The guides are practical texts for anyone who works with art: how to document an artwork, what to review before signing with a gallery, when an artwork ceases to be protected. They differ from the articles in the Public Notebook in their function. The Notebook analyses and interprets; the guides explain how to do something and which rules, data or documents each step relies on. That is why they are updated when what underpins them changes, and each one shows the date it was last checked.
Verified means that on that date I checked every fact, rule and link against its primary source. Reviewed means that I re-read and updated the text without repeating that full check. When only Updated appears, the date corresponds to the last edit.
The guides offer general information. They do not constitute individualised legal, tax or professional advice: for a specific case, consult a qualified professional.
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Master artwork record
An open-format template for keeping a consistent inventory of your work from the studio onwards. The ODS workbook brings together four sheets: master record, restricted data, gallery deposit and key. It includes validations, filters, frozen headers and an example row.
The gallery deposit sheet fills in the title automatically from the inventory number. It is a record of the works delivered, not a contract. Terms of custody, insurance, sale, commission and return must be agreed separately.
The restricted data sheet contains personal, financial and location information. It must not be published, nor shared together with the general record.
The ODS is the main resource. The CSV files let you import the master record, the restricted data and the gallery deposit record separately.
The guides are currently searched and indexed in Spanish.
26 guides
An image licence does not always cover the work depicted
Paying a stock image library for a photograph does not always authorise you to use what appears in it. The layers of rights in an image and what to check before publishing.
Reviewed on 1 October 2026
- copyright
- digital infrastructure
- art market
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Authorship and works made with AI under Spanish law
What Spanish law says about the authorship of works made with AI, where the line of human contribution lies and what to document in practice.
Verified on 27 September 2026
- art collecting
- generative AI
- ontology of art
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How to verify a citation an AI has given you
Five steps to check that a reference obtained from an AI assistant exists, that its details are correct and that the text actually says what is attributed to it.
Reviewed on 27 September 2026
- generative AI
- research
- institutional validation
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How Wikipedia works: notability, sources and conflict of interest
Why a Wikipedia article depends on independent sources rather than your career, why you should not write your own page and how to request a correction if one already exists.
Verified on 27 September 2026
- digital infrastructure
- research
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Requesting information from your local council: a guide to transparency in Andalusia
How to request public information from an Andalusian local council, what time limits apply, what administrative silence means and how to complain to the Transparency and Data Protection Council of Andalusia.
Verified on 27 September 2026
- cultural policy
- cultural work
- institutional validation
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What is art? A map of the debate for beginners
An introductory map of the debate on the definition of art, from Weitz, Danto, Dickie, Levinson and Gaut to the recent discussion about AI.
Reviewed on 27 September 2026
- generative AI
- ontology of art
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