International artist gets unknown place for forthcoming work? (2,4)
I believe the answer is:
in tray
'place for forthcoming work?' is the definition.
(place for documents yet to be dealt with)
'international artist gets unknown' is the wordplay.
'international' becomes 'int' (abbreviation for international).
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'unknown' becomes 'y' (algebra).
'int'+'ra'+'y'='IN-TRAY'
(Other definitions for in tray that I've seen before include "may receive many letters" , "Where to put new work?" , "Receptacle for paper work to be done" .)