Showing items tagged "Legal issues and advice"
Rothko Revisited
There occurred in Sandy, London, Cardiff and Anglesey last month an important event for the visual arts which went largely unnoticed. That brief statement – rather like the ‘Who, When, Where, Why?’ newspaper adverts – hardly tells the…
Dear Editors
I must apologise for not having produced my regular column this month – the first time in three years. The fact is that we’ve been under so much pressure at Artlaw that there’s been no time to sit…
Mapplethorpe
Much heat and hype has been generated by the media in recent months over the Hayward Gallery’s decision to self censor two works from the Mapplethorpe retrospective. The purpose of this piece is not to fuel any flames, but…
Postbag
There has been a mountain of correspondence from readers who have written to me, each with a different problem. First, I must apologise for not yet having replied to the less urgent enquirers (I will, shortly); second, let me…
Information and Advice to the Visual Arts: Getting the Network Working
In May 1990, AN Publications (Artists Newsletter) carried out market research into the needs of artists and arts administrators. The results make it clear that the needs of artists…
Alison Jackson’s Sven
In the media hype immediately before the start of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a new film work by UK artist/director Alison Jackson was broadcast on Channel 4, Sven: The Cash, The Coach and His Lovers. Described…
Public art commissions and the law
An artist commission is when artist is paid to create a new piece of work. It’s important artists understand their legal rights when undertaking a commission. A commission might take the form of Commissions…
Morals, Mores & Minors
Lewis Carroll and Edgar Degas in the 19th Century, Balthazar Klossowski (Balthus) and Robert Mapplethorpe in the 20th Century, and Tierney Gearon and Annalies Strba at the beginning of this century, each produced artworks that were…
The Rothko Wrangle
ONE A tale of an ill drawn Will and 798 paintings told in two parts. ‘Silence is so accurate’. Mark Rothko once stated in a conversation with Elaine de Kooning. A bitter irony indeed when we consider…
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…
Dear Shane
Artlaw Services Ltd in voluntary liquidation. Can this be so? You cannot believe it. You do deserve a full explanation; Shane Simpson, LLB, Barrister Director Arts Law Centre of Australia Sydney Dear Shane, Artlaw Services Ltd in voluntary…
Private Views: Right Problem, Wrong Law
All too often artists and arts professionals look at a controversial image, conclude that the Law, specifically copyright law, must have something to say about it, must provide an answer. In the case of…
Sensation and All That
Do the laws of freedom of speech apply to images? How do laws recognise cultural differences between different countries? Should everything be allowed to be exhibited? If not, how do we regulate? How do politics play…
Art after Death
For practitioners, what happens to their art after their death can be a significant issue. This section looks at some of the steps artists can take to plan for and protect the future of their artworks. What…
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…
Famous last words
Andy Warhol died in 1987. In the few years since his death his Estate has been beset by no fewer than three serious and complex legal wrangles. In Britain the death of Henry Moore in 1986 has…
Deceased Artists
Through a public consultation paper issued in June 2008, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has been seeking the views of art market professionals, artists, representatives of artists’ collecting societies, and from deceased artists’ estates, in order to…