TRANSMISSIONS
Online platform commissioning artists to share their work within a classic DIY TV show format during the COVID pandemic Initiated by Anne Duffau, Tai Shani and Hana Noorali and supported by a number of UK art institutions and commercially…
Being An Artist’s Lawyer
In April 2020 a unique event will take place in Los Angeles at Southwestern Law School’s Donald E Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute. As part of the Institute’s programme of Continuing Legal Education for California…
Bolton: Land of Opportunity
Two years ago, at a particularly challenging time in our lives my partner and I made big changes, I quit my teaching job and we moved to Bolton from London. Our aim was to prioritise being…
WFH Residency
£1000 award to convert the first COVID lockdown in 2020 into a ‘work from home’ residency Responding to a collapse in work opportunities during the first COVID lockdown, the WFH Residency paid artists to conduct a ‘working from…
Laundering
On 10 January 2020 new anti money laundering laws came into force in the UK that have wide ranging, game changing and undoubtedly controversial implications for the art market. The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 are…
Peer mentoring for artists
A peer mentoring group is a regular gathering of artists who support each other. A group might talk about their art practice, their careers, or other professional or cultural developments. It is similar to the ‘crits’…
Legal Drivers
Banksy began his practice as a freehand street graffiti artist, subsequently using stencils to facilitate the swifter execution of work – and thus avoidance of detection and arrest for criminal damage or trespass to other people’s property. He…
Palazzo Monti Artist Residency
Open deadline
Palazzo Monti is an artist residency program based in Brescia, housed in a palazzo dating back to 1200. The Palazzo is an incubator for creativity and productivity, offering artists a chance to find inspiration, forge new…
Bilbao Rocks
During my five months on an artist residency in the Northern Spanish City of Bilbao, I have noticed a lot of artists. Being based in an artist residency centre this is obviously a risk. Considering the size of…
Tariff-Free Art Trade
On Friday 18 October 2019, while the UK House of Commons was preparing to hold the next day’s ‘Super Saturday’ sitting to decide whether to accept the revised UK/EU withdrawal agreement and political declaration that had been…
Collecting Performance Art
A unique art fair exclusively showcasing performance art was held for 72 hours in September 2019 during the Brussels Gallery Weekend. Organised and curated by A Performance Affair (APA), a recently established not for profit share entity,…
Mexico: Swimming in the belly button moonlake – a path to creative enrichment
In Mexico’s ancient language ‘Nahuatl’ – The word ‘Mexico’ means ‘Bellybutton of the Moon lake’. Mexico City is a megalopolis crawling up the side of a prehistoric…
Sale or Resale?
When is a sale a resale? The distinction and difference can be significant in the context of artists’ legal right to receive royalty payments as percentages of the price paid when their works are resold in the…
Legacy
There has been significant recent growth in representation by art market professionals of the estates of artists who died in recent times, and such activity is fast becoming an established business specialism within the contemporary art ecosystem. Agents and…
Berlin: Care and Creativity: Working as a Disabled Artist
I started my training as a dancer fourteen years ago, first at A Level and then at the University of Brighton as part of their Performance and Visual Arts Bachelors Degree…
Ownership
When is a ‘work’ completed? Is it when the artist releases it for public viewing, and/or only if released for sale? What is the status of a work an artist (or a deceased artist’s estate) disowns after its release?…
Glasgow: how to find sanctuary in the dear green place
As artists many of us are introverted beasts who choose the right time to make the most of creativity. It’s about getting a balance that fits with a responsibility to…
Afterlife of Photographs
On 16 May 2019 the fifth edition of the international photography fair, Photo London, opens at Somerset House. 100 or so specialist galleries from around the world will exhibit for sale photographic works by over 400 artists…