Guest Work Agency’s Founder and Director, and Serpentine Legal Lab’s Principal Investigator, Alana Kushnir, recently participated in Serpentine Arts Technologies (un)conference style gathering of artists, activists, researchers, technologists and policymakers at Somerset House in London, exploring how can art and culture helps to reshape our understanding of ownership.

Guest Work Agency’s Director and Founder, Alana Kushnir recently presented a talk as part of her participation in a workshop for the Copyright, Art and Technology network, hosted by University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

Guest Work Agency has advised Australian artist Emma Coulter on a significant public art commission in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales titled 'let them feel the light.’ 

Guest Work Agency has advised art and technology studio ENESS on the loan of a large-scale installation titled Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness, to the new branch of Eslite Spectrum at the Yulong City mall in New Taipei's Xindian District.

As GWA continues to develop its own expertise in estate planning for artists and collectors, we jumped at the chance to ask Sara Adami-Johnson about her experiences in the field. Sara is a Canadian-based high net-worth (HNW) planner specialising in complex international estate matters involving art and digital assets, family governance and business succession planning.

In this new regular segment, Guest Work Agency’s Director and Founder, Alana Kushnir and Paralegal, Mia Schaumann demystify a specific area of art law, with a go-to glossary translating legal speak into people speak. This Go-To Glossary focuses on the estate planning lingo that artists, galleries and collectors need to know.

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 Mia Schaumann report on the Australian Government’s proposed standalone legislation for Indigenous Knowledge protection, New Zealand’s new resale royalty scheme, the latest US decision on AI and authorship plus more.

Guest Work Agency has advised celebrated Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie on a significant public art project in Parramatta, New South Wales entitled Where Eels Lie Down.