Panel Discussion on Artist Rights
Who's actually protecting the artist?
📅 July 27th · 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM (panel + Q&A ~90 min, drinks & networking after)
📍 Prachtsaal Studio, Berlin
About the event
This panel brings together an art consultant, two lawyers, and an artist-collector to talk honestly about the parts of an artistic career that rarely get taught: negotiating rates, reading contracts, understanding copyright in the age of AI, and pushing for a system that actually works for the people making the work.
Expect a mix of panel discussion and live audience polling - your questions and experiences shape where the conversation goes, not just ours.
This event is for: emerging to mid-career visual and performance artists, musicians, and anyone navigating the business side of a creative practice. When you register, we'll ask which artist rights topic matters most to you. We're building the conversation around what you actually want to talk about.
What we'll cover
Fair Pay & Economic Realities - negotiating when the power imbalance is obvious;
Contracts & Negotiation - the rights artists unknowingly sign away, what's actually negotiable, and how that differs across visual art, performance, and music;
Copyright & Ownership - with a focus on AI;
Power, Advocacy & Systemic Change - what needs to shift structurally, and what the arts sector could learn from other industries;
Practical Takeaways - what to do tomorrow, and where to actually go for affordable legal help in Berlin/Germany.
Panelists
Yi Weihua - Art consultant, expert in artist rights
Yi Weihua is an art consultant with 15+ years of experience helping artists secure stronger rights and fairer income in their commercial work. She's spent her career structuring the deals that shape an artist's career - from consignment and licensing to commission, prizes, open calls, and sponsorships - and helping art businesses build professional standards from the ground up. Her work sits right at the intersection of protecting artists and making sure every side of a deal actually works.
Clementine Stoner - Founder of “Flip The Contract” & lawyer for creative agencies
Clementine is the founder of Flip the Contract, a legal education platform built for independent artists and creatives. After seven years split between civil litigation and in-house counsel for a global creative agency, she kept seeing the same story: talented people signing away rights they didn't fully understand. Flip the Contract exists to close that gap by making legal knowledge accessible to the people who need it most.
Stephan Van Kuyk - Artist, curator, and co-owner of Prachtsaal Studio
Stephan van Kuyk is an artist, curator, and art dealer whose work moves fluidly between fine art, commercial art, and visual design - recognizable by his distinct neon-tropicalist style. Beyond his own practice, he guides artists, connects collectors with new work, and collaborates with businesses on custom projects. Through talks and workshops, he shares what he's learned to help other artists grow.
Alexandria O. Adekunle - Lawyer & multidisciplinary artist
Alexandria is a lawyer (LLB Nigeria, LLM European & International Business Law, Budapest) and a multidisciplinary artist working as a drag performer, model, art director/production designer, and film actress. They're co-founder of EmpowerQ, an NGO supporting queer Nigerians in building skills and accessing opportunities in the face of systemic, communal, and legal discrimination.
Moderated by Dalila Cataldi, co-founder of Weavii.
About Prachtsaal
Prachtsaal a non-profit cooperative space championing bold visual art, performance, and sound. Our space offers affordable ateliers, inclusive programming, and a spirit of radical hospitality. We believe in curiosity as method, play as strategy, and collaboration as catalyst. Step into a community where creativity stretches its limbs and the boundaries of practice are always in flux.
About Weavii
Weavii is a Berlin-based platform and community connecting artists, businesses, and cultural spaces to create meaningful collaborations. Through events, matchmaking, and curated projects, we support emerging artists while helping organizations bring more human, creative, and cultural value into their work.
Our goal is simple: make collaboration fairer, easier, and more inspiring for everyone involved.