Art & Counsel spoke with Californian artist Virginia Broersma on how artists can leverage 21st century advancements in technology – as well as the newly created FARE contract – to achieve certain rights following the resale of their works. The romantic notion of the starving artist who only is concerned with making their work, and doesn’t worry about contracts or…
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Droit De Suite: The Absence of an Artist’s Resale Royalty in the United States
The story is as old as the art market itself and familiar to anyone who collects art. An emerging artist catches the eye of a reputable collector who, along with other art world insiders, purchases the entire body of work at a relatively inexpensive price. Demand skyrockets, and the collector resells the work a couple of years later at auction…
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50 Years On: How the ARRTSA Model Continues to Influence Artists’ Rights
In 1971, the brain-child of conceptual art dealer Seth Siegelaub and New York lawyer Robert Projansky revolutionized art purchase transactions. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent 1960’s that mirrors continued inequities today – think: the civil rights movement, women artist’s committees, art worker’s rights – The Artist’s Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement, also known as ARRTSA; the Siegelaub-Projanksy…
