# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-16T15:36:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

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The sweeping array of emergency tariffs that Trump imposed on foreign trade in April has injected a new level of uncertainty during one of the art world’s busiest sale seasons. 

Artworks have largely been exempt from the new duties because they are generally categorized as cultural and informational materials, along with photographs, posters, publications, and other media, in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. But several galleries at this fall’s fairs faced unanticipated costs from reciprocal levies depending on the type of object they shipped and what method they used to send them, not to mention jittery American buyers reluctant to fork over additional fees. 

Art advisors say that even though most artworks should be exempt from tariff laws, some items like decorative or industrial arts, as well as jewelry, may be more difficult to justify, even if a gallery is selling them. “It’s going to be harder for a table or ceramics to be classified as informational material, which is frustrating,” said Yelena Ambartsumian, founder of AMBART LAW. “It’s difficult because we know collectors don’t want to pay for shipping half the time.”

To read the full story by Aaron Short, visit the link in bio.
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1 - Visitors at the Armory Show’s 2025 edition (photo Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) 

3 - Photo Aaron Short/Hyperallergic

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