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By Andrew Russeth 12/08/11 12:40pm

Damien Hirst Excited About UK's New Resale Royalty Rights

New provisions in the United Kingdom’s artist resale royalty rights law are set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2012, allowing the hiers of artists to collect royalties on secondary-market sales of artworks for 70 years after the death of an artist, and Damien Hirst is pumped.

Mr. Hirst told Artlyst:

“I’m pleased that Read More

By Andrew Russeth 11/29/11 1:38pm

Resale Royalties

‘We Want the 5 Percent’: Canadian Artists Lobby for Resale Royalties

CARFAC, a group that lobbies on behalf of Canadian artists, is calling on the country’s government to enact a resale royalty law that would guarantee artists a five-percent cut when one of their artworks is resold, CBC reports. Read More

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