Dent, Chris --- "Regulating the artist: laws, norms and practices" [2020] ELECD 92; in McCutcheon, Jani; McGaughey, Fiona (eds), "Research Handbook on Art and Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) 42

Book Title: Research Handbook on Art and Law

Editor(s): McCutcheon, Jani; McGaughey, Fiona

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: Regulating the artist: laws, norms and practices

Author(s): Dent, Chris

Number of pages: 17

Abstract/Description:

Regulation is the broad term for attempts to control or delimit the behaviour of individuals. When it comes to regulating the work of visual artists, there are a number of legal regimes that impact on what a visual artist may create – including copyright law and contractual obligations. These regimes can be understood in terms of normative practices. Other normative practices also bind the behaviour of visual artists, some of which stem from their discipline, others are simply societal. In order to consider the role of these systems, a multi-dimensional approach will be used. First, there is Julia Black’s theory of ‘decentred regulation’, infused with the work of Michel Foucault, and secondly, there is the notion of ‘motivators’ as adapted from behavioural economics. Taken together, these complementary frameworks facilitate a more complete understanding of the intersection of the work of artists and the law.