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Activities
The Centre for Artistic Estates (Zentrum für künstlerische Nachlässe, ZKN) is dedicated to to scientific debate about estates in the areas of art, music, and literature. By organising conferences, seminars, and lectures the ZKN wants to address questions of how to plan, administer, and develop artistic estates. Through connecting the areas of art, music, and literature the ZKN aims for fostering transdisciplinary inspiration.
Who We Address
In addition to collectors, artists, musicians, and writers as well as their heirs, the ZKN also addresses other persons and institutions connected to artistic estates like museums, galleries, auctions houses, publishing companies, record labels, restorers, archives, and lawyers. Scholars in the fields of art (history), music, and literature belong to the target audience of the ZKN too.
Establishment and Organisational Form
The ZKN was founded by its president, Florian Schmidt-Gabain, and its vice president, Thomas Strässle, in the year 2019.
The members of the ZKN’s Advisory Board are Linonel V. Baldenweg, Michael Haefliger, Beatrix Ruf, and Julia Voss.
The ZKN is an association in terms of sec. 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code.
Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt at the Kronenhalle Restaurant. The physical estate of the former is kept at the Max Frisch-Archiv at the ETH Zurich, the physical estate of the latter at the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern. Copyrights of both authors are managed by their publishers, foundations, and descendants. Picture: Jack Metzger (ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv, DD_55, CC BY-SA 4.0).