The Fair has a tradition of hosting Loan Exhibitions of work that is not for sale, but is of interest to collectors, art historians, and the general public:
2017: 18th and 19th Century British Watercolours from the Eton College Collections
2016: Laurie Lee - The Artist 2015: Alan Sorrell - The Man who Created Roman Britain 2013: Conquest of the Skies 2012: The Moon Observed 2011: Images of War & Peace at Waterloo Station - The evolution of Helen McKie's iconic posters 2010: The Art of Invention: Hidden Treasures from the Science and Railway Museum 2009: Crisis What Crisis?: Original cartoon artwork and Pictures in Mind: The Imaginative Book Illustration Society 2008: "The Art of Deception": Fakes, forgeries, and mistaken identifications |
2007: Drawings from The Slade
2006: Kettle's Yard, Cambridge 2005: G F Watts - "England's Michelangelo": The Watts Gallery, Compton 2004: Bawden, Ravilious and Friends: the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden 2003: Architectural Drawings: RIBA 2002: Possession - Art Dealers and Collectors in Partnership 2001: Watercolours & Drawings 2000: Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection 1999: John Ruskin - "The Campaign for Drawing" |