A Banksy-style rat holding a sign asking ‘Why?’ was recently stencilled on the wall outside a London shop from which the Banksy-attributed mural Slave Labour had been hacked away a few weeks earlier.

This article answers a question that artists regularly ask our legal specialists. So is the Data Protection Act just an excuse and how can you convince your gallery to share with you the names of the buyers who have bought your work?.

This article provides information for recent graduates, artists and craft-makers who are thinking of attending fairs and independent trade shows.

Several currently running cases concern the legal status and protection of sculpture in the public environment.

Print-on-Demand platforms are fast becoming an important tool for artists, allowing them to test ideas and present work in a professional way through printed books.

The contracts in this section are a mixed bunch.

Interviews with three makers about the funding and finance options open to them at different stages in their practice.