For too long, the art world has used loopholes in global regulations, helped by many nations that aid and promote the continued opaqueness of the art market via their outdated laws.These draconian regulations were originally created to handle ownership disputes for immovable properties. They have since been usurped by the collectors cabal to cite precedence and used for cases involving movable (and hideable) art. The major argument that helps this lobby is the oft-repeated threat to the state of loss of business and the cascading loss of revenues to the exchequer. Since the main consumers are high-net-worth influential collectors the cream of the wealthy elite they have been successful in blocking attempts to bring much-needed transparency in the art world.
Sandhya Jain-Patel.
No two paths to a successful career in the art world look the same. In our series, “Career Stories,” we’re checking in with some of the high-powered people in the art industry to hear about everything from their first brushes with art, to the advice they would give their younger selves.
For Sandhya Jain-Patel, a career in the arts was purely serendipitous. “I double majored in biology and art history in undergrad, fully intending to pursue medicine,” she says. It wasn’t until taking a seminar on Caravaggio her senior year of college that she discovered the field of conservation.