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French court rules Artist's resale rights must be paid by sellers

3/31/2017

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There has been a new twist to an eight-year old legal battle between Christie’s and France's associations of antique dealers and galleries. A French court stated on 24 March that artist's resale rights must be paid by sellers, with no exception. Saying that the ruling might hurt the contemporary art market, the auction house is now challenging the judgement in front of the high court.

The auction house pointed out that such a move would be a stimulus for the market and would "help collectors sell their work in France" rather than in New York, where no such royalty is applied. In Britain, the choice is left to the company in charge of the sale.

Although many arts business professionals were concerned about the resale right harming business and driving auctions to be held in Geneva or New York the UK art market has continued to excel with buyers reacting positively to giving a percentage back to the artist. As maintained by Joanna Cave, chief executive of the UK’s Design and Copyright Society, droit de suite not only rewards artists financially, but also “serves to remind art market professionals, buyers and sellers, who created the art in the first place.”

Many people profit when an artwork is resold, but not the artist.
The Artist’s Resale Right would allow visual artists to receive 5% when their work is resold – just as they do in at least 93 other countries.
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The full value of an artwork often isn’t seen on the first sale. It is common for visual art to increase in value over time, as the reputation of the artist grows.
For example, Inuit artist, Kenojuak Ashevak, sold her piece Enchanted Owl in 1960 for $24. It was later resold for $58,650. Ashevak got nothing from the resale.
Canadian artists would benefit from sales of their work
In Canada and Abroad

Once established in Canada, artists would be able to benefit from secondary sales of their work in Canada, as well as from reciprocal arrangements with other countries where the ARR exists. At least 93 countries world-wide have legislated the ARR, including the entire European Union and Australia.

The Canadian art market is growing, and visual artists are losing out on the profits being made on their work in the secondary market. Half of visual artists in Canada earn less than $18,000 per year. Recent research shows that senior visual artists (over 65) have median arts earnings of about $5,000, which is the lowest of any artistic discipline, and that 32% of elder artists are at a high financial risk. 

Help Bring the Artist’s Resale Right to Canada
CARFAC and RAAV are relaunching the campaign to bring the Artist’s Resale Right to Canada. The new government has been vocal about their support for the arts and we are hopeful they will see the importance of this initiative.  

You can help!

Members of Parliament are highly motivated by what their constituents want. Sending an email to your MP helps to raise awareness on Parliament Hill and show public support. It only takes a minute. Just Click the button below for an easy website form from CARFAC.

More information on the French Decision     More information from the Legal Side 
Email MP
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Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and more

11/20/2016

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Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night over the Rhone at Aries, 1888Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night over the Rhone at Aries, 1888
The only place you will be able to see this exhibition in North America is at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. On now through January 29, 2017 This is a once in a lifetime experience.  
Mystical Landscapes: Masterpieces from Monet, Van Gogh and more is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.


While in the gallery you will want to spend some time exploring their other amazing exhibits, and permanent collections. Plan for several hours. This gallery is huge and you will certainly get your money's worth. A feast for the eyes would be an understatement. 

For more information for what's on visit  ​http://www.ago.net

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"Urban Ubiquity" in Brooklyn

10/18/2015

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Creative Bloch Gallery
The Creativebloch Gallery, located at 145 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn is having a show titled “Urban Ubiquity” scheduled to open November 1.  The show will feature local artists and photographers with themes relating to NYC and will run through December 5.

Some of the artists and photographers include, Chris Lyzcen, Chad Martin, Joanne Borek, Nicole Maron and Joe Bloch.

Creativebloch is a studio/gallery/shop that promotes emerging artists. Joe Bloch is the artist in residence and curator. He has over 25 years experience in both the commercial and fine art world. He became well known for his medical art and has illustrated countless books and journals for many top surgeons and physicians around the world. Over the span of his career, he has branched out as a painter, creative director and curator.  His goal with Creativebloch, is to support community efforts to keep artists and art in the creative post industrial neighbourhood of DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Joe’s highly textured acrylic paintings are part of the permanent collection at Creativebloch.  He draws on his illustration and art background and gritty Brooklyn history for inspiration.  

For more information www.creativebloch.com


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Artist Copyrights His Land To Protect It

2/17/2015

 
One Canadian artist Peter von Tiesenhausen, a sculptor, painter, and video/installation artist based in Demmitt, Alberta, has managed to keep pipeline developers off his land for 17 years through a combination of art and legal acrobatics.

In 1996, Peter claimed legal copyright over his land as a work of art, forcing pipeline developers to do expensive rerouting around it ever since. 

Land developers were disrupting his day and keeping him from making his art, so he began charging them $500 an hour to meet with him. They are asking for fewer meetings since. 

He has beaten industry conglomerates at their own bureaucratic game with his art.

As an artist in Canada you automatically have copyright over your own creations for up to 50 years after your death. So that was the part of that law that he decided to enforce.

They offered him a huge sum of money, but he declined. He stood fast and his sales started to go up and within a short period of time made the amount they offered through the sale of his work. 

Instead of compromising, he has drawn a line in the sand, or more accurately, a fence on his land, for his life time plus 50 years. In doing so, he has not only created a legacy with his art, and his land, he has also created a legacy of courage, strength and principals. He has shown us that one person can make a big difference, and that small battles can be won against the establishment and mega corporations with deep pockets.

Read more about Peter, his wife and children, their long term health problems, his fight with authorities, and their attempts to harass him.

The Artist Project celebrates contemporary art

2/6/2015

 
Every year in February in Toronto there is an incredible art fair that takes place at the Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place. Explore, discover and meet over 250 artists from Canada and abroad.
This is the 8th year of operation and it's happening February 19 to 22. If you've never visited before, be prepared for an incredible experience. Wear good walking shoes, and plan on visiting at least twice. So much art, you will need 2 days to see it all. Admission is only $10-$14. Get re-entry ticket when you leave so you can come back again for no charge.

Food and beverage is usually available on site, so you can rest and recover between rows. Explore and discover an avalanche of contemporary art under one roof. A great way to spend a winters day. I visit every year and look forward to it again this year. 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Canadian High Arctic Research Station

2/4/2015

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Call for artists
The Nunavut Arts & Crafts Association- NACA is very excited to be working collaboratively with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) to develop a list of artists that may want to work in developing art work for the New Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS).  

The facility is being built in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, and scheduled to open in 2017. They are looking for various mediums of art to be displayed at both the main research building, the field and maintenance building as well as the triplexes.  The deadline to apply is March 31st 2015.  Artists will be chosen for commission contracts by a committee of project coordinators.

So if you know of any artists that may be interested in being part of creating art for this beautiful new space please register by filling out the CHARS call for Artist form!

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Newspaper Censorship 

1/12/2015

 
charlie hebdo
Censorship at any level should not be tolerated by anyone, especially artists. 
Art makes a difference in our society. It has as far back as humans have been walking on this planet. It's the images the artists leave behind that tell the stories of the people and the time they live in. Image making is as important today as ever. Fear should never govern what is made or shown.
After the cold blooded massacre in Paris at Charlie Hebdo, many news outlets intimidated into self censorship decided not to republish the controversial images. Clearly the tactics of the terrorists are working. 
 

11 French-language Quebec newspapers stood up to the bullies and republished a Charlie Hebdo cartoon, along with the statement that reads, “Attacking someone simply for their ideas and opinions is an unacceptable impediment to democracy.” 

Bravo.

All of the news outlets that decided to hide behind the shield of silence have not done the world any favours. They have dropped the ball and are encouraging the terrorists to continue their tactics. If everyone publishes, writes and makes images, the bullies will come to understand that the world will not tolerate their actions. By staying silent, they are saying the behaviour is acceptable.  

The Huffington Post understands this and wrote about the timeline and the suspected catalysts, publishing the cartoons in question. 

A cartoon (below) that was created in response to the attack by artist Darren Bell, published on boredpanda.com sums it up very nicely. Artists will not be intimidated into silence.

"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing."
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A Mantegna Gets Moved

9/26/2014

 
Mantegna
Guest Author Marce Castro

One of the greatest art museums in Italy is the Pinacoteca di Brera. It is found in Milan and offers a number of stunning pieces of art that are centuries old. The Andrea Mantegna work from 1498 is one of the pieces that hangs in the museum. It is the Lamentation over the Dead Christ. People from near and far come to gaze upon it.
The painting has been very real and it makes it look as though the flesh of Christ is real, which can be very disturbing for many. There are also the faces of Saint John and the Virgin Mary within the photo.

The Mantegna had almost always hung in the same area of the gallery. In December of 2013, it was moved, replacing it with a Carpaccio. However, the Mantegna was still in place, simply moved to another area where it hung on a black wall, recessed, and at waist height. It was behind heavy glass and lit well in order to show off ore of the details.

The art had been removed from the frame, showing the edges of the canvas. By doing so, it was possible to see new angles and the compression that the Christ figure had was no longer as extreme. The image began to make more sense for more people who had always been troubled by the foreshortening.
The museum curator had decided to change the way that the Mantegna, as well as the Madonna by Bellini, were displayed. It would place it into new context so that lovers of the art world could examine it in new light.

The reason for the change?

Interior shotPhoto by Alessia Damone
New research had come out that led people to believe that Mantegna had envisioned the painting to be hung closer to the ground than where it had previously hung within the Pinacoteca di Brera. With this new information and the new display, it made sense.
The Milanese art circles have suffered an upset, however, While some people are pleased to see the art the way that it was intended, others are genuinely upset with the move. They believe that a desecration of fine art has happened.

The professor at the Accademia di Brera believes that the move was a disaster. He feels that the painting looks more like a projected slight with the lighting and recess. The design for the new installation was done by Ermanno Olmi, who is a film director. He chose to hang it just 28 inches from the floor of the museum.

While many are upset with where the Dead Christ has been moved, it will remain there and art enthusiasts from around the world are heading to Milan in order to render their own thoughts.

Tickets for this museum can be found online on several websites.

London and The Growth of the Art Scene

9/9/2014

 
Guest Author Ken Laing
London is one of the best cities in the world when it comes to celebrating the arts. From museums to architecture to music to fashion it is all there.Visual arts in London is really pretty amazing. Whenever you think of visual arts or you see an article discussing art in general the three cities that are always mentioned on London, Paris, New York with good reason. 
Whitechapel Gallery

A commitment to the arts such that London has means that you can expect to be excited because you know that there is something “new” and happening always going on. Whether it is the newest gallery opening or a traveling exhibition being featured at the new Whitechapel Gallery (that recently underwent a 13 million pound renovation and expansion) there is something for everyone that appreciates art in London.


The New Commitment
While the economy was sagging a bit across London the visual art scene was flourishing. Even with some budget cuts the visual art scene has taken off. The financial support that was long withheld for the arts took a turn around and it seems it has paid off nicely.
Even with economic recession looming the visual art scene in London was simply bustling. Whether you are a creative designer looking for ideas or someone who likes art, London has now become the go to place for auctions of the visual arts. The art movement in London has slowly crept across the city like a blanket of moss. Galleries that were once relegated to the cheaper rents have spread across the city to the higher rent areas thanks to a very busy international market.


The YBA
A few decades ago a group of young artists gathered to create a push for the London art scene the Young British Artists started a movement to get people more interested in the visual arts in London. This very hip collection of artists drew international interest in their work and helped to put the East End on the map.
The East End is still very much the epicenter of the art scene in London with at last count about 50 galleries. While there has been some movement of some of the galleries over to the West End it does seem for every gallery owner that leaves there is a new eager artist waiting to snatch up the property and open his own.
The spread of the visual art scene in London does not seem to have slowed up and is predicted to continue to grow exponentially!


http://www.design2work.net/

Super Sizzling Summer Sale

7/30/2014

 
If you have ever wanted to sell your art online, there is no time like now. Fine Artists World Gallery is having a sale. A Super Sizzling Summer Sale. It's hot outside, the art market is hot, and now is the best time to start selling your work online. Check it out.
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