LONDON.- Next month, Treasure House Fair returns to the historic Royal Hospital Chelsea for a festival of art and culture. Taking place from 2Gth June through 1st July, London’s much anticipated summer art fair will bring together 70 internationally renowned exhibitors in the fields of fine art, furniture, jewellery, watches, design and classic cars.

From a 50,000-year-old mammoth tusk and a childhood drawing by His Majesty King Charles III to one of the last surviving Union flags of the Battle of Trafalgar and masterpieces by titans of art history, Treasure House Fair reflects the new eclecticism of today’s collectors.

A “treasure house” of the rare and the beautiful, the historic and the cutting-edge, the handpicked works and objects to go on view - all vetted by independent experts - also boasts prestigious provenance, from John Paul Getty to legendary Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard.

Alongside the exhibitors’ presentations, the fair will stage a series of talks and special displays, including a landmark exhibition on the Bugatti family, a thought-provoking Sculpture Walk and a room at London’s annual showhouse WOW!house, in collaboration with acclaimed British decorator Daniel Slowik.

Harry Van der Hoorn, co-founder of The Treasure House Fair and owner of the leading stand building company Stabilo said: “We are proud to carry the baton of our forebears and be part of the long tradition of summer fairs in London. With over a third of international exhibitors and a quarter of newcomers, this third edition corroborates the importance of London for the global trade and the strength of its local market.”

Thomas Woodham-Smith, Director and Co-founder said: “We like to think of ourselves as a festival rather than an art fair. People come to enjoy the art, meet up and spend time at the restaurant and the bar. It is altogether a social, sybaritic and scholarly experience which in just two years, has become integral to the London Summer social season. A bit like Prince Albert’s 1851 Great Exhibition and the 1951 Festival of Britain, the fair is a celebration of the greatest art and craftsmanship gathered from all four corners of the world.”

A Glance at this year’s exhibitors

From the jewellery house that crafted Their Majesties King Charles and Queen Camilla’s wedding rings to Wahei Aoyama, the young Tokyo gallerist breaking new ground in the international art sphere, the fair will showcase galleries, working at the apex of their disciplines.

Leading antique dealers

The fair will see the return of some of the world’s leading antique dealers, including Ronald Phillips, Richard Green, Osborne Samuel, Wartski, Adrian Sassoon, Butchoff Antiques, MacConnal-Mason, Godson & Coles, Koopman Rare Art, Frank Partridge, S.J. Phillips, Adrian Alan and Frank Partridge. Together, these galleries will present a spectacular selection of furniture, silver, decorative arts and jewellery, boasting extraordinary provenance and the aura of the greatest makers of their time.

They will be joined by internationally renowned galleries, including three New York institutions: the antique jewellerÀ La Vieille Russie, silver specialists S.J. Shrubsole and the leading authority in antique porcelain Michele Beiny. Bringing her curatorial flair for merging treasures of the past with contemporary pieces, celebrated interior and furniture designer Rose Uniacke will also unveil her most recent antique and vintage finds.

Fine Arts

As per last year, Fine Art will feature strongly, showcased by a roster of internationally renowned specialists in the fields of painting and sculpture. Fourth-generation Mayfair specialists in Old Masters, Impressionist and Modern art, Richard Green and MacConnal-Mason will be present alongside Sladmore Gallery, specialists in animalier and monumental sculptures, the eminent art dealer and BBC “art detective”, Philip Mould, and Willow Gallery, London-based specialists in 15th and 20th- century European paintings. They will be accompanied by an impressive contingent of modern British art experts, notably Osborne Samuel, Piano Nobile and Christopher Kingzett.

Also returning are American galleries, such as Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, specialists in early-20th-century art and Rhonda Long-Sharp, a former US attorney turned art dealer who represents young British sculptors. They will be joined by SmithDavidson whose galleries in Amsterdam and Miami renowned for their offering of Australian First Nations Art.

Newcomers

Testament to the importance of London for the art market, the fair continues to attract new international exhibitors. Boccara, the New York and Palm Beach-based specialist in modern tapestries will present exquisite pieces by leading 20th=century artists, including Sonia Delaunay, Alexander Calder and Jean Lurçat.

Among the European galleries participating for the first time are the Dutch gallery Douwes, one of the world’s oldest family art dealerships, and a leading expert in original lifetime prints by Rembrandt; Florian Kolhammer, the Viennese dealer specialised in the Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, and Albricht, the Amsterdam gallery focusing on early-20th-century painting, including the work of Kees van Dongen.

Parisian galleries will also be represented, with Ary Jan, an authority in turn-of the-20th century painting and Marc Maison who will amaze visitors with a selection of architectural antiques, including a monumental 15th-century well. The offering in 20th- century design will be reinforced by the participation of AtKris Studio, the young Dutch gallery who will make its debut in the UK with a breathtaking selection of 20th century Italian furniture and decorative arts by the likes of Gio Ponti, Carlo Nason and Giuseppe Rivadossi.

Reputed St James’s galleries will also join, including Bowman Sculpture, a world authority in the work of Auguste Rodin and Stern Pissarro Gallery, run by the descendants of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. The young antique dealer Joe Chaffer who founded Vagabond in 2017, following a career in fashion, will also present exceptional works, which serve as testimony to his discerning eye.

Showcasing treasures from around the world, the fair will also welcome important dealers in Asian art (Michael Goedhuis, Joost van den Bergh) and Islamic art (Kent Antiques), alongside specialists in antique and vintage jewellery (Sandra Cronan, S.J. Phillips, Gree ns of Cheltenham, A La Vieille Russie, Wartski), watches (Somlo) and clocks (Carter Marsh & Co, Howard Walwyn and Tobias Birch).

SPECIAL DISPLAYS

The Brilliant Bugattis - A Landmark exhibition on the Bugatti family

Curated by Edward Horswell, a world-renowned authority on artworks relating to the Bugatti family. The Brilliant Bugattis will be the first exhibition on this virtuoso family in the UK since the pioneering show at the Royal College of Art, London in 1575. A treasure trove of 30 artworks, designs and cars, this non-selling exhibition will feature pieces by the

family patriarch, Carlo (185G-1540) - a true Renaissance man who could design anything to perfection, from furniture to silverware - and his sons, the genius animal sculptor Rembrandt (1884-151G) and the epoch-defining car engineer Ettore (1881-154G) who contributed to the fame of the Bugatti name today. Please see dedicated press release for more details.

Sculpture Walk

Curated by sculpture expert Flo Horswell and Dr. Melissa L Gustin, Curator of British Art at National Museums Liverpool, the walk, set both inside the fair and in the gardens of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, will take visitors around 30 objects spanning 300 years of history.

The theme “Disrupt ~ Connect” has been chosen to allow discussions on what sculpture is. Presented alongside artworks by classical and contemporary artists (Kenneth Armitage, Laura Ellen Bacon, Jill Berelowit z, Emile Boisseau, Emile Antoine Bourdelle, Tarik Currimbhoy, Johannes Dahl, Geoffrey Dashwood, David Ellis, Nic Fiddian Green, Johnny Hawkes, Sean Henry, Patrick Hurst, Massimiliano Pelletti, Sophie Ryder and Stuart Semple) will be more unconventional pieces, such as an 18th-century children’s wardrobe designed as a doll house, a 15th-century French fairground carousel pig and a 1521 sundial by the celebrated Swedish foundry Näfveqvarns.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a podcast series, children’s walk and an exciting program of ‘walks’ with curator Dr Melissa L Gustin, a celebrated TV presenter from the gardening world, a neuro-divergent artist discussing how they perceive shape and colour, as well as artists featured in the walk.