Study Center for Artists’ Legacies Saxony-Anhalt
The BBK Saxony-Anhalt is carrying out a project from summer 2024 to the end of 2026 that deals with a potential center for artists’ estates Saxony-Anhalt. How great is the need for such a central facility in our state? How could such a center be structured? We would like to discuss these and other questions with the help of external partners and together with stakeholders from the arts and culture. The project is funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the survey and its dissemination!
From mid-September to mid-November 2024, we initially conducted a survey in order to have a solid data basis for further concepts. The response was great. The Museum and Archive Association, the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation and other partners forwarded our appeal, articles about the project appeared in the press and our various online channels also repeatedly drew attention to the survey. Around 100 artists and 25 estate holders completed our questionnaire. This is a solid result and roughly corresponds to the participation rate in a survey conducted in Saxony in fall 2020.
We are now working on the evaluation and expect to be able to present the results in March 2025.
Get information about the study
If you would like to receive further information about the study Künstlernachlasszentrum Sachsen-Anhalt, please fill in our contact form. Thank you for participating in our study!
For documentation purposes, you can still find our call for the survey here:
Needs analysis with survey in fall 2024
The study is based on a needs analysis that will be carried out by mid-November 2024. Visual artists and estate holders (heirs, but also museums and archives holding estates) are invited to participate. Take half an hour to fill out our anonymous survey!
If you prefer to complete the survey on paper, please download the pdf file(PDF survey for artists // PDF survey for estate holders), print it out and send it back to us, or contact us and we will be happy to send it to you by post.
You do not have to answer all the questions, but can skip individual points. However, many answers naturally guarantee a better analysis. You can also help us a lot by completing the questionnaire online. Because we save time if we don’t have to enter your answers into the computer by hand.
Please note two further definitions: By “artist’s estate” we mean a largely complete collection of an artist’s life’s work that represents all important creative phases. Individual groups of works are not meant here. By “core collection” we mean a collection of approx. 5-10% of a life’s work of works from all creative phases and techniques that are representative of the development of the work.