All acquisitions of art work must be accompanied by the following
statement:
The donor or the artist, in cases where an artist loans or makes
a donation, or a piece is purchased by the City, represents and warrants
to the City of Auburn, New York, that it intends to loan, donate,
or sell (as the case may be) the artwork to the City. The donor or
artist also represents that he has not entered into any agreement
that may impair this agreement. The City recognizes and respects artists'
rights as set forth in the Visual Arts Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) and
Section 14.03 of the New York State Arts and Cultural Affairs Law,
including, but not limited to, the right to claim authorship, the
right to not have his name used on any work not created by the artist,
and the right not to have his work intentionally distorted, mutilated
or modified so as to prejudice the artist's reputation. However,
the City expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
relocate or remove from display visual art, and an artist shall sign
a waiver to allow such relocation or removal.