ARRESTING MOTION: ESTATE PLANNING FOR ARTISTS


September 4, 2012
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PART VII: WRAPPING UP  “The song is ended (but the melody plays on). “ ~Irving Berlin (composer) & Beda Loehner (lyricist) All good things must come to an end. Hopefully this series has succeeded in helping both artists and their attorneys understand the unique complexities that are often involved in an artist’s estate plan. As […]

ARRESTING MOTION: ESTATE PLANNING FOR ARTISTS


July 25, 2012
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PART VI: WHEN & WHERE? DEFINING A TRIGGER & CHOOSING A LOCATION  “Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures. “ ~Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher, Poet and Critic Followers of this series will be delighted to know that this penultimate entry is the most concise and straightforward. When? Attorneys […]

ARRESTING MOTION: ESTATE PLANNING FOR ARTISTS


June 27, 2012
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PART V: WHAT? RECOGNIZING THE ASSETS. “An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he for some reason thinks it would be a good idea to give them.”  ~Andy Warhol, Pop Art Pioneer So far, this series has revealed why estate planning for artists is so essential, who […]

Arresting Motion: Estate Planning for Artists


May 14, 2012
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PART IV: HOW? DETERMINING THE TOOLS. “When an artist of talent makes a painting or a sculpture, he is always aware of the potentials and limitations of his materials; the better the artist, the more likely he is to know just what he can and cannot do with them.” ~Bruce Cole, Art Scholar and Senior […]

Arresting Motion: Estate Planning for Artists


February 14, 2012
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“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” ~William Faulkner, Author and Nobel Prize Laureate. Part I: The Big Picture. As an estate planning attorney, […]