Bennet H Grutman
Since 1988, Bennet Grutman has advised visual and performance artists, collectors, dealers, gallery owners, trustees, and foundation directors on business and financial matters. His strategies begin with the selection of the appropriate entities and accounting methodologies, and continue through all aspects of tax planning and income management, with particular attention to income taxes, estate and gift planning, financial allocations and budgeting, gallery and private dealer arrangements, and succession planning. Most recently, after 18 years of advising Robert Rauschenberg on accounting, financial, philanthropic, and estate planning matters, Bennet served as a trustee to shepherd Mr. Rauschenberg’s multi-billion dollar estate. Chief Judge Jay B. Rosman of the Florida 20th Judicial Circuit, stated in his judicial opinion that the trustees did “an exemplary job” and that “Rauschenberg made a wise and deliberate decision, and picked the best possible Trustees for the estate.” Twenty-seven years of experience have developed Bennet’s sensitivity to the cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance of an artist work and refined his ability to assist in the planning of an artist' financial life, career, and legacy.
