Melanie Gerlis

London

Art Market Columnist at Financial Times

Editor at Large at The Art Newspaper

Columnist, Financial Times; Editor at large, The Art Newspaper; author of 'Art as an Investment?' and 'The Art Fair Story'; mother of three; wife of one

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The art world’s next big thing? A shopping centre in Croydon

1 week ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

Just 12 miles from Mayfair’s sleek galleries, the Whitgift shopping centre in the heart of Croydon, south London, feels a world away.
Why should you care about Giacometti’s $70mn auction flop?

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

There were audible gasps in Sotheby’s New York saleroom last week when Alberto Giacometti’s weighty sculpture of an emaciated head,...
Art Basel launches new art fair in Qatar

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

Art Basel will launch a new art fair in Doha, Qatar next year, a move that cements the Middle East as the next frontier in the global art...
Should holy relics be put up for sale? The market for sacred artefacts is an ethical minefield

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

Do cremated ashes classify as human remains? Should there be international trade in religious relics?
Would you buy a Picasso via an app?

1 month ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

It looks like just another Picasso, one of many on offer during this month’s season of megawatt art auctions and fairs in New York.
Ari Emanuel to buy Frieze art fairs from Endeavor

1 month ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

Hollywood powerbroker Ari Emanuel is buying the Frieze global art fair and publishing group from Endeavor, the entertainment group he...
What Trump’s tariffs mean for the art world — and the niche clause gallerists are counting on

1 month ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

First, the good news.
Funding London’s art schools: is this £6mn donation a blueprint for future philanthropy?

1 month ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

Goldsmiths, University of London, home to one of the city’s leading art schools, believes a new donation worth at least £6mn could be a...
Comment | Trims to Sotheby's African Modern and contemporary art department are just one unwelcome sign for this previously healthy market

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Melanie Gerlis

There are some unwelcome signs in the market for contemporary and Modern African art. In 2023 auction sales in this category fell a little—by 8% to $79.8m, according to the analysts ArtTactic—though, as this was from a peak in 2022, and a less dramatic fall than the wider market, the assessment was that the sector remained in good health. But in 2024 sales fell a further and much deeper 45% to $43.9m, an ArtTactic report reveals, much more than the wider auction market.
How to ship a priceless work of art

1 month ago | ft.com | Melanie Gerlis

Venice water levels, New York road closures and London cranes — getting art around the world involves some heavy-duty logistics.

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1 May 25

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28 Mar 25

RT @aservais1: Incredible 🤪-A mysterious $100mn trove of rare coins — hidden from the Nazis — to be auctioned. Amassed by an obsessive conn…

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15 Mar 25

RT @aservais1: JR is a street art sensation — but his market value remains an enigma. The self-styled ‘photograffeur’ orchestrates public s…