
Melanie Gerlis
Melanie Gerlis is the art market editor-at-large at The Art Newspaper and author of Art as an Investment
The generation game: the women behind the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation
Around 300 pieces from the Swiss organisation's sizeable art collection is on display at the Schaulager
Soaring Swiss franc makes Basel more of a stretch for Europeans
Dealers from Switzerland acknowledge they need to be aware of buyers’ budgets at the fair
Hauser & Wirth takes on Fausto Melotti estate
Gallery partner says the Italian Modernist sculptor is less known outside of Europe
Art Basel opens with works that invite visitors to be part of the art
Experiences at the fair range from reclining in a hammock to enjoying an ice cream
Calls to open looted-art archives grow louder
Museums and the trade want to put an end to the Catch-22 situation with Medici and Becchina
Art Basel: an old fair gets a new(ish) look
This year’s edition offers a more logical layout and a green Messeplatz project
When did art insurance become cut throat?
Poaching leads Willis to get injunction and accuse JLT of conspiracy
Online auctioneer invests in London’s bricks and mortar
Paddle8 moves to new premises in Mayfair
Dispute over 13th-century painting stolen by one of its owners has been resolved
Questions remain over authorship of panel that could be by Duccio
Meet Woking’s answer to Roman Abramovich
Football club owner has built large collection, with more than 150 Modern British works on public display
The expat effect: many early adopters of the Hong Kong fair were born elsewhere
Dubai’s art fair also harnesses the interest of the city’s cosmopolitan inhabitants
Ai Weiwei boosts value of art fund by 5% in 2014
Tiroche DeLeon collection focuses on works from developing countries<br>
Gallery pulls out of Lima fair in protest against mayor’s ‘attacks against freedom of expression’
<h5>Event organisers end sponsorship agreement with city officials after complaints from arts community, but “damage is done” Andrea Ferrero says</h5>
Time to find Hong Kong’s artists on their home turf
Local works will be prominent at Art Basel and the new Art Central satellite fair
Comment: it’s the economy, stupid—and the art market is no longer immune to its vicissitudes
While the 2008 global financial meltdown largely failed to dent sales, in 2015 our editor-at-large warned that the falling oil price experienced at the time could prove much more serious
China Guardian head sounds warning note on sales and fraud
Hu Yanyan says that results will still be “healthy”
Anger at casino Warhol sale
The works are being sold by Westdeutsche Spielbanken to raise funds for restructuring
Flipping art: filthy lucre or a sound business plan?
In 2014 we noted that market speculation can offer rich rewards, but in the long term, it may do collectors more harm than good
Collection agency head warns over resale rights
The Artists’ Collecting Society says that the “honeymoon” grace period on accurate reporting of sales is coming to an end
Modigliani drawings show at Harris Lindsay
16 works originally given to Paul Alexandre help kick off London Art Week
Standards are upheld at Art Basel 2014 with consistent sales throughout
Dealers seem to have come to terms with the pressures of showing at such a prestigious fair, and prepared well ahead of time
The diffusion of the global art market away from landmark Western art fairs
As art events crop up all over the world, A-list events are no longer an imperative for dealers
Hauser & Wirth makes a big birthday book
Another 20-year landmark, now in print
Uli Sigg film on his rational and comprehensive attitude to collecting Chinese contemporary art
Sigg reveals that he didn’t necessarily like some of the contemporary art he bought