The Association of Western Australian Art Galleries Inc.

CODE OF ETHICS
(adopted 19 June 1995 by commercial gallery members: revised 23 May 2006)

1. In their dealings with the public, artists and other galleries, Gallery Members will be guided by the Code of Practice For the Australian Arts and Craft Sector published by the National Association for the Visual Arts, and, where relevant, by The Indigenous Visual Arts Protocol, also published by the Association.
    
2. Members shall act honestly and with integrity in their dealings with the public, artists, and other galleries, and shall not act in any way which will discredit AWAAG.
    
3. Members of AWAAG must assume responsibility for the works they show and be responsible for the proper disclosure of information relating to any work exhibited.
    
4. A member shall not purport to act for an artist where that artist is represented solely by another Gallery. Nor shall a member offer for sale the works of an artist known to be solely represented by another member without prior consultation with that member and agreement as to the terms for the payment of commission.
    
5. A member gallery shall not approach an artist to exhibit the work of that artist in the knowledge that this would be in direct conflict with that artist’s existing representation, without first consulting the gallery which has sole representation of the artist. And where an artist seeks a change in his or her sole representation, the member approached should satisfy himself/herself that the artist’s representative is aware of the proposed change.
    
6. A member shall not act in any way that may undermine exhibitions at another member’s gallery.
    
7. Members endorse the principle of making resale royalty payments to the artists they represent each time a work is resold through the gallery.
    

Code of Practice for Australian Commercial Galleries and the Artists they Represent
www.visualarts.net.au/practicaladvice/default.asp?page=CodeOfPractice:2ndEdition/CodeOfPractice:2ndEdition

Indigenous Visual Arts Protocols
www.visualarts.net.au/practicaladvice/default.asp?page=IndigenousArtsProtocols/IndigenousArtsProtocols