It is a great pleasure to discover a work of art or craft that elicits such a strong response that "you just have to have it!" Whether you intend to buy modestly priced work or seriously collect major pieces by artists of significant reputation, collection of art and craft significantly assists in the development of artists’ careers.
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.
NAVA Resources:
Exhibiting, Selling And Collecting Art And Craft, Chapter 1. NAVA Code of Practice, 2nd edition, 2004. ISBN 0 9751929 0 6
Read the Chapter here.
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Code of Practice for Australian Commercial Galleries and the Artists They Represent
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. Published 2003, 8 pages.
ISBN 1 920784 10 1.
Read 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. Published by NAVA, written and researched by Doreen Mellor with a legal section by Terri Janke. Published 2001, 110 pages. ISBN 0 9585 474 0 8. This publication is no longer available in hard copy.
Read Valuing Art, Respecting Culture (complete document).
Read Valuing Art, Respecting Culture (executive summaries).
