The phrase "artists foundation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an organization or entity that supports artists, often through funding, resources, or advocacy.
Example: "The artists foundation provides grants to emerging talents in the creative industry."
Alternatives: "artist support organization" or "foundation for artists".
After his death in 1997, when the Willem de Kooning Foundation needed cash, it, too — like many artists' foundations — would sell a work from its holdings, but always privately.
Artist foundations are going in new directions, too.
Artist foundations have increasingly found themselves embroiled in lawsuits in recent years.
Artist foundations have become an increasingly popular way for estates to control the artists' affairs after death, and they typically sell a few works a year to finance their operations, as the Warhol Foundation has done since its inception in 1987.
Artist foundations and estates that find fakes on eBay or at small auction houses can inform the dealer or Web site, but they have no authority to seize or mark the work.
It's a playful, quasi-architectural work by Carsten Holler, one of the artists the foundation has sponsored.
These contributions were invaluable as they came during a time when there was no model for an artist-endowed foundation to make direct grants to living artists on an on-going basis.
Many artists create foundations to shepherd their legacies, but most foundations do not give control to a single trustee because they seek additional oversight.
He proudly showed me a work by a famous photographer — a gift from his cousin, who stole it while employed by the artist's foundation.
Spread over 200 hectares, the YSP has the largest collection of Henry Moore's sculptures outside the artist's foundation in Perry Green, most displayed outdoors in spectacular landscapes.
