Creative industries
Art Law
Works of art, artists and collections: title, provenance, sales and movement across borders.
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- Provenance, authenticity and title of works
- Purchase, sale and consignment of works
- Import and export of works of art
- Artist and gallery agreements
- Resale right and moral rights of artists
- Loans of works to exhibitions and institutions
- Disputes over ownership and authenticity
Legal basis
Law 9.610/1998 · 1970 UNESCO Convention · 1995 UNIDROIT Convention
Analysis on this topic
- Art provenance and the 1970 UNESCO Convention How to verify the origin of a work before buying it and what the Convention provides for cultural property exported illicitly.
- Resale right: what artists receive when their work is resold Brazilian law gives artists a share when their works are resold. How the resale right works in Brazil and in Europe, who pays, and what galleries and collectors should plan for.