Collecting Opinions from Various Sectors on the Revised 'Standard Contract for the Art Field'

Interior view of a gallery located in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 8th that, together with the Arts Management Support Center and the law firm Sejong, it will hold a "Discussion on the Revision of the Standard Contract for the Art Field" at 2 p.m. on the 10th at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul.

This discussion will be broadcast live online through the Arts Management Support Center's YouTube channel for anyone to watch. Since March 2019, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism introduced 11 types of "Standard Contracts for the Art Field" to foster a fair contract culture in the art world and enhance the rights and interests of creators. Since then, a revision plan has been developed to more effectively apply the contracts in the field in response to changes in the art contract environment.

At this discussion, the revision plan for the standard contract in the art field will be shared and opinions from various sectors will be collected. The Arts Management Support Center, together with the law firm Sejong, prepared the revision plan based on the results of the "Survey on the Use of Standard Contracts in the Art Field" conducted in June with domestic art institution workers and artists, and through a total of 10 expert meetings with art professionals.

In the first part, Eun-yong Kwon, head of the Visual Arts Foundation Team at the Arts Management Support Center, will present the progress of the revision research on the standard contract for the art field, and lawyers Sang-hyuk Lim and Jin-gu Moon from the law firm Sejong will introduce the main contents of the revision plan.

In the second part, the presenters from the first part and discussants representing various sectors will continue with a comprehensive discussion. The discussants include Eun-seon Park, director and artist of Listen to the City; Seon Heo, representative of Gallery Jinseon; Jinju Kim, curator at the Seoul Museum of Art; Jaekyung Lee, professor at Konkuk University; Juwon Kim, curator at the Daejeon Museum of Art; and Jiyoon Yang, director of Alternative Space Loop.

After the comprehensive discussion, a live online Q&A session regarding the revision plan for the standard contract in the art field will be held. Pre-submitted questions have been accepted via email from the 4th to the 9th. The revision plan for the standard contract can be viewed on the Arts Management Support Center website. Even if questions were not submitted in advance, participation in real time is possible through the online live broadcast.

A Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism official stated, "We will strive to finalize the ‘Revision Plan for the Standard Contract in the Art Field’ that reflects field demands by comprehensively considering the results of this discussion and opinions from the art community."

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