Archive of Henry Lydiate‘s Artlaw column, published in Art Monthly since 1976. Have a legal question about your career? Check our Directory or send us a legal query.
Back to The Future
It was 20 years ago today when Peter Townsend told me he was launching a new visual arts magazine, and invited me to contribute what he hoped might become a regular column dealing with current legal…
The Present Status of Artlaw
What is the present status of Artlaw? Jacqueline Morreau is by no means alone in asking this leading question (Art Monthly No. 83, p.25). Since the demise of Artlaw Services in 1983, thousands of people…
Of ha’pennies and cakes – servicing public arts development
Deja vu was the last thing I expected to experience when I went to Leeds last month to contribute to the Public Arts seminary ‘Commissions and Contracts’ – a one day…