Art Market
&
Exhibitions

Règles de l'art provides counsel and can assist you in

negotiations for the commission, purchase, or loan of artwork,

as well as for the organization of exhibitions.

Representative mandates

Representation of a museum regarding the commission and acquisition of works of art.
Representation of artist Moridja Kitenge Banza in various matters related to the diffusion of his works.
Acted as jurisconsult in the context of a Belgian litigation regarding the Québec law applicable to the sale of a cultural object originating from Papua New Guinea.
Settlement of a dispute between an art gallery and a client regarding the engraving of a German expressionist artist.
Settlement of a court case between and art gallery and a client regarding the payment of an artwork.

“Noli me tangere : affiner le régime québécois d’immunité de saisie pour les objets culturels” in 65:4 McGill Law Journal 625 (Publication Prize – Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de Montréal). [link]

“Prière de ne pas toucher aux œuvres d’art” presented before the governors of Fondation du Barreau du Québec (December 10, 2021).
“Interdiction de toucher aux œuvres ! Les saisies lors d’expositions au Québec” presented before the Association littéraire et artistique internationale (Canada) (April 2019).
"L’aliénation et les saisies en droit québécois et canadien" presented during the Restitutions and aliénations conference cycle at the Institut du patrimoine, UQÀM (January16, 2019).

Unauthorized exhibitions: Catherine Lalonde, "'Banksyland', l'exposition non autorisée", Le Devoir (June 13, 2023). [link]
Warhol / Goldsmith Ruling: Catherine Lalonde, "La photographe de Prince gagne contre Andy Warhol", Le Devoir (May 23, 2023). [link]
Droit de suite: Mario Girard, “Droit d’auteur, La lente revolution”, La Presse (2 mars 2023) [link]
Best practices for art collectors: Leah Sandals, "The Specialists: Four Lawyers Share Their Advice for Canadian Art Collectors", Canadian Art (March 24, 2020). [link]