Guest Work Agency comments on legal issues regarding MONA’s fake Picasso’s

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art-related legal cases and law reform in Australia, as well as select cases internationally. In this update, our Director and Founder, Alana Kushnir and paralegal Eve Rayner report on the anti-discrimination case concerning MONA’s “Ladies Lounge”, the introduction of reciprocal resale royalties for Australian artists and more.

Guest Work Agency Director Alana Kushnir featured on Serpentine’s first Legal Lab Live session as part of its 2022 Twitch series.

In a recent article written for Right Click Save, Guest Work Director and Founder Alana Kushnir traces a history of contract automation, assessing the enforceability of smart contracts in the age of NFTs.

If you work in the art industry, chances are you will need to hire a lawyer at some stage. We would always recommend being proactive in seeking legal advice as it will help protect you and prevent legal issues from arising later down the track. In this blog we cover exactly what an art lawyer does, when you should hire an art lawyer and what sort of legal arrangements you should have in place when creating, exhibiting and selling and donating art.

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art-related legal cases and law reform in Australia, as well as select cases internationally.

In this story, our Director and Founder, Alana Kushnir and Paralegal Associate, Mia Schaumann, report on the proceedings against ‘rogue dealer’ Tristan Koenig, the Australian Government’s recent acquisition of the copyright in the Aboriginal Flag, a fashion-meets-art NFT dispute and more.

Art lawyer and advisor Alana Kushnir, director and founder of Guest Work Agency, kicked off the WO Foundation’s 2022 lecture series with an online presentation on the key legal issues to face the art world this year.

Guest Work Agency founder and director Alana Kushnir has featured as a guest on an episode of the Lawyer’s Weekly podcast ‘The Boutique Lawyer Show’. In the interview, she spoke with podcast host, Jerome Doraisamy, about establishing a niche legal practice, the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the arts sector and how boutique lawyers can build a practice in an area they are passionate about.