Artist Estate Representation

The ARTephant Artist Estate / Gallery Partnership Initiative - Understanding the Pivotal Role of Estates, Gallerists, Private Dealers, Museums, Collectors and Major Auction House’s in Growing an Undervalued Artists’ Brand – it’s what We Do

The ARTephant Artist Estate / Gallery Partnership Initiative was explicitly designed to expedite the on-ramp process for / between artists’, artists’ estates, galleries, and others.

Bearing the weighty responsibility of the preservation, storage, and subsequent cataloging of an artist’s estate - coupled with organizing exhibitions, retrospectives or preparing catalogue raisonnés can be just a small part of the host of duties called upon by an artists’ estate.

The artist’s road to wide-spread recognition is a complicated one, and there is a growing awareness of the need to carefully build and steward such artistic legacies. Sometimes artists have a meteoric rise to success, making artist estate planning or foundation formation that much easier. Still, often the success of an artist is the direct result of a carefully executed strategy choreographed by a consortium of art professionals including gallerists, private dealers, museums, collectors and major auction houses in conjunction with the artists’ estate, each playing a pivotal role in building an enduring artists’ brand.

At ARTephant, the reintroduction of an artist is as much about our passion for sharing the genius of a forgotten master or giving a fresh look to a gifted artist as it is to process and methods – it is the natural course of events related to our far reaching vision of the art market.

The weighty moral obligation of reintroducing an artist to the art world must be balanced alongside the realities of the financial elements of such an endeavor. A relevant historical canon, fine connoisseurship and brilliant marketing plan alone may not be enough to redress the inequities of art history bias or the need for expanded stewardship.

The successful reintroduction of an artists’ estate is no “get-rich-quick scheme,” it’s a heavy-lift, that requires strategic partnerships, significant investment in scholarly review, consistent messaging, coordinated estate participation, a desirable body of fine art and a whole lot more.

ARTephant has the network, drive, determination, and apparatus required to go the long-haul needed to successfully steer an artist’s career. The ARTephant platform was customized to facilitate the union of the coterie of partners necessary to meet the demanding task of thoughtfully guiding artists, estates, and foundations through the challenging, but ultimately rewarding, process of artist (re)introduction.

Note: A gallery may qualify to partner with ARTephant to exclusively represent an artist’s estate; a territory (for example: East /West Coast representation), and/or a segment of artworks in an artists’ estate (i.e. oils vs. works on paper vs. sculpture, etc.). Be the first to inquire about our exclusive estate / gallery partnership initiative and stake your artist – apply now.

ARTephant is committed to continuing its championing of a broad range of artists who for reasons often beyond their control have been historically underrepresented, such as women artists, artists of color, and those artists that time has forgotten.

Artists, Artists’ Estates and Galleries interested in partnering are encouraged to contact us