This journal informs on legal issues arising from collecting and transacting arts, offering the latest news for art market professionals and collectors.

Of special interest is the opening article on artists’ resale rights, outlining the forthcoming EU directive on a common system of Droit de suite and the planned regulations for its transposition into British law. Worth noting also is the presentation of new legal provisions for the international transfer of cultural property in Switzerland, and the news item on Italy's introduction of a public guarantee scheme for the loan of cultural property.