JUNE 1 - 3, 2026
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JUNE 1 - 3, 2026 .
2026 Conference Participants
JOY GLIDDEN, Executive Director and Founder of CPAL; SUSAN REYNOLDS, Executive Director The Milton Resnick Pat Passlof Foundation; FRANCIS GREENBURGER, Founder and Co-Executive Director, Art Omi Pavilions @ Chatham; SHAMIM M. MOMIN, Director and Chief Curator of The Bronx Museum of the Arts; SUSAN COOKE, Former Associate Director, The David Smith Estate; Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association; ANTON SHERIN, Associate Archivist for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Library and Archive- Director of Programming - Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (A.R.T.); SUZAAN BOETTGER, Art Historian and Critic; SUSAN BRUNDAGE, Brundage Art Advisors LLC; EILEEN COSTELLO, Ellsworth Kelly Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Reliefs, and Sculpture; CHRISTINA HUNTER, Executive Director, Nancy Graves Foundation; DIEDRA HARRIS-KELLEY, Co-Director of the Romare Bearden Foundation; FRANCINE SNYDER, Director of Archives & Digital at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; DIYA VIJ, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs; JUDITH WALLACE, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP; CARYN KEPPLER, Principal at Offit Kurman, LLP; ALEX LEE, Alpha fly; MICHAEL BORGER, ESQ., Borger Law, PC; SUR RODNEY (SUR), Writer, Curator, Archivist, CO-Executor of the Geoffrey Hendrick Estate; ZAK FREELAND, Archivist; AMELIA BRANKOV; Brankov PLLC NYC Arts and Media Law Firm; CAMERON STERLING, Content Consultant for Visual Artists, Archivist for Ellen Graham, Richard Avedon, Hiro Estates; AMY MYERS, Artist, Barbara Daves Gallery; KENTA MURAKAMI, Director, Ortuzar; MICHAEL & SUSAN HORT, Art Collectors, Founder of Rema Hort Mann Foundation; JESSICA SEIGEL, Director at Judy Seigel Estate; REBECCA CLEMAN, Executive Director, Electronic Arts Intermix; BRIAN BLOCK Artist, plus more!
Day 1:
Panelists tackle the core question of intent in legacy planning, examining how priorities are identified and goals take shape. They explore how these objectives are translated into enduring impact, ensuring that an artist’s work maintains visibility and continues to resonate across generations.
Day 2:
An exploration of key tools for safeguarding artistic legacies, ranging from legal frameworks and tax structures to estate appraisals. Through case studies, audiences gain insight into how legacy ambitions are formed in practice, with decisions grounded in sound long-term planning.
Day 3:
Panels focus on measurable results, emerging technologies, and the tracking of ongoing progress, highlighting long-term considerations that allow legacies to endure. Participants explore how stewardship can be sustained over time, shaping forms of influence across academia, the market, and collections.
