Press Releases - Archives 2007

Dick Blick Offers Masterpiece Elite Canvases Pretagged With Fine Art Registry Tags, Ready for Artists to Register their Masterpieces

Dick Blick, the leading supplier of art materials, has introduced a new concept into their Fall 2007 Sale catalog, the new, Masterpiece® Elite™ prestretched canvas pretagged with a Fine Art Registry™ secure, tamper-evident seal, ready for the artist/customer to use to make a permanent record in the Fine Art Registry database. The canvases also ship with a free DVD introducing the artist to Fine Art Registry and the value of having their work tagged and registered with FAR®.

New Highest Quality Masterpiece® Elite™ Canvases Are Shipping With Fine Art Registry™ Tags Ready For Artists To Register As They Complete Each Piece, To Ensure The Highest Quality Canvas With Provenance And Authenticity Built In

Masterpiece Artist Canvas is pleased to announce the introduction of the Masterpiece Elite™ Canvas which is sold with a Fine Art Registry (FAR®) tag from Global Fine Art Registry, LLC already affixed to the back. "We took all our knowledge and experience in stretching canvas, and built the finest stretched canvas we could imagine."
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Fine Art Registry Commissions Further Independent Examination of Fingerprints Claimed By Montreal Self-Styled "Forensic Expert" Paul Biro To "Authenticate" Possible Pollock Paintings

A just issued preliminary report from Thomas Hanley, Chief of Police in Middlebury, Vermont, and veteran fingerprint examiner with close to 30 years experience in fingerprint identification, casts doubts on Paul Biro's claims of proving "authenticity" of a possible Pollock painting belonging to the Parker family of Long Island. Biro claimed that the "Jackson Pollock fingerprint" he found on the back of the Parkers' painting was "the same print as the one on Teri Horton's painting." Biro's much media-hyped work on the Horton painting has been withheld from peer scrutiny by Horton and Biro.

Independent Review of Fingerprints in Teri Horton Alleged Jackson Pollock Case Casts Doubt on the Forensic Evidence Provided by Peter Paul Biró

Accredited fingerprint examiner and police chief Thomas Hanley has completed an independent review, commissioned by Fine Art Registry™, of the fingerprint analysis carried out by Peter Paul Biró which was used to substantiate claims that a painting bought for $5 in a California thrift store by Teri Horton, was the work of Jackson Pollock. Chief Hanley concluded that the fingerprints shown in the published report were of no value for identification purposes.

Horton Painting Fingerprint Analysis Report

Official reports, documenting the FAR commissioned fingerprint analysis of the Teri Horton painting which is claimed to be a Jackson Pollock, are now online for public viewing.

• Fingerprint Examination Report - PDF (62 Kb)
• Investigation Report - Fingerprint Examination - PDF (109 Kb)
• Curriculum Vitae - Fingerprint Examiner - PDF (55 Kb)

Fine Art Registry® Announces FAR® WebVideo™

Fine Art Registry™ (FAR®) has just introduced FAR®WebVideo™, streaming and downloadable videos that go behind the scenes with some of today’s leading artists and also deliver marketing know-how and tips to artists and other information of interest to artists, collectors and those involved in the art industry in general. This new addition to the FAR web site is just one of the many features that make the site a leader in providing up-to-the-minute news and in depth information on the art industry.

Fine Art Registry® Commissions Independent Forensic Review of Alleged Jackson Pollock Fingerprint

Global Fine Art Registry, LLC., has commissioned an independent review of the latent fingerprint evidence claimed by Peter Paul Biro and Teri Horton to be the key indicator that the painting Horton bought for $5 in a California thrift store is a genuine Jackson Pollock.