pm
THE GLAMOROUS AGE OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH PETROVNA
DR EKATERINA KHMELNITSKAYA – Curator of Russian Porcelain The State Hermitage Museum
B3
4.30pm – 5.30pm
TANTALISING TIN-GLAZE & PROLIFICPORCELAIN – RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF CERAMICS FROM LONDON
JACQUI PEARCE FSA MIFA – Specialist in Medieval and Later Ceramics, Museum of London

Saturday 11th June
C2
2.45pm - 3.45pm
A DETECTIVE STORY: MEISSEN PORCELAINS COPYING EAST ASIAN MODELS. FAKES
OR ORIGINALS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT?
JULIA WEBER – Scientific assistant at the Bavarian National Museum, Munich
C3
4.30pm – 5.30pm
A TASTE OF DISTINCTION: ELECTOR MAX EMANUEL’S COLLECTION OF PORCELAIN MOUNTED IN PARIS
DR MAX TILLMANN – Art Historian and Lecturer
Sunday 12th June
D2
2.45pm – 3.45pm
MAGNIFICENT FAIENCE AND REDISCOVERED PORCELAIN MASTERPIECES AT THE ROUEN MUSEUM
AUDREY GAY-MAZUEL – Chief Curator Musée de la Ceramique, Rouen
D3
4.30pm – 5.30pm
THE FRENCH INTERIOR REVEALED
JOHN WHITEHEAD – Dealer and Author

Monday 13th June
E2
2.45pm – 3.45pm
‘VALHALLA-ON-TRENT’: TRENTHAM HALL AS A MEETING PLACE OF THE SCULPTURAL WORLDS OF ROME AND PARIS WITH THE MID-VICTORIAN CERAMIC INDUSTRY
DR PHILIP WARD-JACKSON – Art Historian and Author
E3
4.30pm – 5.30pm
SELLING SILVER: THREE CENTURIES' PROMOTION BY GOLDSMITHS OF THEIR TRADE, FROM THE LATE 17TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
JOHN CULME – Silver Consultant and Author

First Night Party
in support of CFAB
Wednesday 8 June
Details: 6.00pm–8.30pm, Champagne Reception £80
8.30pm, Dinner £300
For tickets:
Tel: +44 (0)20 3176 0242 or email:firstnighparty@cfab.uk.net

Waddesdon Masterclasses
Visitors to the Fair will be able to enter a draw for a free place at Waddesdon’s coveted 2012 residential Masterclass. The Masterclass offers connoisseurs the opportunity to experience the house and collections in the manner of Baron Ferdinand’s house party guests in the 19th Century. The house is closed to the public during that time. www.waddesdon.org.uk