Art and Brexit #4 - all change as from 1 January 2021

There's 11 days left.....

• Have you prepared for Brexit? Or just put your head in the sand and hoped it would go away?
• Do you know what changes will happen? Or are you just hoping most of it stays the same?
• Have you read the official guidance? Or do you not like grappling with officialese and are waiting for somebody else to tell you what to do?

Frankly, I'm assuming most artists - including those who buy goods made in the EU and those who export permanently or temporarily to the EU - have not quite got their heads around Brexit yet....

This is a bit of a memory jogger about where we've come from and  a prompt re. what the future looks like from an art business perspective. 

Brexit Guidance for Art and Artists
- web page on my Art Business Info for Artists website

Frankly - who knows what's going to happen on 1 January 2021!!

it would appear at the moment that on the 1 January there will still be a "no deal" situation. However there is also thinking that there might be a deal in the New Year.
My bet is they will extend the time for negotiations because of all the hassle and distractions associated with Covid-19.

Whatever.....

Brexit on Making A Mark

Here's a list of my Brexit posts to date:

• What does it mean for UK and EU Art Students and Schools? (2016)
• Brexit #1: Do or Die? (September 2019) - includes some thoughts and reflections about what makes a difference when the going gets tough
• Brexit #2: The Pre-Election Update (November 2019) - especially relevant to
• all those who trade outside the UK
• all those who are not living in their country of birth.
• (Brexit #3) Artists and the Brexit Transition (July 2020) - highlighting my new webpage and the blog post below

Brexit on "Art Business Info for Artists"

• Brexit Transition Info. for Artists (July 2020) - highlighting my new webpage.....
• Brexit Guidance for Art and Artists This webpage covers what we know to date about:

• Likely areas of impact
• Official Government Guidance
• Trade, Customs, Tariff Codes, Tax and documentation for import / export / shipping
• Changes to VAT Rules
• Import and export of art - sales
• Import and export of art - for exhibition only
• Travel
• Settlement - for both UK and EU citizens
• Official Guidance for Art Organisations
• Copyright and intellectual property rights

Do let me know if there is anything specific you want to know which you can't find on my page. I might well develop an FAQs page for artists - but only if there is demand.

Official Government publications

• The art market sector from January 2021 (published 4 November 2020) by Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport. Its contents cover:
• Your employees
• Your data
• Visiting Europe
• Your organisation and services
• Movement of goods

• EU Exit: Transition Period Guide published by the Arts Council (last updated in September 2020) 
• Guidance: Exporting or importing objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021 | Gov UK - What you need to know and do to export or import objects of cultural interest from 1 January 2021.

Recent articles about art and Brexit

There's been quite a few articles in the last couple of weeks as the art press remember it's all change come the end of the year!

• The art trade benefits from the UK's low import duty. What will happen to it after Brexit? | The Art Newspaper - As talks with the EU resume to reach a last-ditch trade deal, the lawyer Louise Williamson looks at what UK import rules might look like after 1 January
• How can UK art businesses prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period? | Apollo - written by a lawyer

Michael Gove said on 1 December that ‘A lot of what businesses need to do is the same whether or not we get a free trade agreement or not. There’s no harm in doing these things because they’ll be necessary come what may.’

......and finally

PS Have all of you who use art materials made in Europe stocked up?