Editing Clyfford Still (section)

==Estate and museum==
Still wrote a will in 1978 that left a portion of his work, along with his archives, to his wife Patricia and stated: "I give and bequeath all the remaining works of art executed by me in my collection to an American city that will agree to build or assign and maintain permanent quarters exclusively for these works of art and assure their physical survival with the explicit requirement that none of these works of art will be sold, given, or exchanged but are to be retained in the place described above exclusively assigned to them in perpetuity for exhibition and study."<ref name="Unyielding Will" /> After Still's death in 1980, the Still collection of approximately 2,400 works was sealed off completely from public and scholarly access for more than twenty years.

[[File:GlyffordStillMuseum1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, Colorado]]
In August 2004, the City of [[Denver]], Colorado announced it had been chosen by Patricia Still to receive the artworks contained within the Clyfford Still Estate (roughly 825 paintings on canvas and 1575 works on paper – drawings and limited-edition fine-art prints). [[The Clyfford Still Museum]], an independent nonprofit organization, opened under the directorship of Dean Sobel in November 2011. The museum also houses the complete Still archives of sketchbooks, journals, notebooks, the artist's library, and other archival materials, inherited upon Patricia Still's death in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kino|first1=Carol|title=Abstract Expressionist Made Whole|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/arts/design/clyfford-still-museum-in-denver.html|access-date=21 October 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 November 2011}}</ref>

The building was designed by Allied Works Architecture, led by [[Brad Cloepfil]].<ref name=dp2011118>{{cite news|last=MacMillan|first=Kyle|title=With wraps off the art at new Denver museum, how good is Clyfford Still?|url=http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_19351236?source=pkg|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|date=18 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=dp20111026>{{cite news|last=MacMillan|first=Kyle|title=Installation of more than 100 artworks begins at Clyfford Still Museum in Denver|url=http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_19193957|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|date=26 October 2011}}</ref> The museum is recognized as a successful implementation of contemporary architecture and an icon for the city of Denver.<ref name="Rinaldi2016">{{cite news|last1=Rinaldi |first1=Mark Ray |date=January 31, 2016 |title=Brad Cloepfil and Clyfford Still Museum make case for design in Denver |url=http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_29446217/brad-cloepfil-and-clyfford-still-museum-make-case |department=Lifestyles|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|page=1E|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201103329/http://www.denverpost.com/lifestyles/ci_29446217/brad-cloepfil-and-clyfford-still-museum-make-case |archive-date=2016-02-01 |access-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From January 24 to April 17, 2016, the [[Denver Art Museum]] hosted a temporary exhibit called "Case Work", which showcased the design process used for this museum and other major works by Allied and Cloepfil.<ref>Allied Works Architecture (2016). [http://www.alliedworks.com/news/case-work-premieres/ Case Work Premieres at the Denver Art Museum]</ref><ref name="Rinaldi2016" /> After Denver, the exhibit was planned to show at the [[Portland Art Museum]] and then embark on a two-year international tour.<ref>[[Denver Art Museum]] (2016). [http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/case-work Case Work: Studies in Form, Space & Construction] by [[Brad Cloepfil]] / Allied Works Architecture, through April 17, 2016.</ref>

In March 2011, a Maryland court with jurisdiction over Patricia Still's estate ruled that four of Still's works could be sold before they officially became part of the museum's collection.<ref name=ai-4stills>{{cite web|title=Court Greenlights Clyfford Still Museum's Creative Maneuver to Sell Off Four Paintings|url=http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37342/court-greenlights-clyfford-still-museums-creative-maneuver-to-sell-off-four-paintings/|publisher=ARTINFO|date=28 March 2011}}</ref> In November 2011, Sotheby's in New York sold the four works; ''PH-351'' (1940) for US$1.2 million, ''1947-Y-No. 2'' (1947) for US$31.4 million, ''1949-A-No. 1'' (1949) for US$61.7 million and ''PH-1033'' (1976) for US$19.6 million.<ref name=wsj-4stills/> The proceeds from the sales, US$114 million, went to the Clyfford Still Museum "to support its endowment and collection-related expenses."<ref name=ai-4stills/><ref name=wsj-4stills/> In the decade prior to the sale, only 11 of Still's works came up at auction.<ref name=wsj-4stills>{{cite news |last=Crow |first=Kelly |title=Sotheby's Sells Group of Clyfford Still Paintings for $114 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204224604577028531443041436 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=10 November 2011}}</ref> The Clyfford Still Museum opened on November 18, 2011.

In December 2011, a visitor to the museum was accused of causing $10,000 worth of damage to Still's ''1957-J no.2'' oil painting.<ref name=r20120105>{{cite news|last=Coffman|first=Keith|title=Colorado woman accused of damaging $30 million painting|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-painting-vandalism-idUSTRE80409D20120105|newspaper=Reuters|date=5 January 2012}}</ref>

In 2013, the Clyfford Still Museum Research Center was launched. Its aim is to explore the period of art and history in which the abstract painter worked. Plans include a fellowship program, cross-disciplinary scholarly publications, and research symposia.<ref>Pobric, Pac (October 30, 2013), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Clyfford-Still-Museum-opens-research-centre-/30816 Clyfford Still Museum opens research centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101150537/http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Clyfford-Still-Museum-opens-research-centre-/30816 |date=2013-11-01 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>