An Unequal Artist Legacy Field Defines Who Gets to Be Remembered

A new report from the Joan Mitchell Foundation highlights deep structural issues affecting legacy work across the arts.

Related

Other articles with overlapping topics.

A

Artforum

Joan Mitchell Foundation Releases Report on Artist Legacy Stewardship

Last week, the Joan Mitchell Foundation published the report “Creating Future Memory: Building the Field of Artist Legacy Stewardship.” The report is available on the foundation’s website as a free PDF download. The report’s authors, Solana Chehtman and Sharon Mizota, surveyed more than 150 artists, family members, archivists, curators, and legacy professionals to create the […]

Theo Belci·Sep 24, 2026

Hyperallergic

Art Problems: If I Have a Day Job, Am I a Real Artist?

Ever been shamed for having a nine-to-five job as an artist? Paddy Johnson can relate.

Paddy Johnson·Sep 22, 2026

Hyperallergic

Arthur Jafa, King of Pop

His eclectic references and intuitive grasp of memes and virality set him apart as an artist taking assemblage and collage to new heights.

Stephanie Wambugu·Sep 25, 2026

T

The Conversation

Once rejected as ‘too outlandish’, Zandra Rhodes’ archive is helping to shape fashion’s future

Rhodes donated her archive to De Monfort University, where it is being used to engage and inspire upcoming fashion designers.

Carolyn Hardaker, Head of School of Design Innovation, De Montfort University·Sep 25, 2026

A

Artforum

Jeffreen M.H. Ash Steps Down from Leadership of Threewalls

Jeffreen M.H. Ash will depart from her role as executive director of the Chicago cultural nonprofit Threewalls on September 30. She has spent eleven years at the contemporary art organization, whose mission is to support Black artists through collaboration and community and within Black feminist and diasporic traditions. “It has been a privilege to create […]

Thomas Patier·Sep 23, 2026

L

Literary Hub

The Artist’s Room Is Not a Neutral Space

At the BFI, Ruby has barely finished showing her film before the tax is levied: which parts are real? The interviewer wants origins, autobiography, the little certificate of suffering audiences sometimes seem to require before they trust invention. Ruby thinks

Demetris Papadimitropoulos·Sep 24, 2026