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Aktis Gallery is dedicated to modern art, in particular the émigré art of 20th century Paris. We are one of the leading specialists in the post-war lyrical abstraction movement, focusing on the internationally renowned Chinese émigré artists Zao Wou-Ki and Chu Teh-Chun (as well as the contemporary Chinese émigré Gao Xingjian), Russian lyrical abstractionists such as André Lanskoy and Serge Poliakoff and European artists from this movement including Georges Mathieu, Otto Freundlich, Geer van Velde, Bram van Velde and André Marfaing. The gallery is also dedicated to the first wave of Parisian émigration, with European and Russian artists such as Leopold Survage, Marc Chagall, Marie Vassilieff and Pascin, and the Japanese artist Foujita, all of whom are considered the leading artists of les Années folles (the Golden Years) of 1920s Montparnasse, Paris. We also specialise in the work of the Russian non-conformist artists Vladimir Yankilevsky, Oscar Rabin, Boris Sveshnikov, Oleg Tselkov, Dmitry Krasnopevtcev, Grisha Bruskin and Vladimir Yakovlev. As a complement to this world-class portfolio of modern painters, the gallery promotes the work of a growing number of sculptors, including the leading surrealist sculptor Agustin Cárdenas from Cuba and the contemporary Chinese sculptor Wang Keping, both of whom also émigrated to Paris. Situated in St. James’s, at the heart of the London art-world, Aktis Gallery has established itself as a leading destination for museum quality exhibitions. Indeed, in 2010 we organised Vladimir Yankilevsky’s first retrospective in the UK which included major loans from the Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Bochum Museum, Germany. In 2011, our Russian non-conformist Squaring the Circle exhibition was featured on the BBC Review Show. As a member of the esteemed Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD), we also participate in London Art Week and Asian Art in London, holding special events and talks throughout. The gallery is proud to be host to a diverse programme of press conferences, concerts, film screenings and thematic discussions related to the works of art on display. List of Artists Represented Alexandre BENOIS Pierre BONNARD Victor BRAUNER Grisha BRUSKIN Alexander CALDER Agustin CARDENAS Marc CHAGALL Serge CHARCHOUNE CHU Teh-Chun Andre DERAIN Pierre DMITRIENKO Mstislav DOBUZHINSKY El Lissitzky Maurice ESTEVE Otto FREUNDLICH GAO Xingjian Alexander IACOVLEFF Dmitry KRASNOPEVTSEV Pinchus KREMEGNE Valentina KROPIVNITSKAYA Andre LANSKOY Le Corbusier Andre MARFAING Jules PASCIN Serge POLIAKOFF Oscar RABIN Igor SHELKOVSKY Leopold SURVAGE Boris SVESHNIKOV Oleg TSELKOV Leon TUTUNDJAN Geer VAN VELDE Marie VASSILIEFF Vladimir YAKOVLEV Vladimir YANKILEVSKSY ZAO Wou-Ki

The Berger Gallery is located in the historic centre of Beaune, opposite the prestigious Hospices. With five generations of antique dealers specialized in 18th-century French decorative art, the gallery offers a permanent selection of furniture and works of art from the most significant Parisian workshops of that period.

Alain Cartier is a member of the fifth generation of the Cartier family of jewellers, and trades in jewellery, accessories and objects made by Cartier as well as by other jewellers from 1900 to 1965.

Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Gillian Ayres, Peter Blake, Georges Braque, Patrick Caulfield, Gordon Cheung, Michael Craig-Martin, Ian Davenport, Jan Dibbets, Jim Dine, Sam Francis, Naum Gabo, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Allen Jones, Langlands & Bell, Fernand Léger, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mangold, Henri Matisse, Ian McKeever, Lisa Milroy, Joan Miro, Robert Motherwell, Bruce Nauman, Ben Nicholson, Julian Opie, Mimmo Paladino, Pablo Picasso, Boo Ritson, Paul Schutze, Sean Scully, Frank Stella, Antoni TÃpies, Joe Tilson, Andy Warhol, Catherine Yass.

Alan Walker has been a leading internationally-known specialist in antique barometers and related instruments for over 20 years. He purchases and, if necessary, restores all of the instruments that form his stock, working from spacious premises near Newbury, Berkshire, some 60 miles west of London. His stock may be viewed at the antique fairs where he regularly exhibits or by appointment near Newbury. The barometer has been an integral part of the British domestic scene since the early part of the 18th century. Initially a valuable tool in the domestic and agricultural decision-making of the British aristocracy, antique stick and wheel barometers, especially the Georgian examples, have now become highly-prized complements to today's fine antique reception room furniture. Alan’s passion for these charming, elegant and practical pieces of scientific and domestic social history is immediately apparent. His extensive selection of primarily Georgian barometers offers a comprehensive and unrivalled range of 18th- and 19th-century stick and wheel barometers - in the main, London-made - together with scientific, marine and aneroid barometers and barographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Alastair Dickenson started buying and selling fine silver in Jermyn Street in 1996, having previously spent 11 years at Phillips Auctioneers as cataloguer and auctioneer and 12 years as Director and head of Asprey’s silver department. He served on the Court of the Company of Art Scholars, Dealers and Collectors and is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, where he is a member of the Antique Plate Committee that adjudicates on all questionable silver sent for examination. He has been chairman of the silver vetting committee at both Summer and Winter Olympia fairs and continues to vet at Masterpiece. His participation in the ever popular Antiques Roadshow now extends to over 20 years. Alastair Dickenson Ltd is run by Alastair and his long-suffering co-director Melanie Cuchet. They are “by appointment” only and concentrate on the fine and the rare. Particular areas of speciality are early silver from the 16th and 17th centuries, Paul De Lamerie and other great Huguenot makers, Paul Storr and small collectibles such as vinaigrettes, card cases, snuff boxes, wine labels and caddy spoons. In recent years they have substantially increased their involvement in Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts silver, particularly by such makers or designers as Ramsden, Knox and Ashbee.

Throughout the centuries, Treasures of the East have been discovered in London museums and art galleries, originally brought here by wealthy families moving to London, bringing their treasures, heirlooms and heritage with them. Alex J. Zadah, third generation collector and dealer in fine textiles, Persian carpets and antiquities, recognised a demand from the public for these exclusive, hard-to-find antique textiles, and began to source and supply these beautiful accoutrements to clients in London. Trading in Mayfair and Marylebone at first, he soon expanded into North West London as well, providing a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his clients, including a veritable Who’s Who of International Royalty and Celebrities. Within these collections, there are beautiful examples of fine European tapestries and exquisite central Persian carpets from the Safevid period, similar to exhibits at the British Museum, which houses the same styles. The finest of silk weavings from Isfhan can also be found. A special, limited collection of these fabulous Eastern Treasures has been brought to you – directly from the Shiraz region, straight to our gallery in Marylebone. You have the opportunity to own a unique, lavish, hard-to-find piece of history.

Alexander Ancient Art was established in 1991 by Egyptologist Alexander Biesbroek. Alexander has been a collector of ancient art since 1972 and has worked as consultant for collectors of ancient art worldwide. The gallery, based in the Netherlands, offers a wide range of authentic, high quality antiquities from Egypt, the Near East, the Classical world and the Pre-Columbian Americas. Every object is carefully vetted for ancient authenticity and is unconditionally guaranteed in writing to be genuine and as described. Alexander Ancient Art is a member of ADCAEA, LAPADA and CINOA and has exhibited or is exhibiting at major art fairs like BAAF, BRUNEAF, London Olympia Art & Antiques Fair, and Winter B Sablon Brussels.

Art Nouveau and Art Deco

Specialist in 19th Century Meissen Porcelain and Antiques. Alexandra Alfandary has been an active and enthusiastic dealer in antique Meissen Porcelain as well as other European Porcelain, including KPM plaques for over 40 years. During this time she has concentrated on 19th Century Meissen and in particular on those figures and groups with fine modelling and subtle and detailed decoration, as well as on the superb and detailed decoration on Meissen wares of this period. We also place great importance on the condition of all the pieces we sell and never sell badly- or over-restored items .

Contemporary art