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POSTED ON FEBRUARY 3, 2014 BY ADMIN IN ARTIST,DEALER,GALLERY,MUSEUM

College Art Association Report on Copyright and Fair Use

The College Art Association (with a membership of 13 000 practitioners) is the principal professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history, and art criticism. Members consists of  academics, professors, and graduate students who study and/or teach[…]

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POSTED ON JANUARY 22, 2014 BY RICHARD LEHUN IN ARTIST,DEALER,GALLERY

NYSBA Art Gallery Ethics Panel

Everything You Wanted to Know About Art Gallery Ethics (But Were Afraid to Ask) Monday, October 21, 2013 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM A slew of cases involving some of the art world’s most prolific figures have raised the[…]

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POSTED ON JANUARY 15, 2014 BY JUDITH PROWDA IN ARTIST,COLLECTOR,DEALER,GALLERY

Five Art Law Facts that Art Business Professionals Need to Know

In this series of brief overviews, will distill important art law issues that are often overlooked or misunderstood.  Today’s installment will cover the following five topics:  (i) Protection of artists under New York’s amended consignment law; (ii) Commercial laws that[…]

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POSTED ON DECEMBER 26, 2013 BY ADMIN IN ARTIST,DEALER,GALLERY

Decision: Calder Estate Lawsuit against Klaus Perls

Calder Estate Lawsuit dismissed by Judge Kornreich: “In other words, plaintiffs are attempting to litigate issues that necessarily stretch back decades without any personal knowledge or contemporaneous records, where nearly all of the people who had personal knowledge of the[…]

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POSTED ON DECEMBER 22, 2013 BY ADMIN IN MUSEUM

Christie’s Valuation Report to Detroit Institute of Arts

Christie’s values 1,741 pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts at between $454,277,995-866,997,240. Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

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POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2013 BY ADMIN IN ARTIST,COLLECTOR,DEALER,GALLERY

US Copyright Office on Artist Resale Rights: Full Text

Artist Resale Rights in the US? “In general, visual artists do not share in the long-term financial success of their works. […] Instead, the financial gains from the resale of their works inure primarily to third parties such as auction houses, collectors,[…]

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POSTED ON NOVEMBER 20, 2013 BY ADMIN IN ARTIST

Judge Block’s reasons for not saving 5Pointz.

“Although the works have now been destroyed—and the Court wished it had the power to preserve them—plaintiffs would be hard-pressed to contend that no amount of money would compensate them for their paintings; and VARA—which makes no distinction between temporary and permanent works[…]

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POSTED ON NOVEMBER 16, 2013 BY ADMIN IN ARTIST,DEALER,GALLERY

15 Minutes on Starting a Non Profit Gallery

Yiğit Uçtum presents a pithy summary of things you need to know about starting a non profit gallery.

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POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 BY RICHARD LEHUN IN ARTIST

15 Minutes on Emerging Artist Survival

In this post I am going to be talking about survival as an artist in 2014 – Five main points that you should have in your mind as you develop a sustainable career.

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POSTED ON AUGUST 7, 2013 BY JUDITH PROWDA IN ARTIST,DEALER,GALLERY

Judith Prowda on the Artist-Dealer Relationship

Redacted excerpt from her forthcoming book, "Visual Arts and the Law: A Handbook for Professionals" with permission of the publisher Lund Humphries

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POSTED ON JUNE 16, 2013 BY RICHARD LEHUN IN ARTIST,COLLECTOR,DEALER,GALLERY

Anatomy of an Artist Invoice

For many emerging artists, the invoicing of direct or studio sales is a hastily filled out form (if there is any invoice at all). This is not as good an idea as it seems. In the absence of a more[…]

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