2024 Fall Program

CPAL Class:

Estate Planning

Instructor:

Saul Ostrow

Location:

The Milton Resnick & Pat Passlof Foundation

87 Eldridge St, New York, NY 10002

Date:

November 20, 2024 (Online and In-Person)

Join us for an insightful and interactive CPAL class on Estate Planning. This class covers Estate Planning checklists for pre- and posthumous to do's.

In this two-hour slot, the class will break down as follows: a comprehensive lecture with 15 minutes reserved for Q&A.

Subjects to be discussed:

  • Small, medium, and big steps in planning an artist's estate, with and without help

    • Finding the right structure/premise for you

  • Estate Planning checklist for pre- and posthumous to do's

    • Preparatory Estate Planning 

      • How to find an executor

      • Taxes

      • Insurance

      • Transference/gifting

    • Posthumous Estate Management 

      • The tax axe

      • Copyrights — who holds them? How are they transferred?

  • Resources

  • Q & A

About the instructor:

Saul Ostrow is an independent critic and curator. He has been the Editor of the book series Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture published by Routledge, London, Co-Editor of Lusitania Press (1996-2004) and since 1987 the Art Editor for Bomb Magazine. He has curated over 80 exhibitions in the US and abroad. His own writings have appeared in numerous art magazines, journals, catalogues and books in the USA and Europe. He is also the co-founder of Critical Practices Inc (2010) a not-for-profit cultural organization and was a principle in  Art Legacy Projects. Presently he is the consultant  and coordinator for the Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation.