Some retail stores do not purchase goods from distributors and resell the goods; they accept them on consignment. Accepting goods on consignment is an alternative method to supplying merchandise in a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the art world in many ways, including making it difficult, if not impossible, for art businesses to meet their contractual obligations. To protect their bargaining ...

Art consignment agreements are deceptively simple. This essay goes behind that simplicity to raise issues for art owners, which are not fully addressed (or only imperfectly so) by the text of the ...

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to consign is to “deliver [something] to a person's keeping.” So in the art world, it’s when the owner of an artwork —a consigner— ‘consigns’ it (gives it) ...