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Hello all,

I hope you're well.

The art museum where I work is organizing an exhibition that brings together visual artwork and poetry by two different artists. We will be using a standard loan agreement for the artworks borrowed from the visual artist.

For the poet's work, the poems will be printed on vinyl for wall display, and some will be printed in-house and presented in vitrines.

I'm wondering how others have approached this scenario, specifically, whether you generate a loan agreement for poems presented in this way. My inclination is to do so, since the poems function as exhibition objects and the agreement can also address permissions (e.g., photography and reproduction).

Has anyone handled a similar situation, and if so, what approach did you take?

Thank you in advance for your insights.

Best regards,
Darcie Abbatiello