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Balmain Watch House

The annual exhibition of Cintamani Art Group is approacing fast. Our theme for this year is “Tulip”.

Exhibition will be held on 5-6 December 2010, in a small but very unique place; the Balmain Watch House.

To learn more about Cintamani Art Group visit www.cintamaniart.com.au

More information about this event is coming soon.

Event type: Exhibition
When: 5-6 December 2010
Where: Balmain Watch House – Balmain

The scheme covers original works of art, such as a painting, a collage, a drawing, a print, a sculpture, a ceramic, an item of glassware or a photograph.

The resale royalty right applies only on resales where the seller acquires a work after the resale royalty legislation takes effect.

The Act provides that the scheme will be administered by a collecting society appointed by the Minister. In early 2010, the Government conducted an open tender process to identify a collecting society to administer the scheme, and the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) was announced as the successful tenderer.

On 27 May 2010, CAL was appointed as the collecting society to administer the scheme under the Act for a five-year period.

The Australian Government committed to introducing a resale royalty right for visual artists in its 2007 election policy statement, New Directions for the Arts.

The Government announced funding of $1.5 million over three years in the 2008–09 Budget to support the scheme’s establishment.

For further information about the scheme’s operation, including details of how artists, art market professionals, purchasers and sellers of artworks can comply with the Act, contact CAL at:

www.resaleroyalty.org.au
Copyright Agency Limited
Level 15, 233 Castlereagh Street
Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA
Toll free (within Australia) 1800 066 844
Tel: +61 2 9394 7600
Fax: +61 2 9394 7601
Or email: info@copyright.com.au

ref: http://www.arts.gov.au/publications/inquiries_and_reviews/resale_royalty_discussion_paper

Our 1st exhibition opened on July 3rd in Bursa, Turkey, and will remain open until July13th  2010.

The sound of art exhibition in hamam seems a bit odd; but in fact, that place, Ordekli Hamam, is a 600-yrs-old fascinating building. After serving as hamam for centuries it becomes a ruin for the last 100 years until its restoration couple years ago by the Municipality of Osman Gazi in Bursa. Now it is serving as a cultural centre and is truly amazing; just look at the pictures here to see what I mean.

If you want to read more about its history just follow this link; sadly, Turkish only:
http://www.cekulvakfi.org.tr/icerik/haberDetay.asp?ID=569