Jon Sharples
Art marketcomment
Why artists' works held in storage can be seized when a gallery goes bust
Artists in the UK are poorly protected when it comes to insolvencies
Art lawcomment
‘Unregulated’ auction price manipulation may still be illegal
A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals
Time for the UK to adopt US-style rules on holding artists' funds
Primary-market sale proceeds should be held on trust so artists are never left out of pocket by a gallery's insolvency, writes IP and art lawyer Jon Sharples
Art lawcomment
The jury is out on resale clauses, but there are other options
In-demand artists and their galleries are exploring creative legal solutions alongside measures improving resale restrictions' likelihood of enforceability