Artistate Managing Director Jessica Carlisle talks to Adam Green of ArtTactic about artist estates and answers some common questions around how they are run, what they do, and what artists can do to plan for their legacy.

How can photographers manage their legacies in the digital era? What opportunities and challenges do new technologies bring about? What tools and mechanisms can help ensure the life of photographic work, and how do artists maintain control over their work within new channels of dissemination?

We were delighted to host a talk at London Art Fair in association with Forsters LLP.

Our panel discussed the ins and outs of working with artist estates and explored how artists might prepare for what happens to their work after their death.

The panellists were Sam Mundy, son of artist Gillian Ayres, and Matthew Travers, Director of Piano Nobile Gallery, and our own Catherine Hill, partner at Forsters LLP.

We are delighted to announce that, after 18 months of research, planning, and incubation, Artistate has officially launched on 30 September 2021. Thank you to Cromwell Place for hosting our launch event.

Artistate's Head of Business Development, Jessica Carlisle, writes on the importance of legacy planning, how to go about it and how Artistate can help. Read the article in the Society of London Art Dealer's (SLAD) June Newsletter (members only), or below.