As the outbreak of COVID-19 has intensified, the UK art market, an inherently international industry, which thrives on both its domestic and global events, has felt the unprecedented effects. Despite this, the art market is proving a very resilient and flexible industry finding new and innovative ways to adapt to the ever-changing circumstances we are finding ourselves in.

Art Law & More brings you A View from the Market, a series of Q&As with figures from different realms of the art world as we uncover how they are adapting to the new normal, their reflections on how COVID-19 could change the future of the art market and the great importance of art and creativity.

We continue the series with Harvey Cammell, Deputy Chairman of Bonhams UK and Global Director of Valuations, Trusts & Estates. Harvey has a broad knowledge of fine and decorative arts developed over a 25-year career in the auction business. Harvey works with clients and their fiduciary advisors on the appraisal and long-term management of their collections and works closely on strategies for sale of individual items as well as large multi-category collections. Harvey has directed Bonhams’ largest and most successful 100% sold single owner collection auctions in its recent history, including The Juffali Collection House Sale in Windsor Great Park; The Jackie Collins Collection in Beverly Hills, and The Harlech Family Estate Collection. Continue reading →

As the outbreak of COVID-19 has intensified, the UK art market, an inherently international industry, which thrives on both its domestic and global events, has felt the unprecedented effects. Despite this, the art market is proving a very resilient and flexible industry finding new and innovative ways to adapt to the ever-changing circumstances we are finding ourselves in.

Art Law & More brings you A View from the Market, a series of Q&As with figures from different realms of the art world as we uncover how they are adapting to the new normal, their reflections on how COVID-19 could change the future of the art market and the great importance of art and creativity.

We continue the series with Andrew Bruce, barrister from Serle Court.  Andrew has a noted art law practice (being recommended in all the legal directories for Art & Cultural Property work) and was junior counsel in Thwaytes v. Sotheby’s (the case about Caravaggio’s painting of ‘The Cardsharps’).  Andrew sits as a Deputy District Judge and is an Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA). Continue reading →

We continue our Q&A series with Sarah Hardy, the Curator-Manager of the De Morgan Foundation. Sarah is a Victorian Arts & Crafts specialist who began her museum career in the education department at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, before working on interpretation at Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Lady Lever Art Gallery, and Two Temple Place. Sarah then worked extensively on loans and exhibitions at the National Gallery and the British Library, where she completed the Institute of Art and Law Diploma on Law and Collections Management, before joining the De Morgan Foundation in 2018.

The De Morgan Foundation is the independent charity which owns, cares for, and displays the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of artworks by husband and wife creative duo Wiliam (1839 – 1917) and Evelyn De Morgan (1855 – 1919). William was part of William Morris’s Arts and Crafts circle, creating lustrous ceramics and opulent Persian tile schemes for some of the most enviable and glamourous interiors of the day. Evelyn is often remembered as a Pre-Raphaelite, but her feminist and spiritualist views dominate her jewel-like canvases. The Foundation receives no public funding and relies on donations to survive. Find out more about the De Morgan Foundation here. Continue reading →