![]() Every effort has been made to contact the image copyright holders. Prowda has asserted her right under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Author of this work. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise, without first seeking the permission of the copyright owners and the publishers. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Prowda 2013 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. Sotheby’s Institute of Art 570 Lexington Avenue, 6th Floor New York NY 10022 USA ![]() Lund Humphries is part of Ashgate Publishing Sotheby’s Institute of Art 30 Bedford Square Bloomsbury London WC1B 3EE UK Lund Humphries Suite 3–1 110 Cherry Street Burlington VT 05401-3818 USA (From a Declaration of Principles adopted jointly by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations.)įirst published in 2013 by Lund Humphries in association with Sotheby’s Institute of Art Lund Humphries Wey Court East Union Road Farnham Surrey GU9 7PT UK If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. It is sold with the understanding that neither the publisher nor the author is engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional opinions. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered in it. Lund Humphries in association with Sotheby’s Institute of Art VISUAL ARTS AND THE LAW A Handbook for professionals Judith B. Its MA in Art Business was established in 1999. Sotheby’s Institute of Art has pioneered the field of art business as both a professional and an academic discipline. The Handbooks are written by experts in their field, many of whom teach at, or are graduates of, the MA in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art at its London and New York campuses. Aimed at art world professionals and those working within the many sectors of art business, as well as those preparing for careers in the commercial art world, the Handbooks in International Art Business provide a series of authoritative reference guides to the structure and working of the international art market, incorporating core topics such as Art Law and Ethics as well as guides to different market sectors. Working within the art market brings a specific set of challenges, which are distinct from those of the conventional business world. ![]() HANDBOOKS IN INTERNATIONAL ART BUSINESS Series Editors: Derrick Chong and Iain Robertson Advisory Editor: Jos Hackforth-Jones The art market is now a multi-billion-dollar industry employing hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide. Visual arts and the law A handbook for professionals This authoritative but accessible and wide-ranging volume is essential reading for arts advisors, collectors, dealers, auction houses, museums, investors, artists, attorneys, and students of art and law. It addresses fundamental topics such as: the role of due diligence in buying and selling art the issues which can arise when relationships or transactions are not formalized by a written contract critical differences in individual nations' copyright regimes, such as moral rights and artist resale rights how courts analyse copyright infringement cases in visual art specific laws relating to auctions and the relationships among the auction house, consignor and buyer the balance between freedom of expression and an individual's rights of privacy and publicity the liabilities of expert opinions on authenticity and on the valuation of works of art and how the statutes of limitation apply to works that have been stolen or whose legal title is otherwise challenged. The book embraces the interdependence between legal, ethical, as well as art-historical considerations. Although the book is international in scope, there is a particular focus on the US as a major art centre and the site of countless key international court cases. This essential handbook offers art professionals and collectors an accessible legal analysis of important principles in art law, as well as a practical guide to legal rights when creating, buying, selling and collecting art in a global market.
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