Best Practice for Artists and Publicly Funded Galleries

Funded by the Gordon Darling Foundation, this document outlines best practice in the relationship between artists and publicly funded galleries.

To read the document on line go here .

The aims of the project were:

For artists: to provide a comprehensive picture of the not for profit publicly funded galleries section of the industry and the relationship parameters that may be offered, assisting artists to negotiate fair returns and conditions within the marketplace.

For galleries: to provide not for profit publicly funded galleries and their governing bodies with benchmarks for acceptable practice in their dealings with living Australian professional artists.

Best Practice for Artists and Publicly Funded Galleries is a joint initiative of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and Museums Australia, funded by the Gordon Darling Foundation.

You may also be interested in reading NAVA's report into the payment of artists' fees by publicly funded galleries - go here

and Fees and Wages from the Code of Practice which outlines recommended minimum artists' fees.