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… guided the students through the foundations of taxation explaining how! As to Schaper: "Taxation triggers behavioural responses, because persons take into account the financial consequences of the activities that they undertake. Accordingly, tax law can be used to indirectly regulate behaviour. Mindful of the economic effects of taxation, the government may apply the tax system to stabilize the general economy and foster growth. The government can also actively steer behavioural responses to regulate socially desirable and undesirable behaviour. While some view these value judgments as tax paternalism, there is significant regulation through taxation in many states". Course Book, 2016. …

… Art without the Artist One of the great privileges for the conservator working with contemporary art - in many cases - is to have access to the artist’s studio - or to the artists themselves. Questions about the making process and the meaning can best be answered by the artist or their assistants. But what happens when the artist is no longer? Artists’ estates, often run by the family, former assistants or close confidants, take over an enormous authority over the artist’s physical and intellectual legacy. They are involved in decisions about conservation, refabrication, installation, but also in the release of information and the authorization of research on the artist’s work. What information and insight is this authority based on, and how can a productive and meaningful collaborative between estate representatives and conservators be established? This talk will address a few cases of collaboration between estates representing recently deceased artists, and conservation (Jason Rhoades, Mike Kelley, Felix Gonzalez-Torres). …