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‘With friends like this’ Part IV: regulation by the unregulated

Posted on July 5, 2012 by john r walker

“In 2008-09, DEWHA was assessed as non-compliant for the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 and a post-implementation review is required to commence within one to two years of implementation.”¹ The reason why the Artist Resale Royalty Act … Continue reading →

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Artist resale royalties : a strange loop

Posted on June 26, 2012 by john r walker

I once overheard a serious conversation between two curators as to whether the urinal they were looking at was a genuine Duchamp or an unauthorised urinal. Strange loops involve paradoxes that arise from the mixing up of subject and object.  Strange loops endlessly change … Continue reading →

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‘With friends like this’…. Part II

Posted on June 14, 2012 by john r walker

  My previous post – ‘With friends like this’: Labor policies and the commercial, independent visual arts sector– was kindly posted by Ken Parish, 6 June. In many ways, artist resale royalties are intrinsically a throwback to the pre-reform days … Continue reading →

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