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ART, DEATH & LEGACY: MANAGING ARTIST ESTATES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Catherine Hill, Jessica Carlisle
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Running an artist estate is a complex business. From the logistics of storage, archiving and insurance, to the administration of loans, licences and contracts, promotion and publications, curatorial decision-making and reputation management, the range of skills and knowledge required is broad. Often too there are legal and financial hurdles to overcome. Addressing all these issues and getting everything in order takes time, money and patience; something executors and beneficiaries do not always have. For this discussion Artistate Ltd and Forsters LLP draw together speakers from different fields to discuss their experiences of working with and running artist estates and explore what measures artists can take to prepare for their own legacy.
PANELLISTS:
Jessica Carlisle, Artistate (Moderator)
Jessica Carlisle is a contemporary art professional who has worked variously as gallerist,curator, consultant, project manager and artist agent. She is a solicitor with experience across various specialisms and is Head of Business Development at Artistate, a new service platform dedicated exclusively to artists and their estates. Artistate’s core focus is legacy planning for living artists and professional and practical support for those managing artist estates. Clients have access to all the services they need in one place, whether that be financial management, tax stewardship, writing (or rewriting) a Will, contracts that adequately manage risk, support around inventories and archives, storage and shipping, insurance and logistics, and expert advice on technology and intellectual property rights.
Catherine Hill, Partner and Head of Art and Cultural Property at Forsters LLP and co-founder of Artistate.
Catherine Hill heads the Art and Cultural Property team at Forsters LLP, a leading London law firm based in Mayfair where she has been a partner since 2008. She has many years’ experience acting for living artists and their families, including several leading contemporary figures, on legacy, succession and taxation issues. Catherine also advises collectors, galleries and museums. She has lectured in recent years at the Royal Academy on Legacy Planning and on art law matters generally and is a member of PAIAM (Professional Advisers to the International Arts Market) and the Heritage Lawyers Group. She acts as trustee and executor for many of her artist clients. She is co-founder of Artistate Limited, designed to help artists and artists’ estates navigate through the legal, financial and commercial worlds and ensure a lasting legacy.
Sam Mundy
Sam Mundy is a British painter based in Devon. He is the son of artists Gillian Ayres CBE RA (1930-2018) and Henry Mundy (1919-2019) and manages both his parents estates.
Matthew Travers, Director, Piano Nobile Gallery
Matthew Travers is a specialist in Modern British Art and became a director at Piano Nobile in 2010 alongside his father Robert who founded the gallery in 1985. A graduate of The Courtauld Institute of Art, he has curated exhibitions that have actively reestablished artists’ reputations and markets, notably, From Omega to Charleston: The Art of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant 1910-1934, Leon Kossoff: A London Life and most recently, Sickert: The Theatre of Life. Matthew advises clients from around the world on their acquisitions, helping them to build remarkable collections and works closely with leading museums and institutions. Matthew also edits Piano Nobile Publications the galleries ever-expanding publications programme.