Sotheby’s - Auctions of paintings, drawings and sculpture will take place on 8 and 9 July (see sales calendar here). Highlights include nine works from the collections of Castle Howard, one of Britain’s greatest and most beautiful country houses. The works span Roman antiquities to Old Master paintings and 17th century Italian furniture.

The Crown Estate is delighted to sponsor London Art Week in 2015. The participants are all situated a short walk from one another in the heart of London’s Mayfair and St James’s. The Crown Estate owns approximately 50% of St James’s and is implementing a £500m investment programme to sensitively refine and enhance the area, which forms part of its core holdings in London’s West End. James Cooksey, Head of the St James’s Portfolio, said: “The Crown Estate is delighted to support this important event in London’s art calendar which unites the art galleries of Mayfair and St. James’s, and helps to promote the extraordinary range of knowledge, expertise and heritage on offer in the art market’s historic home.”