There is an increasing tendency to conflate art and luxury. Both connote scarcity, taste, status and discretionary wealth. For the art market, the Q1 2026 earnings of LVMH, Kering and Hermès offer an early signal of how wealth consumers are behaving.

The Federal Budget signals a structural shift in how private wealth is taxed in Australia, with the removal of the CGT 50% discount from 1 July 2027, an end to negative gearing for most property and a minimum 30% tax on trust income.  In this briefing, we unpack the budget measures that will most impact art collectors and investors, luxury asset owners and those considering private or public cultural infrastructure. 

In this story, we report on recent developments in orphan works legislation, and moral rights and trade mark cases in Australia. Then, from France and England to the U.S., we examine leading trade mark judgements, restitution cases, and explain the effect of tariffs on the art market.

For this edition of The Interview, we turn the spotlight inward to one of our own, Lawyer Sarah Wei. She recently joined Aurelian Lawyers & Advisers after completing her Juris Doctor at Monash University and being admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Bringing together legal training, international arts experience and a thoughtful practice as a writer on art and culture.

Alana Kushnir has published a feature article in the latest issue of The International Family Offices Journal titled “Family office art collections: intellectual property, cultural heritage and philanthropic considerations”.

Courts and policy makers globally are now defining how copyright law applies to AI-generated works. Here are the global cases you need to know.

What are BOGO art deals and are they legal? We examine the legal risks surrounding buy-one-give-one sales in the art market, including disclosure, contractual obligations and museum governance.

In this story, we report on recent developments in cultural heritage seizures and brand name disputes in Australia, as well as on restitution limits in the US, an EU ruling on the distinction between art and design, and more.