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The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, begun by Mr. Rauschenberg 18 years before his death in 2008, has decided to adopt a new policy of making images of Rauschenberg work much more widely available free. In doing so, it is urging other artists’ estates and foundations to take a hard look at protections…
The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation has announced that Steven Nash, a curator, art historian, and recently retired executive director of the Palm Springs Art Museum, will succeed the artist’s late widow Phyllis Diebenkorn at the helm of the organization.
In 2016 four international fellows will research the life and work of the artists Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp supported by the Stiftung Arp e.V. The ARP-Research Fellowships were awarded for the second time. The fellowships are intended for both junior as well as senior scholars and curators whose research encompasses the work of Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp and its wider cultural and intellectual contexts.
Valuations of art for estate and gift tax purposes (as well as for divorce and sale) present difficult issues when the art consists of many works by only one artist, chiefly because the art market can only absorb a limited number of works, yet the appraisal must decide value as of a certain date—in an estate, the owner’s date of death.
The Judd Foundation and the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents the artist’s estate, announced a two-part project intended to put Judd’s writings back into the art world’s critical discourse. The first part, by the Judd Foundation, will be a republication, in March, of “Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959–1975,” (often known, because of its original cover, as “the Yellow Book,”) which collected some of his seminal essays and his early gallery reviews for magazines like “Arts,” “Arts Magazine,” and “Art International.”
A new catalogue listing all the paintings of Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon is to be published in April and will sell for £1,000 (approximately €1,300). The late artist’s estate has announced that Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonnéwill present “the entire oeuvre of the artist’s work for the first time”.
London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has acquired sketchbooks, drawings, and letters by Lucian Freud from the artist’s estate. The artwork comes to the museum through the acceptance in lieu scheme.
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In our news section you find the latest news on developments in the field of artists’ estates. For further up to date information on artists’ estates you can follow us on twitter and facebook.
Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, begun by Mr. Rauschenberg 18 years before his death in 2008, has decided to adopt a new policy of making images of Rauschenberg work much more widely available free. In doing so, it is urging other artists’ estates and foundations to take a hard look at protections…
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Richard Diebenkorn Foundation Appoints New Director
The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation has announced that Steven Nash, a curator, art historian, and recently retired executive director of the Palm Springs Art Museum, will succeed the artist’s late widow Phyllis Diebenkorn at the helm of the organization.
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AWARD OF THE 2016 ARP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
In 2016 four international fellows will research the life and work of the artists Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp supported by the Stiftung Arp e.V. The ARP-Research Fellowships were awarded for the second time. The fellowships are intended for both junior as well as senior scholars and curators whose research encompasses the work of Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp and its wider cultural and intellectual contexts.
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Why Courts Dramatically Overvalue Artist Estates
Valuations of art for estate and gift tax purposes (as well as for divorce and sale) present difficult issues when the art consists of many works by only one artist, chiefly because the art market can only absorb a limited number of works, yet the appraisal must decide value as of a certain date—in an estate, the owner’s date of death.
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New Writings by Donald Judd Coming to Light
The Judd Foundation and the David Zwirner Gallery, which represents the artist’s estate, announced a two-part project intended to put Judd’s writings back into the art world’s critical discourse. The first part, by the Judd Foundation, will be a republication, in March, of “Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959–1975,” (often known, because of its original cover, as “the Yellow Book,”) which collected some of his seminal essays and his early gallery reviews for magazines like “Arts,” “Arts Magazine,” and “Art International.”
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Bacon’s Brilliance bound up in a new catalogue
A new catalogue listing all the paintings of Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon is to be published in April and will sell for £1,000 (approximately €1,300). The late artist’s estate has announced that Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonnéwill present “the entire oeuvre of the artist’s work for the first time”.
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Lucian Freud Estate Avoids $4.5 Million Tax by Donating Archive to NPG
London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has acquired sketchbooks, drawings, and letters by Lucian Freud from the artist’s estate. The artwork comes to the museum through the acceptance in lieu scheme.
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The Lygia Clark foundation has temporarily stopped authenticating works by the artist
The foundation of one of Brazil’s best known and most valuable artists, Lygia Clark, has stopped authenticating works because of a bitter family feud.
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