Stories
Guest Work Agency regularly blogs about art news, cases, events and other updates for the industry in Australia and internationally.
“The Rogue Gallery Owner and the Missing Art”
In Australia it is extremely rare for an art story to hit the front page of a mainstream, national newspaper. Congratulations to Chief Reporter of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Chip Le Grand, for covering 'Rogue Gallery Tristian Koenig and the Case of the Missing Artworks.
The Launch of "Phygital" Art Tech Platform Zien
Guest Work Agency has provided advice to art tech platform Zien on stakeholder mapping and how to transform complex legal and regulatory documents into accessible, user-friendly tools.
Legal Lab Live: Forging Creative Agency in the Metaverse
Guest Work Agency Director Alana Kushnir featured on Serpentine’s first Legal Lab Live session as part of its 2022 Twitch series.
Guest Work Agency Announced as a 2022 Australian Law Awards Finalist in Two Categories
Guest Work Agency (GWA) Director & Founder, Alana Kushnir, has been shortlisted for Innovator of the Year and Sole Practitioner of the Year in the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards.
Guest Work Agency Advises Artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran on his First Major Monograph
Guest Work Agency has advised Sri Lankan Australian artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran on the legal aspects of his first major monograph, published by Thames & Hudson.
Art Case update - June 2022
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 Paralegals, Mia Schaumann and Jess Olford report on the Full Federal Court of Australia’s recent determination that an artificial intelligence system cannot be an inventor, the long-running copyright dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith, an NFT trade mark dispute plus more.
The Art of Consignment: Mapping the Regulatory Environment of Artist-Gallery Relationships in Australia
Art law and advisory firm Guest Work Agency traces the regulatory landscape of artist-gallery relationships in Australia in an article written for the Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin.
Meet our Guest with D’Lan Davidson
Guest Work Agency Director and Founder, Alana Kushnir, speaks to leading international Australian Indigenous art consultant and dealer D’Lan Davidson about the significance of the acquisition of works by Wurundjeri artist and Elder William Barak and the steps D’Lan Contemporary is taking to initiate positive industry change.