Terms and Conditions

  1. These Terms and Conditions, together with the  terms set out on the front of the invoice and those set out in the correspondence confirming the sale, outline the entire Agreement between the addressee of the Sales Invoice (the “Purchaser”) and Impulse Gallery (the “Gallery”) relating to the sale of the Work(s)

  2. Full payment must be received within fourteen days of receipt of the Sales Invoice

  3. The Gallery is authorised to sell the artwork(s) on behalf of the artist (the “Artist”)

  4. The Gallery warrants to the Purchaser that the artwork(s) is an authentic artwork(s) by that artist and the invoice, along with the artist's original signature on the artwork(s), stand as proof of the authenticity of the work; certificates of authenticity may be provided upon request.

  5. No copyright or other intellectual property rights in the artwork(s) are granted to the Purchaser and the Artist’s moral rights (including the Artist’s right to be identified as author of the artwork(s) are hereby asserted 

  6. Title to the artwork(s) will pass to the Purchaser only on full receipt of the Sales Invoice total by cleared funds, and the Purchaser shall be responsible for the artwork(s) and risk shall pass to the Purchaser, so must therefore make appropriate arrangements to insure the artwork(s) from this time

  7. Artwork(s) will be stored free of charge for a period of sixty days, after which time any artwork(s) not shipped or paid will incur storage charges for which the Purchaser will be liable. The Gallery will send the Purchaser a reminder four weeks after the Sales Invoice has been raised if the artwork(s) have not been shipped or paid with details of the storage charges expected to incur. Storage charges will be based on 5 CHF per cubic meter per week, equivalent to 20 CHF per calendar month

  8. Artwork(s) shall not be released to the Purchaser until the Gallery has received the full Purchase Price in cleared funds and the Purchaser has paid any storage costs due under Clause 6 above.

  9. The Purchaser is responsible for all associated crating and shipping costs, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Gallery and the Purchaser.

  10. The Gallery is VAT registered and the business operates under the VAT margin scheme; all transactional VAT implications will be explained to the Purchaser by the Gallery at the point of sale.

  11. The gallery may use personal information supplied by the Purchaser and the Purchase Price to fulfil its obligations to the Purchaser and for administrative purposes. The Gallery may share such information with its affiliated companies as necessary to fulfil its obligations to the Purchaser with third parties (e.g. shippers). The Gallery may also share the Purchase Price, the Purchaser’s identity and the Purchaser’s location with the Artist. For all such purposes, the Purchaser consents to the Gallery transferring such information to countries outside the European Economic Area, whose applicable laws may not protect personal data to the same extent as the EEA. 

  12. In the event an artist is unable to complete a commissioned work in the agreed timeframe, the gallery will refund the Commissioner in full

  13. In the event of the Purchaser cancelling a sale, refunds may be offered at the gallery’s discretion in the form of gallery credit, with the only exceptions being a commission which does not meet the Commission Agreement terms or artwork(s) being damaged beyond reasonable repair

  14. The gallery reserves the right to terminate any sale at its discretion if any of the sale terms are not met

  15. The contract of sale of the artwork(s) and any contractual or non-contractual dispute or claim arising from or in connection with the sale shall be governed by the law of Switzerland. For claims against the Artist and the Gallery, the courts of Switzerland shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle all disputes arising under or in connection with the sale, but that the Artist and the Gallery shall have the right to bring proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction within or outside of Switzerland.