Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art business – we want to provide you with useful insights, resources and tips on the day to day running of an art-oriented business.

In this Art of Business story, freelance art and design writer Emma-Kate Wilson talks us through the craft of writing and how important clear communication is for artists and art organisations.

For this story of Meet the Guest, Guest Work Agency Director and Founder Alana Kushnir interviewed Channon Goodwin, an artist and arts-worker based in Melbourne, Australia. Channon has developed a distinct creative practice focused on collaboration, collectivism and artist-run organisations.

Currently, Channon is the Director of Bus Projects, founding Convener of the All Conference network and makes films and podcasts for Fellow Worker. He is also in the process of establishing Composite: Moving Image Agency, an Artist-Run agency dedicated to supporting artists’ moving image practices in Australia through exhibition, research, education and distribution. Composite will work in concert with other organisations, initiatives and festivals to champion artists moving image practice to a wide audience.

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art business – we want to provide you with useful insights, resources and tips on the day to day running of an art-oriented business.

In this story our friends at Lowensteins, specialist accountants for the arts in Australia, share their thoughts on the impact of Covid-19 on the local sector, relevant tax relief options granted to date, and the latest on the Federal Government’s long-awaited arts rescue package.

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art-related legal cases and legal reform presently taking place within Australia, as well as select cases internationally.

In this story, our Paralegal Associate, Reetika Khanna, reports on an unsuccessful copyright infringement claim by an Australian fashion designer, ongoing copyright negotiations around the use of the Aboriginal flag, a UK decision ordering disclosure of confidential information about the sale of a painting, plus more.

Melbournians, it’s time to dust off your out there outfit choices and see some art that you can actually touch (we didn’t tell you that!). Art galleries all over town are reopening after the longest lockdown in the world, and we have the perfect itinerary for you.

For this issue of Meet our Guest, Guest Work Agency & Guest Club Director and Founder Alana Kushnir interviewed Alex Bass. Like Alana, Alex founded an art club pre-COVID, to fill a void in the social experiences available to her demographic interested in arts and culture. Salon 21 is focused in and around the New York area and initiates alternative social pop-ups comprising of artist talks, cocktails, and shopping. Like the Guest Club, their events combine socializing and networking with an educational purpose, where attendees learn about the next generation of emerging artists and how to begin collecting.

A discussion between Founder and Director of Guest Work Agency Alana Kushnir and artist Kez Hughes, with introduction by Adam Stone, director LON Gallery

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art-related legal cases and legal reform presently taking place within Australia, as well as select cases internationally.

In this story, our Paralegal Associate, Reetika Khanna, reports on proposed reforms to copyright and designs laws in Australia, ongoing copyright negotiations around the use of the Aboriginal flag design, and an EU decision resulting in the loss of trade mark rights for anonymous graffiti artist, Banksy, plus more.