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Mitt Chen
CULTURAL ASSET ECONOMICS


Barnes Foundation: Custodial Override / Public-Access Conversion Case
CAE Case on Barnes Foundation. The Barnes Foundation case calibrates what happens when donor restrictions that once protected a cultural asset become the primary bottleneck to its institutional survival. The collection and its ensemble logic proved durable. The original donor-control architecture required legal reconstitution through court-approved modification. Case summary Donor-control transfer, location-control pressure, and continuity-preserving exit are all classifie

Mitt Chen
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