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Sydney and Auckland ARC conference recap

Posted on: April 12, 2016 by Alexander Herman

I was lucky enough to attend the Australasian Registrars Committee annual conference last month, a two-part affair taking place in Sydney on 18th March and Auckland on 21st March, in order to present a paper on museums, mass digitisation and copyright. The events were held at two stunning locations: Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art on Circular Quay between the Harbour […]

Damien Hirst wall painting sparks dispute

Posted on: July 16, 2014 by Alexander Herman

A dispute has recently arisen involving a work by famed spot-painter Damien Hirst. The series of multi-coloured spots had been painted directly on the wall of a home in Fulham, London in 1988. Hirst then issued the owners with a certificate of authenticity dated April 1989. The house was then sold (twice) and the current owners removed the spot […]