
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
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

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