http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/08/abstanfield-tweekly-15.html for the Business of Being an Artist Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/08/abstanfield-tweekly-15.html/comment-page-1#comment-7265 Stefani Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:44:15 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/?p=2592#comment-7265 Alyson - you are an excellent little Twitter bird - love your Tweets! Alyson – you are an excellent little Twitter bird – love your Tweets!

]]> http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/08/abstanfield-tweekly-15.html/comment-page-1#comment-7263 Tina Mammoser Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:18:30 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/?p=2592#comment-7263 Sadly, nowhere in the Annie Leibovitz cast did anyone mention the large amount of money Annie had to come up with (partly by giving away rights to her artwork) because of inheritance tax when her partner died. While not the entire problem behind her debt it was a major factor recently. This is because the USA does not recognize same sex longtime relationships the same way it does heterosexual marriages or common-law partnerships. Fortunately in Europe it's against human rights legislation to discriminate that way. The political is personal. Sadly, nowhere in the Annie Leibovitz cast did anyone mention the large amount of money Annie had to come up with (partly by giving away rights to her artwork) because of inheritance tax when her partner died. While not the entire problem behind her debt it was a major factor recently. This is because the USA does not recognize same sex longtime relationships the same way it does heterosexual marriages or common-law partnerships. Fortunately in Europe it’s against human rights legislation to discriminate that way. The political is personal.

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