AIC23 PP - Confronting Documentation Gaps in the Legacies of Black Artists

Session Description

This panel dissects the current landscapes of art history, conservation, and attribution with studies of post-war artists Alma Thomas and Jean-Michel Basquiat. These artists are haunted by attribution issues commonly found amongst artists of color and their legacies. Within the context of the twentieth-century’s indifference, they sold their works without documentation of their corpus. Such lacunae create systemic problems for the art market, making black artists targets for exploitation through fakes and misrepresentations.

Speaker

Jennifer Mass | President and Founder | Scientific Analysis of Fine Art
Douglas Bort | Founder/Lead Investigator | Odyssey Global Consulting, LLC
Renée Vara, MA, AAA, USPAP | President & Founder | Vara Art

Continuing Education

Review of this session recording will award 1 CE hour. 

CPE credit is not awarded for this pre-recorded offering.