ART RESEARCH LINKS:
IFAR - International Foundation for Art ResearchThe International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) has launched a website compiling foreign cultural property laws and other information affecting the ethics and legality of transferring cultural property. The resource
Art Law & Cultural Property also has a database of catalogues raisonnés for artists.
About Copyright and Fair Use:
Public Knowledge is a Washington DC based public interest group working to defend your rights in the emerging digital culture.
Artists Rights Society (ARS) is the preeminent copyright, licensing and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States. Founded in 1987, ARS represents the intellectual propertyrights interests of over 50,000 visual artists and estates of visual artists from around the world (painters, sculptors,photographers, architects and others).
Canadian Artists’Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists. As a non-profit association and a National Art Service Organization, their mandate is to promote the visual arts in Canada, to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the production of visual arts in Canada, and to conduct research and engage in public education for these purposes.
For a general guideline regarding Professional Artists Fees, Exhibition Fees etc, consult the
CARFAC Minimum Fee Schedule __________________________
Highly recommended for any artist, but particularly emerging artists, to read the information on this site:
A wealth of very valuable information!
VANITY GALLERIES:
Pay to Play at Your Own Risk
Warning: there are art scams operating on many networks, particularly nefarious is the World Art Foundation scam that started on facebook and myspace, but since has spread throughout social networks, including Ning. Please follow this link below and read all the information. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run!
CONSUMER FRAUD REPORTING
How to Report a Fraud or Scam
INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS ORGANISATIONS
AUSTRALIA - National Association for the Visual Arts
AUSTRIA - Interessengemeinschaft Bildende Kunst
CANADA - CanadianArtists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens
DENMARK - The DanishAssociation of Visual Artists
FINLAND - TheArtists Association of Finland
GERMANY - Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste
ICELAND - TheAssociaton of Icelandic Visual Artists
IRELAND - Visual Artists Ireland
NORWAY - Norwegian Visual Artists Association
POLAND - TheAssociation of Polish Artists and Designers
SPAIN - The Union ofVisual Artist’s Associations
SWEDEN - The SwedishArtists’ National Organization
SWITZERLAND - Association of Swiss Painters, Sculptors andArchitects
UK - ArtQuest
UK - The ArtistsInformation Company
EUROPE - International Association of Art - Europe
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ARCA
Association for Research into
Crimes against Art
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International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection
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The Swiss Art Portal
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TheArt Dealers Association of America
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