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• Valuing a work of art for insurance, inheritance or donation

  Una misma obra puede tener valores distintos según la finalidad. Quién puede tasarla, qué debe contener el informe y qué cambia entre seguro, herencia y donación.

  Reviewed on 20 October 2026

  • collections
  • taxation
  • art market

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• What to do if your digital artwork is on a platform that is closing

  How to act in the event of a platform closure: exporting work and metadata, verifying dependencies, preserving evidence and migrating without promising non-existent portability.

  Verified on 12 October 2026

  • digital art
  • conservation
  • digital infrastructure

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• Easy Read, plain language, simple language and pictograms: what each one is

  Easy Read, plain language and simple language are not synonyms, and a pictogram does not make a text accessible. What each tool is and when to use it in an exhibition.

  Reviewed on 10 October 2026

  • accessibility
  • writing
  • regulations

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• Reproducing third-party works in an exhibition

  Exhibiting a loaned work does not authorise reproducing it in the catalogue, on the website or on social media. What an exhibition organiser must clear and how to ask for it.

  Reviewed on 1 October 2026

  • copyright
  • artwork documentation
  • cultural policy

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• Artificial intelligence in exhibitions and institutions

  57% of the museums that responded to a global UNESCO and ICOM survey use AI and 55% have no internal policy. What the law requires and what an institution must decide.

  Reviewed on 4 October 2026

  • copyright
  • generative AI
  • cultural policy

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• How to certify a digital artwork and its editions

  What a digital work certificate must encompass: identification of the work and its files, edition characteristics, assigned rights, migration rules, and the rationale for a token…

  Verified on 17 October 2026

  • digital art
  • artwork documentation
  • art market

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• Selling a painting is not selling its rights

  Why buying a work does not transfer its exploitation rights, what the law allows the owner of the copy to do and what a contract should specify when the artist authorises a use.

  Verified on 27 September 2026

  • art collecting
  • copyright
  • art market

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• Technical data sheet, certificate and invoice: what each document does

  What the technical data sheet, the certificate of authenticity and the invoice each do when a work leaves the studio, and how to keep them consistent.

  Reviewed on 27 September 2026

  • art collecting
  • art market
  • cultural work

  Includes a downloadable resource

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• Master artwork record: annotated template

  Annotated template for recording each work with a stable identifier: essential fields, restricted data, gallery consignment and downloads in ODS and CSV.

  Reviewed on 27 September 2026

  • artist archive
  • artwork documentation

  Includes a downloadable resource

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