For this story of Meet the Guest, Guest Work Agency Director and Founder Alana Kushnir interviewed Maria Teresa Tavares, who joined the Agency in 2019 as Project Coordinator.

Maria Teresa is an arts manager from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Tavares moved to Melbourne in 2016 to undertake a Masters in Arts and Cultural Management at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that, she lived in Sao Paulo and worked at Videobrasil, producing numerous projects including the institution’s contemporary art biennial. She has also organised internet-based festivals for the Sergio Motta Institute in partnership with YouTube and Flickr, and worked as a gallery assistant at leading Brazilian contemporary art galleries, Galeria Nara Roesler and Casa Triangulo.

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art business – we want to provide you with useful insights, resources and tips on the day to day running of an art-oriented business.

In this story, our friends at .art Domains share some tips on how to effectively build an online presence and the role of domain names in building your brand.

For this story of Meet the Guest, Guest Work Agency Director and Founder Alana Kushnir interviewed David Gryn, Director of Daata. Daata commissions original, digital artworks by established and emerging artists. Through three avenues—Daata Editions, Daata Streaming and Daata TV— ihundreds of original, digital works by an ever-growing portfolio of contemporary artists.

While galleries may be closed IRL, there is so much art to experience online. In fact, dare we say there is almost too much for one person to wade through? We've done your art homework for you and filtered the results through in this Around Town and Abroad segment, virtually of course. Read more about museums going online, online art fairs and viewing rooms, digital projects and podcasts galore.

In this series of legal-themed articles, art lawyer and founder of Guest Work Agency, Alana Kushnir, shares useful tips on contracts which regularly arise in the art industry. From public art commission contracts to artwork sales terms and conditions, here are some suggestions for you to consider before signing a contract.

Guest Work Agency is the first Australian legal practice to become a member of the Art Law Foundation, established in Geneva since 1991. Both Guest Work Agency and the Art Law Foundation aim to work at the forefront of research and innovation in the field of art law.

For this issue of Meet the Guest, Guest Work Agency Paralegal Associate, Reetika Khanna interviewed the Director of the Art Law Foundation, Dr Anne Laure Bandle. In addition to her role as Director, Anne Laure advises clients on matters related to art law, copyright and commercial law, and lectures at the University of Fribourg and the London School of Economics.

Guest Work Agency is your go-to source on art-related legal cases and legal reform presently taking place within Australia, as well as select cases internationally.

In this story, our Paralegal Associate, Reetika Khanna, reports on a failed attempt to trade mark the Indigenous name of a medicinal tree, a US case awarding millions of dollars in damages to graffiti artists whose works were whitewashed, and a Dutch museum’s attempt to sue a British art dealer for failing to realise hackers had hijacked their sales deal, plus more.

For this story of Meet the Guest, Guest Work Agency Director and Founder Alana Kushnir interviewed Adam Stone, artist and Director of LON, a promising gallery addition to the Melbourne arts scene with a strong curatorial focus.