Stories
Aurelian Lawyers & Advisers regularly blogs about art news, cases, events and other updates for the industry in Australia and internationally.
Aurelian Presents on Intellectual Property for Artists and Creatives
Principal and Founder, Alana Kushnir together with Lawyer, Sarah Wei will lead an online educational session for the Surf Coast Shire Lunchbox Sessions on Thursday, 5 November.
Alana Kushnir Speaks on Building Legacy in a Collection
Aurelian Founder and Principal Alana Kushnir was invited to speak at The Dea Network’s Panthère Breakfast with Cartier, as part of a morning beginning with the CARTIER Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria and continuing at Cartier’s Collins Street salon.
Art Case Update: AI training, art worker recognition and cultural protection
We report on recent developments in arts worker classification, First Nations cultural heritage protection, AI and copyright policies internationally, museum thefts and sanctions enforcement in the art market.
From Object To Legacy
The most important thing a family can inherit with an object may not be the object itself. A painting may be conserved. A jewel may be insured. Its ownership can be documented and its value assessed. What is much harder to preserve is everything that sits around it.
The Interview with Gretel Bull of Papunya Tula Artists
For this edition of The Interview, we sit down with Gretel Bull, Business Manager at PTA, to discuss the centre's unique business model, cultural stewardship, and what still needs to change to properly protect First Nations artists and their intellectual property.
Alana Kushnir Participates In Panel on Art Markets and the World in Transition
Principal & Founder, Alana Kushnir, was a guest panellist at a Center for Art Law Switzerland event during Zurich Art Weekend 2026.
Alana Kushnir Presents on Aboriginal Art in a Global Market
Aurelian is pleased to share that Principal & Founder Alana Kushnir was a guest speaker at Art & Law 2026, presented by the Law Faculty at the University of Basel in partnership with the Fondation pour le droit de l'art / Art Law Foundation.
Reading the Art Market Through Luxury: What Q1 Earnings Reveal
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.