Cooperation with foreign galleries
 

Since the forum appeared foreign gallery owners, want to raise the topic of cooperation with foreign galleries and exhibitions abroad. This question is not idle, especially for young, talented and in general all the "undeserved" artists:)
I have 2 main sub-themes in the form of questions:
1) how to guarantee the fulfillment of obligations by the parties (especially those which are transmitted mat.tsennosti) - primarily interested in their experience, and his views on this issue?
2), and how best to build bridges between potential partners will?

On my own I would say that of course everyone wants to take on implementation, to organize an exhibition, but other than selling at a deep discount any options for cooperation has proved elusive:)

We work mainly with Western galleries, and with Moscow, too.
Guarantees provide contract and permanent personal presence;) Sometimes, and without the personal presence, too, get to work ....

It turns out - that is a sale and thus there is no delay in payments? This is good - God forbid, and more!
But how to guarantee the contract - I can not guess! Do not be the same because of several works litigation costs in case of violation? Not go the same in the U.S., but in general the whole procedure of registering international treaties in the CCI is tuned for large volumes of industrial goods. Although Ukraine mb or so?

Because of problems with counterfeit problem appeared Provenance. Not only the pictures of the past, which is natural, but also paintings by contemporary hudlzhnikov. And it is not yet known what form should be expressed. Understandable interests of buyers: they want to have on hand a document which somehow protects the object from further suspicions and questions. Moreover, the document they want, as it turned out, with a seal, "" certified "at least somebody. I understand that should count as a history painting and the history of sales. As the author can not be assured by a notary or even once nor its authorship or ownership of their works, nor the right to dispose of them at its discretion. This is spelled out in the Copyright Act. But the problem arose. I think that is enough if the author himself wrote provenance of its paintings, ie exhibitions and inclusion in catalogs, publications, etc. Pictures and representation in the Internet, may be something else. But gallery owner, or someone who takes them to the auction may already notarize that was precisely this list personally from the author. And this ksiva already can be transferred and further supplemented by further history. I mean, that provenance is required from a living author and should think of something ...

Why invent when there is a certificate of authenticity?
Many artists give out to the buyer. Somewhere in the online photo shemyakinskogo-much has been written.

"Copyright in works of science, literature and art arises by virtue of its creation. The origin and exercise of copyright shall not require registration of the work, a special design work or compliance with any formality." This is a quotation from the RF Law obavtorskom Law, Article 9, Clause 1. You see, no one can "notary" to assure the authorship, as any notary public sees the author and his work is the first time. He can only assure the mere existence of a work "in an objective form on a given date", but not SPONSORSHIP!.

That's right! And the certificate reads as follows-I, an artist Seriy, wrote that the painting "Apples in the snow", the size 250h390, beautiful.

Date, number, signature.


Sometimes there, about the fact that it does not copy or use someone else's copyright material, too, sometimes write.
Bought a beautiful individual form, it is possible with all degrees of protection. Here are the buyer and joyfully. You can make photo, fingerprints, samples of saliva.

No notary. Although the notary can assure the signature.
T e a notary stamp and text - signature Ivan Gray-Dmuhanovskogo certified in his presence.

In general, as written tov.Sery:) - is now common practice of issuing certificate of authenticity. I am such a person to issue from a public organization - Cultural Public Foundation. With seal.
The legal obligation to do so no instances, because really
, and the issue is solved on trust: ekpertu, a relative, a special organization. It's simple.

All the same, let's go back to the topic of fasting. Right now I sit and read a letter in it the question: how, say, can agree that you send your pictures, I held an exhibition, it did not sell - would be sent back to you, but for the sold you would receive the money. Let us not raise the issue on the subject of the letter (this mb anyone else), just a question that bewilders. Really - how?

 
  It seems it does not do. In St. Petersburg, somehow having such projects! But: insurance papers (stolen, tsunamis, etc.)? Packaging, who and how will forward? Removal? Who and what makes out?. The easiest way to invite the author of the works that many did. It may be a courier? Payment of money? A large force majeure? Something happened with the gallery owners or gallery? Where is the picture of who should get them back?