Buying and Selling Relationships

Buying the work of living visual and craft artists provides them with the means and the stimulus to continue working. It also strengthens their supportive infrastructure - shops and galleries, dealers, agents, auction houses, and professional advocacy and support organisations - helping to keep the industry as a whole viable and vital.

For example, the support for Australian Indigenous visual art and craft has had a significant positive impact on the economic circumstances of some artists and their communities.

For further information on best practice when professionally engaging with artists and/or their representing galleries click on the links below. 

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Resources from NAVA
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The Code of Practice for the Professional Australian Visual Arts, Craft and Design Sector is the national best practice standard for the sector.

Published by NAVA in 2009, it provides a set of practical and ethical guidelines for the conduct of business between visual and craft artists and their galleries, agents, retailers, buyers, sponsors, commissioners and the managers of residencies and workshops and competitions, prizes and awards.

To buy your copy of The Code go to the NAVA Shop here.

The Code of Practice for Australian Commercial Galleries and the Artists They Represent (2003)

This is the national best practice standard for professional engagement between commercial galleries and artists and was the result of an agreement between NAVA, the Australian Commercial Galleries Association and the Australia Council. 

Download The Code of Practice for Australian Commercial Galleries and Artists

Valuing Art, Respecting Culture: Protocols For Working With the Australian Indigenous Visual Arts and Craft Sector (2001)

This document sets out protocols both to guide non-Indigenous people in their relationships with Indigenous artists and communities, and assist Indigenous artists to define their rights.

Download Valuing Art, Respecting Culture