Category Archives: Latin America

Are We Yet at the Heart of the San José? Interested Parties Continue to Trade Blows

Posted on: November 4, 2024 by Paul Stevenson

This year I’ve written about the Colombian government’s planned recovery of artefacts from the wreck of the San José, hailed as “the most valuable shipwreck in the world”. As an international investor-state arbitration proceeds in the Hague, the wreck continues to make headlines. Reports earlier in the summer indicated that the first robotic exploration of […]

Exploring Artist’s Resale Right in Latin America’s Growing Art Market

Posted on: October 30, 2023 by Laura Villarraga Albino

The recent report from DACS reveals that since 2006, almost £120 million in Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) royalties have been distributed to over 6,023 artists and heirs in the UK. ARR plays a significant role in the UK’s art ecosystem, contributing directly to artists’ practice and their legacies with minimal impact on art market participants. […]