ATG letter: Artist's Resale Right is big factor behind the UK's decline

Your report that the UK’s share of the global art market has declined blames VAT and Brexit for this (ATG No 2537), but fails to mention the effect of Artist's Resale Right which is probably the real reason for the current decline.

Any system that applies in the UK but not in the US, Hong Kong, or Switzerland is bound to have an…

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