Doing art justice

Photo law, art law, copyright: legal protection and commercial utilization via galleries, agencies and industrial enterprises

Regrettable as it may be for some, visual artists need to protect not only their creative potential but also their legal rights. This doesn’t just apply to standard situations such as drawing up an agreement with a gallery or the sale of an artwork. The digital age is confronting visual artists, photographers and gallery operators with quite new legal problems and opportunities, whether in the form of new distribution channels for their art or the need to protect works from unauthorised use by third parties.

Our firm represents well-known art and photo studios, galleries and numerous freelance photographers and designers as well as art and photo publishers. We specialize in the drafting of contracts and the enforcement of copyright and financial claims.

We specialize in the drafting of contracts and the enforcement of copyright and financial claims.

Our specialist areas in the art and photography field

  • Gallery agreements, exhibition agreements
  • Art acquisitions, loan agreements
  • Cultural marketing, sponsoring
  • Art commissions
  • Art trade issues
  • Resale rights relating to artworks
  • Project contracts
  • Advertising and art photography
  • Photo licences
  • Digital exploitation
  • Prosecution of rights infringements in the art and photography field