Two Art Basel Alumni to Head Art Forum Berlin

BERLIN—Art Forum Berlin has appointed two former employees of rival fair Art Basel to replace director Sabrina van der Ley, who leaves at the end of the year, reports Bloomberg.

Eva-Maria Haeusler, 43, was show manager at Art Basel until September 2007 and Peter Vetsch, 55, was communications manager. Van der Ley has managed the fair for the past eight years; her contract expires at the end of 2008.