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. 

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. 

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.

Family offices sit at the intersection of capital stewardship, enterprise planning, and intergenerational planning.

In this article, we unpack the new obligations, the risks, and why early preparation is becoming a hallmark of best-practice for art business.

In our latest article for Guest Work Agency, Alana Kushnir and Laura Brandon unpack the creative, legal and strategic dimensions of signing a work of art.