Even when a piece is visually identical to the work in an artist’s oeuvre, the absence of a signature can introduce uncertainty about its status, authenticity and market value. Photo by Rebecca Naden ...
While searching for art pieces in his late uncle’s Philadelphia basement, Joe Castagno stumbled upon an unexpected sight: several boxes containing thousands of index cards, each bearing a copy of an ...
Detail of Bhasha Chakrabarti, “To Be So Black and Blue (Iman as Kali)” (2021), used clothing, thread, oil, indigofera tinctoria, mirrors, and song by Kazi Nazrul Islam, 87 inches x 60 inches (photo by ...
The great Renaissance artist Michelangelo signed only one of his works, the Pieta. The reason he signed it was simple, according to his biographer: He overheard people attributing the work to another ...
The beams in Detroit's Scarab Club act as a guest book of sorts, carrying a wealth of stories and history, including signatures by Diego Rivera, Marcel Duchamp, Margaret Bourke-White, Isamu Noguchi, ...