Law and the Arts Assessment 1 Essay Question 2026 | UAS, Singapore

Law and the Arts Assessment 1 

Write an 800-word essay that discusses the Art Law case regarding the dispute between the late artist Lee Wen and SportSG regarding his work, Ping Pong Go Round (1998-2015), in Singapore. The essay must be supported by relevant and credible research. Please adhere to the following:

• The dispute should be explained clearly using appropriate language and terminology in discussing legal matters in arts and culture scenarios and include the following:

a)Who are the parties involved ?

b)What is the dispute about ?

c)How did the dispute start ?

d)How did the dispute end ?

e)Was there a decision by a court, or if the dispute remains unresolved?

• Please include your reasons for choosing this case/dispute (eg. you are interested in artists’ rights; you feel that someone has been treated unfairly etc) 

• Please include what you can learn from this dispute (eg contracts should have been drafted better; someone did not read the contract properly etc)

Please include if the dispute had any implications for the future (eg certain countries will stop lending their cultural property to other countries; graffiti or street art can be protected in the same way as fine art under the law etc)

Format

Essay must be typed written in A4 portrait format with double- spacing and all-round margin of 1 inch. It should be justified to the left and paginated top right of each page. Font: Calibri  Font size: 11. Word count clearly stated on last page.

PDF format.