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Few relationships are as important to an artist as the relationship an artist has with their gallery. Artist and gallery relationships are however often relatively complex and there are a number of different rights and obligations of both parties that need to be appropriately defined and clarified. The best way to do this is in a written agreement. To help explain artist and gallery agreements the specific issues we address in this Fact Sheet are:
• Are all Artist and Gallery Agreements the same?
• How should an artist’s relationship with a gallery be defined?
• Should I grant one gallery the right to represent all the different kinds of work I create?
• Should the agreement specify the exhibitions the gallery is to arrange?
• What’s the usual term of an agreement?
• Who owns the copyright in the work if it is sold?
• What should my obligations to the gallery be?
• What rights should the gallery have?
• Who decides what prices should be given to the works?
• What will I have to pay the gallery?
• When will I get paid?
• Is it my responsibility to insure the work?