Melanie Gerlis
Melanie Gerlis is the art market editor-at-large at The Art Newspaper and author of Art as an Investment
Phillips ups thresholds for buyer’s premium
Increase puts auction house’s fees in line with Sotheby’s; Christie’s a relative bargain
Sales points: notable purchases at three Frieze galleries
From a Caucasian carpet to Pop-Tart drawings
Ai Wewei heads to the USA
The artist will make his first trip back to the US since getting his passport back from Chinese authorities
A satellite in the cloud: online-only art fair launches during Frieze New York
Editions planned for Basel in June and London in October
Damien Hirst and Larry Gagosian reunite at Frieze New York
Gallery is re-representing the artist and is staging a solo show at the fair
Real estate mogul Aby Rosen reaches $7m tax settlement
Dispute centred on differing regimes for collecting and dealing in works of art
Frieze New York opens to VIPs with a splash of Hollywood gold-dust
Fair's deal with entertainment mega-agent could secure its future—but some still need convincing
Fifty editions on, can Art Cologne regain top billing?
Prospects are brighter for the world’s first art fair, which opens this week, thanks to its director Daniel Hug
Five to see at MiArt in Milan
The thoughtful fair has more to offer than Italy’s Postwar market darlings
Tefaf brings welcome cheer to the market
Relief for dealers after Dutch fair rings up decent sales
The media fail to cover the bulk of art market transactions
This was one of the conclusions reached during the panel discussion Informing the Art World, held at the Tefaf Art Symposium in Maastricht on 11 March
Race is on to beat art forgery with DNA technology
Artists Mat Collishaw, Idris Khan and Gary Hume support new platform
Old Masters to be folded into ‘Classic Week’ at Christie’s this month
One category no longer seen as sufficient to attract new buyers
A depressed art market: not a bad time to die
US tax court’s valuation revision reduces estate taxes for heirs
Belgian art fair to be held in Jewish Museum
Site of 2014 terrorist attack to reopen to public; director not deterred by this week’s massacre
Damien Hirst, suffragette, spins with a twist
Artist has made a work to support the Women’s Equality Party
Small works come out tops at new-style Tefaf Maastricht
Recently-discovered Rembrandt, a revamped first floor, the New York editions—and an unfolding authenticity scandal outside the fair—contributed to a buzzy opening
It’s official: art sales fell in 2015
Annual Tefaf report shows 7% decline in a polarised market tilted toward the one-percent
Tefaf sets its sights on New York
Fair teams up with US advisory firm to launch two smaller editions in the US
Art lenders outside the US get creative
Falcon Fine Art expands business that allows borrowers to keep their works