Your rights

As an artist, you have specific and well-established legal rights, as well as general protection under the law on things like employment or getting paid.  The rights mentioned in this section are some of the most frequently asked questions to our free online legal advice service covered in Art and the law.

The Art and the law section goes into much more detail on these basic rights, which every artist should be even passingly aware of in order to protect their work, understand their legal position regarding contracts, and prevent getting ripped off in negotiations.

This article is from the Artlaw Archive of Henry Lydiate's columns published in Art Monthly since 1976, and may contain out of date material.
The article is for information only, and not for the purpose of providing legal advice.
Readers should consult a solicitor for legal advice on specific matters, and artists in London can get free online legal advice from Artquest
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