I am going to sell or exhibit

Essential considerations prior to the sale, consignment, or exhibition of an artwork: gallery agreements, delivery protocols, pricing structures, and intellectual property rights.

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How to hand over or receive editable files without losing control

Cómo pactar la entrega de editables, distinguir archivos y derechos, controlar versiones, licencias, cambios y aprobación.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- conservation
- copyright
- cultural work
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The environmental footprint of a digital artwork: consumption, servers and what can be measured

Cómo delimitar y estimar sin falsa precisión el consumo y las emisiones de una obra digital: sala, servidores, red, dispositivos, fabricación y cadena de bloques.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- digital art
- digital infrastructure
- sustainability
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Social Security and visual artists: five questions before registering

Matters a visual artist must resolve before registering as self-employed: professional classification, contributions based on actual income, copyright withholding tax, measures within the Artist Statute…

Verified on 17 October 2026
- taxation
- Social Security
- cultural work
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How to budget for a small exhibition

No single figure suits every exhibition, but almost all of them overlook the same items. A method for budgeting a small show without leaving anything out.

Reviewed on 1 October 2026
- artwork documentation
- cultural policy
- cultural work
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How to work with a gallery: consignment, purchase and representation

Qué resolver por escrito al trabajar con una galería: entrega para venta, compra directa, exposición, representación, precio, liquidación, exclusiva, seguro, salida y qué hacer si la galería entra en concurso.

Verified on 27 September 2026
- art market
- cultural work
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How to reserve your rights against data mining

A reservation against text and data mining must be expressed in a machine-readable form when the work is online. Which signals to use and what none of them guarantees…

Verified on 10 October 2026
- rights
- generative AI
- digital infrastructure
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Provenance of a work of art: what it is and why it decides its fate

What the provenance of a work of art is, how it is researched, which international instruments apply and which European bodies examine claims.

Verified on 27 September 2026
- art collecting
- art market
- cultural heritage
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How to read the rules of an open call

An order for reading the rules of awards, grants and residencies, and the clauses on rights, costs, insurance and return worth checking twice.

Verified on 27 September 2026
- cultural work
- institutional validation
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How to invoice the sale of artwork in Spain: VAT and withholding tax

Which VAT applies when selling art in Spain, when personal income tax is withheld, what changes if a gallery is involved and what the invoice must include.

Reviewed on 7 November 2026
- art market
- cultural work
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