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.
Banking on Trust
‘Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them’. This ancient saying by Solon, one of the Seven Sages of Greece, still resonates today in the arena of deal making…
Paper Promises, part 2
Part I last month began to deal with exhibition and selling work, one off and generally, responding to five questions posed by a newly established gallery administrator. Part II concludes by giving check lists of points…
Contracts as easy as ABC: A Users Guide
This article provides simple and useful information on how to use Contracts. AGREEMENT Often the word agreement is used loosely to mean a contract. However, an agreement will only be a legally…
Paper Promises, part 1
Exhibiting and selling work, one off and generally, has not been a high priority in these columns over recent years, especially since we explored these areas pretty comprehensively in the first five. But last month’s deliberately…