During a lifetime devoted to creative output, many artists find themselves being caretakers of countless unsold artworks and file-boxes packed with documents, with no idea what to do with them. They resolve to tackle the job, but they procrastinate, or are interrupted by varioius distractions. Many just want to keep working; hopeful of being rediscovered, or the glorious swansong of a museum retrospective. This is seldom how their stories end, unless they become proactive and take steps to create a durable legacy plan.

HERE’S HOW

A cautionary tale about the dispersal of SoHo artist Mary Beth Edelson: READ THE STORY

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