Legal Guide for the Visual Artist

This classic guide has been completely revised and updated to provide an in-depth view of the legal issues facing visual artists today and practical legal guidance for any visual artist involved with creative work. Among the many new topics covered in this comprehensive guide are: detailed discussion of the developments in copyright; an in-depth explanation of changes in laws protecting artists in artist-gallery relationships; a model contract for Web site design; and much more. The book also covers copyrights, moral rights, contracts, licensing, sales, special risks and protections for art and artists, book publishing, video and multimedia works, leases, taxation, estate planning, museums, collecting, grants, and how to find the best professional advisors and attorneys.

Tad Crawford grew up in the artists' colony of Woodstock, New York. He is the author of many nonfiction books and his writing has appeared in venues such as Art in America, the Café Irreal, Confrontation, Communication Arts, Family Circle, Glamour, Guernica, the Nation, and Writer's Digest. The founder and publisher of Allworth Press, he lives in New York City.