As used in KRS § 365.855 to KRS § 365.875:
(1) “Artist” means the person who creates a work of fine art or, if such person is deceased, such person’s heir, legatee, or personal representative;
(2) “Fine art” shall include, but is not limited to, a painting, sculpture, drawing, work of graphic or photographic art, including an etching, lithograph, offset print, silk screen, or work of graphic art of like nature, a work of calligraphy, a work of folk art or craft, or a work in mixed media including a collage, assemblage, or any combination of the foregoing art media;
(3) “Art dealer” means a person engaged in the business of selling, as either a primary or supplemental source of income, works of fine art, other than a person exclusively engaged in the business of selling goods at public auction;
(4) “Person” means an individual partnership, corporation, association or other group, however organized; and
(5) “Consignment” means a delivery of a work of fine art under which no title to, estate in, or right to possession of, fine art, superior to that of the consignor shall vest in the consignee, notwithstanding the consignee’s power or authority to transfer and convey to a third person all of the right, title and interest of the consignor in and to such fine art.
Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986