Melanie Gerlis

Melanie Gerlis is the art market editor-at-large at The Art Newspaper and author of Art as an Investment

Art Baselarchive

Berlin gallery rejected from Art Basel calls for trade support

Following the Eigen+Art's exclusion from the fair selection, owner Gerd Harry Lybke protests with a request that his artists are not made available at any other stand

Art fairsarchive

The Art Show fair report: Setting a sophisticated tone

Collectors queue to view classic modern and contemporary works

TEFAF Maastricht reaches beyond its European core

Chairman Ben Janssens has spent the year charming galleries and collectors in other continents

VIP online art fair overwhelmed by early technical setbacks

Majority of dealers claim disappointment as organisers defend privacy settings and vow to overcome glitches

Hong Kongarchive

Top galleries commit to Art HK fair

Dealers keen to work with eager Chinese collectors

Art marketarchive

Post-war and contemporary auction report: cautious but confident

Some good prices were made, but top quality works were relatively thin on the ground

Art marketarchive

Key lots: Contemporary and post-war

Sarah Morris, Mark Bradford, and Andy Warhol are this season's London highlights

Newsarchive

Warhol Brillo boxes downgraded to “copies”

Authentication board says famous museum director “falsified” their history

Art marketarchive

New books on art investment aim to capitalise on the emerging field

However, too much knowledge can be confusing... even when it is as well selected as this

Art marketarchive

Warhol Foundation cast doubt on claims that artist worked with Warhol

UK auctioneer says Pietro Psaier worked in The Factory and died in the 2004 tsunami; his body has never been found

Sotheby'sarchive

Sotheby’s sues technology entrepreneur for non-payment

Defendant says auction house did not disclose its ownership of painting

Collectorsarchive

Saatchi purchase makes collector Howard Faber think again

$6m from sale of Chinese paintings, including a Zeng Fanzhi, encourages him to review his remaining collection

Immendorff: copies, fakes or authorised reproductions?

Michael Werner, his dealer for 30 years, says “everything was out of control” before the artist died

Diversityarchive

Feminist art cracks the market’s glass ceiling

Historical trends of male art selling for more are being challenged

Gupta joins Hauser & Wirth

Gagosian beaten to the punch

Newsarchive

Momart bought by Falkland Island Holdings

The shipping and storage company has been in hot water since the east London fire

Sotheby’s backs Tate sculpture commission

Martin Creed installation opens 30th June

Art Basel Miami Beach '07 fair report: Edition is strongest yet, despite financial turmoil

Most of the buyers were American private collectors and large-scale installation works were popular

Art Basel Miami Beach '07: Promising sales on Day 1 a reflection of firm market

Concerns about the impact of the tumultuous economy seem unwarranted as buyers crowd Basel

Interviewarchive

Interview with Sam Keller: “Art Basel is not a shopping mall”

Fair director Sam Keller believes his greatest achievement has been to combine culture with commerce

Design Miami plans global expansion

The fair, now backed by Art Basel’s owners, targets China

Art Baselarchive

UBS to continue Art Basel sponsorship

In the throes of crisis, bank states that it will not withdraw its agreement to support Art Basel

RCA to sell Bacon as part of fundraising campaign

Proceeds will go towards new campus in Battersea

Auctionsarchive

Phillips de Pury plans seven-hour sale during Frieze week

The sales include the private collection of Marino Golinelli

Art fairsarchive

London's British Art Fair, this year a smaller yet still sophisticated affair

The 20th edition drew wealthy local collectors, such as the Duchess of Westminster and Tim Rice, but it remains a niche event