Melanie Gerlis
Melanie Gerlis is the art market editor-at-large at The Art Newspaper and author of Art as an Investment
Podcast episode four: Frieze special with Peter Blake
As the art world descends on London, we take the pulse of the city's art scene with an art market specialist, a collector and two artists, Peter Blake and Ed Fornieles
Why London galleries do fairs on their home turf
Staying local keeps costs down—and dealers can benefit from the buzz around town
Ex-Christie’s chief goes global with advisory enterprise
Steven Murphy has hired six executives for New York, China and Continental Europe
Adventurous art collection of Jerome and Ellen Stern comes to Sotheby’s
More than 250 works owned by the couple will feature across ten auctions
Matt Carey-Williams quits Phillips for Blain Southern
Move marks first major departure from auction house under Edward Dolman
What do ivory bans, Asia and Google have in common?
They all have an impact on specialist areas. In the run up to Tefaf Maastricht, we asked experts about the latest trends in their respective fields
Jake and Dinos Chapman leave White Cube for Blain|Southern
Duo tells The Art Newspaper it is time “to make new omelette”
Why auctioneers are buying into forensics
Scientific analysis comes to the fore as Sotheby's establishes new department, but some remain doubtful about technology's reliability
Art fairs feel the heat at Barcelona conference
Leading dealer says only 25% of sales should be outside gallery
Why the ‘Uber effect’ is proving elusive for online platforms
Business is growing but no one has truly disrupted the market—yet
Ancient disc, the look of maternal love and treasures of the sea attract buyers
From ancient ritual objects to contemporary photographs, here is a snapshot of what people have bought at Frieze London and Frieze Masters
Why a growing number of museum veterans are crossing over to the commercial sector
Boundaries are not what they used to be, as the former director of the Andy Warhol Museum heads to Sotheby’s
Science, then and now, reveals marvels of Medieval manuscripts
Fitzwilliam’s anniversary exhibition breaks ground across the centuries
Artist Pension Trust makes first financial distribution
Sales from the 14,000-work collection will continue
Magnus app founder hits back at critics
Move towards "greater and greater" transparency cannot be stopped, he says
Brexit: what it could mean for the arts
Leading figures speak out about concerns for the future after UK votes to leave European Union<br>
The market looks vulnerable as the summer break begins
As a busy, but thinner, season draws to a close in the wake of Brexit, uncertainty is the order of the day
Brexit vote triggers shock and dismay
Fears for London art market amid political and economic uncertainty after UK votes to leave EU
Thaddaeus Ropac defies Brexit and commits to London
Confirmation of the Ely House gallery gives UK market a needed boost
How to keep an artist’s name alive
Galleries at Art Basel bring historic works that are fresh to the market as artists’ estates get proactive
Confidence in market rises against the odds
ArtTactic's latest survey shows art market experts are more confident than they were at the beginning of the year
Private museums that put the public first
From Basel's finest to the Broad, the institutions that set an example