Art and Cultural Industries

The field of Art Law remains relatively unexplored within our country's legal framework, lacking specific regulations to govern many operations, transactions, or variables related to artworks, artistic monuments, archaeological figures, or antique pieces.

 

Consequently, legal practice concerning the creation, conservation, collection, exhibition, sale, resale, exploitation, lending, exportation, and other aspects of artworks and artistic monuments relies on various isolated laws and provisions. To create a regulatory framework, given the broad lack of specialization in this area, best practices from international jurisdictions with more developed art law cultures must be incorporated.

In Mexico, the treatment of these assets and the protection of creators' and holders' rights involve provisions from the Commercial Code, Federal Civil Code, criminal legislation, Federal Copyright Law, Customs Law, Federal Law on Monuments and Archaeological, Artistic, and Historical Zones, as well as oversight from multiple authorities including INDAUTOR, INBA, INAH, and the Ministry of Finance, among others.

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Our firm has extensively studied and understands this regulatory framework and industry practices to provide comprehensive and effective legal counsel to our clients and various stakeholders in the art, creative, and cultural industries. This includes artists, collectors, museums, galleries, auction houses, publishers, designers, and commercial brands.

Our services include, but are not limited to:

• Representation of artists

• Galleries

• Auction houses

• Museums

• Collectors

• Registration of artworks

• EFIARTES

• Payment in kind for plastic artists

• Copyright law

• Applied art

• Permits and notices for exportation of artworks

• Defense against copyright violations

• Notices for vulnerable activities

• Contract drafting