Skip to content
Mediathek Copy

Mediathek

In our archive you can find subject related content of the institute’s events and interviews with persons close to the field of artists’ estates as well as panels, lectures and conversations about artists’ estates from various sources.

Interviews and Talks

Marsie Scharlatt,
Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive

John Mullican,
Lee Mullican & Luchita Hurtado 

Thomas Schlesser,
Fondation Hartung-Bergman

Natasha Hébert-Tàpies,
The Estate of Antoni Tàpies

Saskia Spender,
President of The Arshile Gorky Foundation

Melanie Gerlis and Loretta Würtenberger,
DACS Foundation Talk at Gimpel Fils London

Christy MacLear, Vice Chairman, Fine Arts Division, Sotheby’s (former Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg FDN)

Flavin Judd,
Judd Foundation

Claudia Andrieu,
Legal Advisor Administration Picasso 

Dr. Dietmar Elger,
Head of Gerhard Richter Archiv

Dr. Loretta Würtenberger,
Founder Institute for Artists’ Estates

Hélène Vandenberghe,
Estate Philippe Vandenberg

Dr. Thomas Köhler,
Director Berlinische Galerie

Mary Moore,
Henry Moore Estate

ART|BASEL – Salon
Discussion | Artists’ Estates Today and Tomorrow
2016

Antje v. Graevenitz,
Gerhard von Graevenitz Estate

Download PDF EN | DE

Mediathek Copy

Conference 2016

„Keeping the Legacy Alive“

We feel honored to have welcomed over 200 artists, artist’s family members and artist’s estate managers from all over the world to the Institute for Artists’ Estates inaugural conference to discuss successful artist estate planning and management.

Our expectations were exceeded in every respect due to highly the inspiring talks and an amazing audience. We would like to thank all of you who made this event possible. The next conference will take place in 2018; detailed information to be announced in summer 2017.

Please find selected press coverage on the past conference here:

Conference Trailer

Mediathek Copy
Mediathek Copy

Opening Lecture – Artistic Authorship:
Timeless, Authorless

Prof. Dr. John Welchman,  Chair of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

ALL FATHERS DIE, NOT THESE!”ARTISTS’ ESTATE MANAGEMENT AS A FAMILY AFFAIR

Moderator: Magda Salvesen, author of the book ‘Artists’ Estates: Reputations in Trust’

Hélène Vandenberghe, Estate Philippe Vandenberg
Mayen Beckmann, Estate Max Beckmann
Mary Moore, The Henry Moore Estate
Flavin Judd, Judd Foundation

Building The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Christy Maclear, Executive Director The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

FACING DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF AN ARTIST’S ESTATE

Dr. Loretta Würtenberger, Director The Institute for Artists’ Estates

ARTISTS ESTATES & MUSEUMS

Moderator: Dr. Arie Hartog, Director Gerhard Marcks Haus
Joost Declercq, Director Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Dr. Thomas Köhler, Director Berlinische Galerie

STRATEGIES FOR ARTISTS ARCHIVES

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dirk Boll: Christie’s Managing Director Continental Europe
Dr. Dietmar Elger, Head of Gerhard Richter Archiv
Barry Rosen, Artists’ Estates Advisor

Opening Lecture II – Authenticating Picasso – Issues and Strategic Considerations

Claudia Andrieu, Legal Advisor Administration Picasso

CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS – WHEN FORM IS FUNCTION

Moderator: Dr. Friederike Gräfin von Brühl, Partner K+L Gates

David Nash, Mitchell Innes & Nash – Co-Author of the Catalogue Raisonné Cézanne
Dr. Arie Hartog, Director Gerhard Marcks Haus, on Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptors
Dr. Andrea C. Theil, Catalogue Raisonné Manager and Researcher Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

STRATEGIES FOR MID-SIZE ARTISTS’ ESTATES

Moderator: Volker Diehl, Director Volker Diehl Gallery

Hélène Vandenberghe, Estate Philippe Vandenberg
Muna Tseng, Estate Archive of Tseng Kwong Chi
Mark Waugh, DACS 360

Newsletters

Newsletter 5
Hartung & Bergman (PDF Download)

Newsletter 4
Tapiès

Newsletter 3
Gorky

Newsletter 2
Graevenitz

Newsletter 1
Conference