[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="14715" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]2-9 December 2021 | Phillips, Berkeley Square, London[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Director of Volta Art Fairs

English Artist and Sculptor

Born in Birmingham in 1978, Idris Khan completed his Master’s Degree at the Royal College of Art and lives and works in London. He was appointed an OBE for services to Art in the Queen’s Birthday 2017 Honours List and has also received an Honorary Doctorate of literature.

Solo and group presentations of the artist's work have been previously staged at national and international institutional venues include, ‘The World Within’ Walsall Art Gallery, 2017, The Whitworth Gallery, University of Manchester (2016– 2017 and 2012); Gothenburg Konsthall, Sweden (2011); Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2010); Kunsthaus Murz, Murzzuschlag, Austria (2010) and K20, Düsseldorf (2008). National Gallery of Art, Washington (2015); Bass Museum of Art, Miami (2014 -2015); Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2014); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida (2013); The British Museum, London (2012); National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo (2012); Fundament Foundation, Tilburg (2011); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010); and Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin (2009).

Director, Specialist, Head of Day Sales, 20th Century & Contemporary Art at Phillips

With over eleven years of experience in the art world, Tamila is the Director in the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Department at Phillips Auction House. For over five years she has headed record breaking Day sales that focus on bringing desirable contemporary artists onto the market. Tamila sits on the young committee of the British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel.

Art market columnist for the Financial Times

Melanie Gerlis became the weekly art market columnist for the Financial Times in 2016. She was previously Art Market Editor for The Art Newspaper (2007-2016), before which she was a financial communications adviser at Finsbury in the City of London (1996-2005). She has a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University and an MA from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Her book, Art as an Investment?, was published in 2014 and her forthcoming book, The Art Fair Story: A Rollercoaster Ride, will be published in late 2021 (Lund Humphries).