Consider this scenario… let’s call it Situation A. An artist applies for a large commission with a high profile arts institution. Their application includes detailed plans of their proposed project. Yet after receiving news their application was unsuccessful, they realise another applicant has been engaged by the same institution to deliver a project with similarities to their proposal.
The unfortunate news is that in legal terms, neither artist in those situations is likely to be compensated for these breaches of trust, nor would they gain rights to be acknowledged as the original creators of the works.
