SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 32
Visual Artists and the Law
Dublin 17 May 2012

Henry Lydiate




The Henry Lydiate Partnership LLP
Orleston House London N7 8LL
T+44(0)20 7607 9373 M+44(0) 7976 942 038
henry@thehenrylydiatepartnership.com
www.thehenrylydiatepartnership.com
Limited Liability Partnership registered in England Wales OC319735
Artlaw Research Project: 1976/7

   commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
    (CGF) and Arts Council Great Britain (ACGB)
   “ To investigate the provision of legal services to visual
    artists in England and Wales;
   to measure the extent of any unmet need;
   to put forward a written report on the situation,
   and proposals for the use and development of existing
    services
    and the establishment of provision for any unmet need.”
Artlaw Research Project Report
                           The Visual Artist and the Law
                           December 1977



Four key findings:

1. Artists and art administrators in England and Wales urgently required access to
   information, advice and assistance to deal with legal problems in relation to their
   work

2. Such legal services were required from lawyers with knowledge and experience of
   the visual art world, who had specialised in dealing with such problems

3. Such legal services were required to be available to all artists and art
   administrators for fees they could afford

4. Five unmet needs
Unmet Need #1 : Information

no publications were available that
adequately dealt with the law relating to the
visual arts, for the use of artists, art
administrators, or lawyers
Unmet Need #2 : Education

   no art or law schools offered students courses that dealt with
    the law relating to the visual arts

   no arts administration course offered students adequate
    materials on the subject

   no individuals or organisations provided such education
Unmet Need #3 : Training

   no professional training courses for artists dealing with the
    law relating to the visual arts

   only two arts administration courses dealt with the general
    law relating to all the arts

   no individual or other organisation provided such training
Unmet Need #4 : Advice
   few lawyers with knowledge or experience of the visual arts
    specialised in dealing with the legal problems of visual
    artists
   the majority of artists required, but could not afford, such
    services
   general legal practitioners were unable to provide such
    services for economic reasons or because of lack of
    interest in the subject
   artists were unable to pay for, or to persuade lawyers to
    develop, such an interest
   Law Centres and Legal Advice Centres specialised only in
    welfare law problems
   no other individual or organisation provided such advice
Unmet Need #5: Assistance

   few lawyers specialised in the law related to the
    visual arts
   few were willing to develop a special interest in the
    field
   no organisation existed that referred artists to such
    lawyers for legal assistance with such problems
Artlaw Research Project Report:
                     Key Recommendations

   establishment of a national artlaw service
   an independent charitable body
   governed by a board comprising
   professional visual artists, art administrators, and lawyers
    specialising in artlaw
   public conference at Chelsea School of Art, January 1978
   attended by artists, commercial and public art administrators,
    and interested lawyers
   unanimous endorsement
Artlaw Services: 1978/83

   Board Members included
    - artists Richard Wentworth and Elton Bash
    - administrators Nicholas Serota & David Panton
    - art lawyers Richard Swan and Henry Lydiate

   Patrons included
    - artists Joseph Beuys, Mark Boyle & Joan Hills, Richard
    Hamilton, Paul Neagu, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Tom Phillips
    - arts lawyers Laurence Harbottle, Jeremy Hutchinson QC,
    Geoffrey Robertson, and Michael Rubinstein
Four artlaw services were provided

   specialist legal information, advice and help from two full-
    time in-house art lawyers and around 50 unpaid volunteer
    art lawyers, free at the point of delivery
   publications, including contents of art business contracts,
    and guides on copyright, income tax, and finding and
    maintaining a studio
   education programme, developing and delivering
    professional practice courses and sessions at most art
    schools in the UK
   research into artlaw matters and the provision and
    development of specialist legal and business services to the
    visual art community
Annual Revenue Funding 1978/83

   Arts Council Great Britain
   Welsh Arts Council
   Crafts Council
   1981 ACGB cuts & CGF ends
   subscription income
   expenditure cuts
   dissolution
Artists Legal & Business Challenges Today
   artists in particular (and art market professionals) need access to
    specialist legal advice and help, and at a price they can afford

   artists have become increasingly self-reliant: through & post 70s 80s &
    90s recessions, and have increasingly addressed the ‘commercial
    dimension’ of creative practice

   artists have embraced digital technology, and developed new forms of
    expression and ways of working

   artists have developed new (and continue to have traditional) legal &
    business challenges

   examples:
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
   Banksy
    South Bank 2, London
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
   Banksy
    Wall and Peace, 2005
Banksy
   no gallery for many years
   no objects for sale
   environment as gallery
   skilfully avoids legal challenges
   urban guerrilla to mainstream business practice
   now commissioned
   now selling objects
   retains total anonymity
   Banksy NYC
   market value
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
Alison Jackson
   uses conventional mainstream broadcast media and
    publishing as both her art form and dissemination
    medium
   as an artist, not as television producer
   aims and objectives determined by artistic parameters
   uses media to subvert and question notions of celebrity;
    and toys with ‘it’s on television/in print, so it must be true’
    response
   skilfully uses laws:
     “ My aim is to explore the blurred boundaries between
    reality and the imaginary – the gap and confusion
    between the two. I recreate scenes of our greatest fears
    which we think are documentary but are fiction.”
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
   Christo & Jeanne-Claude
    Wrapped Reichstag
    Berlin 1971-1995
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
Christo & Jeanne-Claude,
                     Running Fence, 1972-6

   when Christo set out to erect a fabric fence across 24 miles
    of California ranch land, he encountered massive resistance
    from landowners and bureaucrats alike, in addition to
    conservationists who thought he would harm the landscape
   the fence extended across the rolling hills of northern
    California to the Pacific Ocean, and provided what Christo
    referred to as ‘an obstructive membrane’ that he hoped
    would change public perception of the land
   permission was eventually obtained from county, state, and
    federal agencies, plus scores of private land owners
   fined $60,000 for not obtaining permission from the
    California Coastal Commission
Christo & Jeanne-Claude
   use environment as gallery
   intervene in it and change it
   work goes to spectator’s environment, rather than
    spectator to gallery
   huge challenges posing technical, legal & procedural
    issues
   each work is a business project – have been described as
    art works using the law as a medium
   £$ for which raised by selling IPR in advance
   also sell related drawings, collages, works on paper
   cf. merchandising a rock band on tour
Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate
   Damien Hirst
    Hymn, 1996
Damien Hirst
   has successfully re-worked the Italian Renaissance atelier
    model (via Warhol)
   huge demand
   production line of employees
   numerous editions of iconic works: spots, spins, butterflies
   DH: R&D plus controversial & experimental work stimulating
    more demand
   acutely aware of own public image and behaviour and its
    relationship to brand
   extensions: Quo Vadis; The Pharmacy;
    For the Love of God; Beautiful Inside My Head Forever
   “art business” and “business art” : Warhol
   “Making money is art and working is art and good business
    is the best art.”: Warhol
New Ways of Working - New Challenges

   artists increasingly working collaboratively, with each other, with others
    and in new/different contexts
   new/different objectives and creative paradigms
   recent trends:
     - mixed media works
     - appropriation of material
     - open source and content material
     - www usage
     - collaborating with curators/spaces
     - installations and performative works
     - sound art; sci-art; book art; appropriation art
     - land art; public art
   requires new skills, new knowledge, different approach
Key Challenges
   artists are increasingly using:
   business skills
   entrepreneurial skills
   advanced project management
   business support mechanisms
   knowledge transfer
   requires new/extended skill set from artists
   requires holistic approach to professional practice in the
    creative curriculum for studio-based art students
   requires continuing professional development for artists
   requires special kinds of collaborative support and help
   in some ways a return to the Renaissance model

More Related Content

Viewers also liked

The relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play case
The relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play caseThe relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play case
The relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play casePatrizia Bertini
 
Logo Design basics
Logo Design basicsLogo Design basics
Logo Design basicsGreg Sarles
 
Elements&Principles Of Interior Design
Elements&Principles Of Interior DesignElements&Principles Of Interior Design
Elements&Principles Of Interior Designakilian
 
Creative Workshop Teacher's Guide
Creative Workshop Teacher's GuideCreative Workshop Teacher's Guide
Creative Workshop Teacher's GuideDavid Sherwin
 
Graphic Design PowerPoint
Graphic Design PowerPointGraphic Design PowerPoint
Graphic Design PowerPointnycdoe
 
Logo design.ppt
Logo design.pptLogo design.ppt
Logo design.pptmcglp
 
WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)
WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)
WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)Shawn Calvert
 
A quick and extremely awesome guide to logo design
A quick and extremely awesome guide to logo designA quick and extremely awesome guide to logo design
A quick and extremely awesome guide to logo designFiverr
 
Art Elements and Principles
Art Elements and PrinciplesArt Elements and Principles
Art Elements and Principlesmeier106
 
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More EffectivelyBetter Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More EffectivelyDavid Sherwin
 
Product design and process selection
Product design and process selectionProduct design and process selection
Product design and process selectionSujan Oli
 
Introduction to Layouts in Graphic Design
Introduction to Layouts in Graphic DesignIntroduction to Layouts in Graphic Design
Introduction to Layouts in Graphic DesignCasey Robertson
 
Elements & Principles of Design
Elements & Principles of DesignElements & Principles of Design
Elements & Principles of DesignZ M
 
Interior Design ppt.
Interior Design ppt.Interior Design ppt.
Interior Design ppt.guest9aea7694
 
Understanding Graphic Design
Understanding Graphic DesignUnderstanding Graphic Design
Understanding Graphic DesignFrank Curkovic
 
Interior Design Portfolio.
Interior Design Portfolio.Interior Design Portfolio.
Interior Design Portfolio.Erica Brown
 

Viewers also liked (19)

The relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play case
The relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play caseThe relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play case
The relationship between Business and Design: the Lego Serious Play case
 
Logo Design basics
Logo Design basicsLogo Design basics
Logo Design basics
 
Brand "U.0"
Brand "U.0"Brand "U.0"
Brand "U.0"
 
Elements&Principles Of Interior Design
Elements&Principles Of Interior DesignElements&Principles Of Interior Design
Elements&Principles Of Interior Design
 
Creative Workshop Teacher's Guide
Creative Workshop Teacher's GuideCreative Workshop Teacher's Guide
Creative Workshop Teacher's Guide
 
Product and process design
Product and process designProduct and process design
Product and process design
 
Graphic Design PowerPoint
Graphic Design PowerPointGraphic Design PowerPoint
Graphic Design PowerPoint
 
Logo design.ppt
Logo design.pptLogo design.ppt
Logo design.ppt
 
WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)
WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)
WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN? (Intro to GD, Wk 1)
 
A quick and extremely awesome guide to logo design
A quick and extremely awesome guide to logo designA quick and extremely awesome guide to logo design
A quick and extremely awesome guide to logo design
 
Art Elements and Principles
Art Elements and PrinciplesArt Elements and Principles
Art Elements and Principles
 
Process design
Process designProcess design
Process design
 
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More EffectivelyBetter Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively
 
Product design and process selection
Product design and process selectionProduct design and process selection
Product design and process selection
 
Introduction to Layouts in Graphic Design
Introduction to Layouts in Graphic DesignIntroduction to Layouts in Graphic Design
Introduction to Layouts in Graphic Design
 
Elements & Principles of Design
Elements & Principles of DesignElements & Principles of Design
Elements & Principles of Design
 
Interior Design ppt.
Interior Design ppt.Interior Design ppt.
Interior Design ppt.
 
Understanding Graphic Design
Understanding Graphic DesignUnderstanding Graphic Design
Understanding Graphic Design
 
Interior Design Portfolio.
Interior Design Portfolio.Interior Design Portfolio.
Interior Design Portfolio.
 

Similar to Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate

Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...
Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...
Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...Alexander Decker
 
Exploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary Art
Exploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary ArtExploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary Art
Exploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary ArtEmamiart1
 
Public Art Dublin 2009
Public Art Dublin 2009Public Art Dublin 2009
Public Art Dublin 2009Sarah Searson
 
Writing effective award nominations March 2011
Writing effective award nominations March 2011Writing effective award nominations March 2011
Writing effective award nominations March 2011ABScotland
 
a&s présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003
a&s  présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003a&s  présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003
a&s présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003José-Xavier Polet
 
Manchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversion
Manchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversionManchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversion
Manchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversionjayom2
 
Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)
Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)
Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)Beth Cinamon
 
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected Partnership
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected PartnershipInternational Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected Partnership
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected PartnershipLidia Varbanova
 
MARY ANN DE VLIEG
MARY ANN DE VLIEGMARY ANN DE VLIEG
MARY ANN DE VLIEGESCENIUM
 
Vivant
VivantVivant
VivantVina
 
Artsy - NOAH16 London
Artsy - NOAH16 LondonArtsy - NOAH16 London
Artsy - NOAH16 LondonNOAH Advisors
 
Proff Development Public Art
Proff Development Public ArtProff Development Public Art
Proff Development Public ArtSarah Searson
 
Heidenreich uncurated 1
Heidenreich uncurated   1Heidenreich uncurated   1
Heidenreich uncurated 1SHeidenreich
 
How & why we may form international partnerships
How & why we may form international partnershipsHow & why we may form international partnerships
How & why we may form international partnershipsJames Doyle
 
Luxe immo december eng
Luxe immo december engLuxe immo december eng
Luxe immo december engStudio Abba
 
Art in Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage
Art in Public Spaces and Cultural HeritageArt in Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage
Art in Public Spaces and Cultural HeritageGiovanni Maria Riccio
 
Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...
Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...
Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...Iolanda Pensa
 
Collaboration 2013 final
Collaboration 2013 finalCollaboration 2013 final
Collaboration 2013 finalGarryBarker
 

Similar to Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate (20)

Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...
Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...
Art exhibition as advert promo and facilitator for artistic production in col...
 
The Warhol Economy, door Elizabeth Currid
The Warhol Economy, door Elizabeth Currid The Warhol Economy, door Elizabeth Currid
The Warhol Economy, door Elizabeth Currid
 
Exploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary Art
Exploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary ArtExploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary Art
Exploring The Unconventional: 4 Key Characteristics Of Contemporary Art
 
Mayor Task Force Memo_FINAL1_4_16
Mayor Task Force Memo_FINAL1_4_16Mayor Task Force Memo_FINAL1_4_16
Mayor Task Force Memo_FINAL1_4_16
 
Public Art Dublin 2009
Public Art Dublin 2009Public Art Dublin 2009
Public Art Dublin 2009
 
Writing effective award nominations March 2011
Writing effective award nominations March 2011Writing effective award nominations March 2011
Writing effective award nominations March 2011
 
a&s présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003
a&s  présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003a&s  présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003
a&s présentation omnibus. 15 aug 2003
 
Manchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversion
Manchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversionManchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversion
Manchester artsculturaldev mtauburnpresenation_may52010_longversion
 
Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)
Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)
Church Street- Arts and Culture Sept 2014 (1)
 
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected Partnership
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected PartnershipInternational Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected Partnership
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts: Unexpected Partnership
 
MARY ANN DE VLIEG
MARY ANN DE VLIEGMARY ANN DE VLIEG
MARY ANN DE VLIEG
 
Vivant
VivantVivant
Vivant
 
Artsy - NOAH16 London
Artsy - NOAH16 LondonArtsy - NOAH16 London
Artsy - NOAH16 London
 
Proff Development Public Art
Proff Development Public ArtProff Development Public Art
Proff Development Public Art
 
Heidenreich uncurated 1
Heidenreich uncurated   1Heidenreich uncurated   1
Heidenreich uncurated 1
 
How & why we may form international partnerships
How & why we may form international partnershipsHow & why we may form international partnerships
How & why we may form international partnerships
 
Luxe immo december eng
Luxe immo december engLuxe immo december eng
Luxe immo december eng
 
Art in Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage
Art in Public Spaces and Cultural HeritageArt in Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage
Art in Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage
 
Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...
Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...
Public Art as a Driver of Urban Transformation in Douala in Re-Imagining the ...
 
Collaboration 2013 final
Collaboration 2013 finalCollaboration 2013 final
Collaboration 2013 final
 

More from Visual Artists Ireland

Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018
Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018 Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018
Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018 Visual Artists Ireland
 
Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018
Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018
Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018Visual Artists Ireland
 
Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016
Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016
Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016Visual Artists Ireland
 
Steve Simpson Licensing for Illustrators
Steve Simpson Licensing for IllustratorsSteve Simpson Licensing for Illustrators
Steve Simpson Licensing for IllustratorsVisual Artists Ireland
 
Emma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tire
Emma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tireEmma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tire
Emma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tireVisual Artists Ireland
 
Facilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'Connor
Facilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'ConnorFacilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'Connor
Facilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'ConnorVisual Artists Ireland
 
Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013
Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013
Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013Visual Artists Ireland
 
Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott
Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott   Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott
Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott Visual Artists Ireland
 
Fire Station Studios - Catherine Barragry
Fire Station Studios - Catherine BarragryFire Station Studios - Catherine Barragry
Fire Station Studios - Catherine BarragryVisual Artists Ireland
 
Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)
Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)
Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)Visual Artists Ireland
 

More from Visual Artists Ireland (15)

Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018
Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018 Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018
Emma Dwyer Marketing for Visual Artists Sustaining Your Practice II May 2018
 
Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018
Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018
Arts Council at Sustaining Your Practice II - May 2018
 
Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016
Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016
Adie Clarke's Resilience & Mindfulness jan 2016
 
Steve Simpson Licensing for Illustrators
Steve Simpson Licensing for IllustratorsSteve Simpson Licensing for Illustrators
Steve Simpson Licensing for Illustrators
 
Emma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tire
Emma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tireEmma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tire
Emma Dwyer writing, marketing and social media for visual artists siamse tire
 
Facilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'Connor
Facilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'ConnorFacilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'Connor
Facilitation Skills notes from artist Niamh O'Connor
 
Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013
Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013
Curator Aoife Ruane discusses Artists working with Public Galleries Feb 2013
 
Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott
Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott   Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott
Working With What You've Got- Neva Elliott
 
Fire Station Studios - Catherine Barragry
Fire Station Studios - Catherine BarragryFire Station Studios - Catherine Barragry
Fire Station Studios - Catherine Barragry
 
Susanne Bosch- Negotiation Workshop
Susanne Bosch- Negotiation Workshop Susanne Bosch- Negotiation Workshop
Susanne Bosch- Negotiation Workshop
 
Fire Station Artists' Studios
Fire Station Artists' StudiosFire Station Artists' Studios
Fire Station Artists' Studios
 
Artquest
ArtquestArtquest
Artquest
 
Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)
Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)
Copyright & Legacy Planning (Arthur Cox Representative)
 
Presenting Yourself - Kerry McCall
Presenting Yourself - Kerry McCallPresenting Yourself - Kerry McCall
Presenting Yourself - Kerry McCall
 
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
Temple Bar Gallery & StudiosTemple Bar Gallery & Studios
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
 

Recently uploaded

Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................
Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................
Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................calvinjamesmappala
 
reStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdf
reStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdfreStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdf
reStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdfKen Fuller
 
Audhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdf
Audhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdfAudhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdf
Audhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdfaudhinafh1
 
asdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffs
asdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffsasdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffs
asdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffsJulia Kaye
 
wealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptx
wealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptxwealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptx
wealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptxAnuragBhakuni4
 
Blockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdf
Blockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdfBlockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdf
Blockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdfVISHNURAJSSNSCEAD
 
STORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptx
STORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptxSTORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptx
STORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptxsheenam bansal
 
Chapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, Conventions
Chapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, ConventionsChapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, Conventions
Chapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, ConventionsMd Shaifullar Rabbi
 
Nashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - Priv
Nashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - PrivNashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - Priv
Nashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - PrivNashonHolloway
 
FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...
FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...
FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...FaHaD .H. NooR
 
10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf
10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf
10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdfEducationView
 
Moaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects Portfolio
Moaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects PortfolioMoaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects Portfolio
Moaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects Portfoliomoaaz el-shayeb
 
kids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptx
kids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptxkids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptx
kids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptxJagrutiSononee
 
Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...
Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...
Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...Md Shaifullar Rabbi
 
127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International
127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International
127. Reviewer Certificate in BP InternationalManu Mitra
 
How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?
How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?
How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?StrengthsTheatre
 
ASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJF
ASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJFASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJF
ASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJFJulia Kaye
 

Recently uploaded (17)

Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................
Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................
Fireman Resume Strikuingly Text............................
 
reStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdf
reStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdfreStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdf
reStartEvents March 28th TS/SCI & Above Employer Directory.pdf
 
Audhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdf
Audhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdfAudhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdf
Audhina Nur Afifah Resume & Portofolio_2024.pdf
 
asdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffs
asdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffsasdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffs
asdfasdiofujasloidfoia nslkflsdkaf jljffs
 
wealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptx
wealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptxwealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptx
wealth_spend_bharatpeVerse_Analysis .pptx
 
Blockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdf
Blockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdfBlockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdf
Blockchain_TezosDeveloperCommunitySNSCE.pdf
 
STORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptx
STORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptxSTORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptx
STORY OF SUSAN & JUDY - CEREBRAL PALSY.pptx
 
Chapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, Conventions
Chapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, ConventionsChapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, Conventions
Chapter-1 IATA, UFTAA, ICAO, FAA, CAA, ATAB, Conventions
 
Nashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - Priv
Nashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - PrivNashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - Priv
Nashon Holloway - Media/Press Kit - Priv
 
FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...
FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...
FAHAD HASSAN NOOR || UCP Business School Data Analytics Head Recommended | MB...
 
10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf
10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf
10 Things That Will Shape the Future of Education.pdf
 
Moaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects Portfolio
Moaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects PortfolioMoaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects Portfolio
Moaaz Hassan El-Shayeb - Projects Portfolio
 
kids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptx
kids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptxkids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptx
kids gpaddfghtggvgghhhuuuuuhhhgggggy.pptx
 
Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...
Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...
Chapter-4 Introduction to Global Distributions System and Computerized Reserv...
 
127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International
127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International
127. Reviewer Certificate in BP International
 
How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?
How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?
How to Host a Successful Webinar for Success?
 
ASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJF
ASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJFASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJF
ASDFSDFASDFASDFASDFOUIASHDFOIASUD FOIJSADO;IFJOISADJF
 

Visual Art Law by Henry Lydiate

  • 1. Visual Artists and the Law Dublin 17 May 2012 Henry Lydiate The Henry Lydiate Partnership LLP Orleston House London N7 8LL T+44(0)20 7607 9373 M+44(0) 7976 942 038 henry@thehenrylydiatepartnership.com www.thehenrylydiatepartnership.com Limited Liability Partnership registered in England Wales OC319735
  • 2. Artlaw Research Project: 1976/7  commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (CGF) and Arts Council Great Britain (ACGB)  “ To investigate the provision of legal services to visual artists in England and Wales;  to measure the extent of any unmet need;  to put forward a written report on the situation,  and proposals for the use and development of existing services  and the establishment of provision for any unmet need.”
  • 3. Artlaw Research Project Report The Visual Artist and the Law December 1977 Four key findings: 1. Artists and art administrators in England and Wales urgently required access to information, advice and assistance to deal with legal problems in relation to their work 2. Such legal services were required from lawyers with knowledge and experience of the visual art world, who had specialised in dealing with such problems 3. Such legal services were required to be available to all artists and art administrators for fees they could afford 4. Five unmet needs
  • 4. Unmet Need #1 : Information no publications were available that adequately dealt with the law relating to the visual arts, for the use of artists, art administrators, or lawyers
  • 5. Unmet Need #2 : Education  no art or law schools offered students courses that dealt with the law relating to the visual arts  no arts administration course offered students adequate materials on the subject  no individuals or organisations provided such education
  • 6. Unmet Need #3 : Training  no professional training courses for artists dealing with the law relating to the visual arts  only two arts administration courses dealt with the general law relating to all the arts  no individual or other organisation provided such training
  • 7. Unmet Need #4 : Advice  few lawyers with knowledge or experience of the visual arts specialised in dealing with the legal problems of visual artists  the majority of artists required, but could not afford, such services  general legal practitioners were unable to provide such services for economic reasons or because of lack of interest in the subject  artists were unable to pay for, or to persuade lawyers to develop, such an interest  Law Centres and Legal Advice Centres specialised only in welfare law problems  no other individual or organisation provided such advice
  • 8. Unmet Need #5: Assistance  few lawyers specialised in the law related to the visual arts  few were willing to develop a special interest in the field  no organisation existed that referred artists to such lawyers for legal assistance with such problems
  • 9. Artlaw Research Project Report: Key Recommendations  establishment of a national artlaw service  an independent charitable body  governed by a board comprising  professional visual artists, art administrators, and lawyers specialising in artlaw  public conference at Chelsea School of Art, January 1978  attended by artists, commercial and public art administrators, and interested lawyers  unanimous endorsement
  • 10. Artlaw Services: 1978/83  Board Members included - artists Richard Wentworth and Elton Bash - administrators Nicholas Serota & David Panton - art lawyers Richard Swan and Henry Lydiate  Patrons included - artists Joseph Beuys, Mark Boyle & Joan Hills, Richard Hamilton, Paul Neagu, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Tom Phillips - arts lawyers Laurence Harbottle, Jeremy Hutchinson QC, Geoffrey Robertson, and Michael Rubinstein
  • 11. Four artlaw services were provided  specialist legal information, advice and help from two full- time in-house art lawyers and around 50 unpaid volunteer art lawyers, free at the point of delivery  publications, including contents of art business contracts, and guides on copyright, income tax, and finding and maintaining a studio  education programme, developing and delivering professional practice courses and sessions at most art schools in the UK  research into artlaw matters and the provision and development of specialist legal and business services to the visual art community
  • 12. Annual Revenue Funding 1978/83  Arts Council Great Britain  Welsh Arts Council  Crafts Council  1981 ACGB cuts & CGF ends  subscription income  expenditure cuts  dissolution
  • 13. Artists Legal & Business Challenges Today  artists in particular (and art market professionals) need access to specialist legal advice and help, and at a price they can afford  artists have become increasingly self-reliant: through & post 70s 80s & 90s recessions, and have increasingly addressed the ‘commercial dimension’ of creative practice  artists have embraced digital technology, and developed new forms of expression and ways of working  artists have developed new (and continue to have traditional) legal & business challenges  examples:
  • 15. Banksy South Bank 2, London
  • 17. Banksy Wall and Peace, 2005
  • 18. Banksy  no gallery for many years  no objects for sale  environment as gallery  skilfully avoids legal challenges  urban guerrilla to mainstream business practice  now commissioned  now selling objects  retains total anonymity  Banksy NYC  market value
  • 22. Alison Jackson  uses conventional mainstream broadcast media and publishing as both her art form and dissemination medium  as an artist, not as television producer  aims and objectives determined by artistic parameters  uses media to subvert and question notions of celebrity; and toys with ‘it’s on television/in print, so it must be true’ response  skilfully uses laws: “ My aim is to explore the blurred boundaries between reality and the imaginary – the gap and confusion between the two. I recreate scenes of our greatest fears which we think are documentary but are fiction.”
  • 24. Christo & Jeanne-Claude Wrapped Reichstag Berlin 1971-1995
  • 26. Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, 1972-6  when Christo set out to erect a fabric fence across 24 miles of California ranch land, he encountered massive resistance from landowners and bureaucrats alike, in addition to conservationists who thought he would harm the landscape  the fence extended across the rolling hills of northern California to the Pacific Ocean, and provided what Christo referred to as ‘an obstructive membrane’ that he hoped would change public perception of the land  permission was eventually obtained from county, state, and federal agencies, plus scores of private land owners  fined $60,000 for not obtaining permission from the California Coastal Commission
  • 27. Christo & Jeanne-Claude  use environment as gallery  intervene in it and change it  work goes to spectator’s environment, rather than spectator to gallery  huge challenges posing technical, legal & procedural issues  each work is a business project – have been described as art works using the law as a medium  £$ for which raised by selling IPR in advance  also sell related drawings, collages, works on paper  cf. merchandising a rock band on tour
  • 29. Damien Hirst Hymn, 1996
  • 30. Damien Hirst  has successfully re-worked the Italian Renaissance atelier model (via Warhol)  huge demand  production line of employees  numerous editions of iconic works: spots, spins, butterflies  DH: R&D plus controversial & experimental work stimulating more demand  acutely aware of own public image and behaviour and its relationship to brand  extensions: Quo Vadis; The Pharmacy; For the Love of God; Beautiful Inside My Head Forever  “art business” and “business art” : Warhol  “Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”: Warhol
  • 31. New Ways of Working - New Challenges  artists increasingly working collaboratively, with each other, with others and in new/different contexts  new/different objectives and creative paradigms  recent trends: - mixed media works - appropriation of material - open source and content material - www usage - collaborating with curators/spaces - installations and performative works - sound art; sci-art; book art; appropriation art - land art; public art  requires new skills, new knowledge, different approach
  • 32. Key Challenges  artists are increasingly using:  business skills  entrepreneurial skills  advanced project management  business support mechanisms  knowledge transfer  requires new/extended skill set from artists  requires holistic approach to professional practice in the creative curriculum for studio-based art students  requires continuing professional development for artists  requires special kinds of collaborative support and help  in some ways a return to the Renaissance model