Comments on Art News Blog: $5 Jackson Pollock Painting for $50 Million

I'm betting that if the art snobs thought the pain...

2009-06-28T17:59:31.646-07:00

I'm betting that if the art snobs thought the painting was found in some rich person's attic, they would have been a lot more likely to think it was genuine. They just can't bring themselves to think a trailer park mama found a real Pollock in a thrift store.

This subject passe? It jogged a few bad memories f...

2009-06-21T20:08:49.197-07:00

This subject passe? It jogged a few bad memories for me, seeing that documentary. I was in the artworld in the 70s and dropped out in the 80s. What a travesty. I forgot how sleezy the artworld is. Mark Rothko was right, the money people destroyed the art world. I ended up cheering for Terry. Play the vultures game and get your meat. I love Pollack, but this painting didn't work for me. Hopefully someone will love the painting and have a big purse to pay for it.

This painting had a finger print on the back of it...

2009-04-14T23:18:00.000-07:00

This painting had a finger print on the back of it. It was studied by one of the top men in the "Fingerprint" field. The same finger print was on one of Pollocks paint cans and also found on another authenticated Jackson Pollock painting. For the art community to declair this painting a fraud, is fraud in its own right. Art experts say they have found many fraudulent documents associated with once "Authenticated" paintings. If this painting had a well done fraudulent document instead of an authenticated fingerprint... what is this world comming to? Please watch the documentary, its now on "Instant view" at netflix. One person in the documentary who claimed the painting to be a fraud said something along the lines of "Couldn't fifty people have that same fingerprint...I don't know". Thank you for reading.

My friend's great grandfather lived in Le Midi, Fr...

2009-03-17T02:02:00.000-07:00

My friend's great grandfather lived in Le Midi, France. He owned no less than five Picasso originals in the 1920's. He ended up trading them for a few goats and cough medicine. True story...his name was Nino Salvaggio.

I am an artist myself and also create abstract art...

2009-01-12T11:21:00.000-08:00

I am an artist myself and also create abstract art. I believe art is valued at whatever the buyer wants it to be since everyone's taste differ.

HOLD ON! I AM Jackson Pollock and Teri Horton has ...

2008-12-15T20:55:00.000-08:00

HOLD ON! I AM Jackson Pollock and Teri Horton has one of my paintings. It's not one of my favorites, but I did paint it on a bad day. Leave the woman alone and give her the money. People have paid a lot of money for worse paintings of mine. Now I'm going back to bed.

I believe I saw that painting at a church junk sho...

2008-12-07T19:38:00.000-08:00

I believe I saw that painting at a church junk shop in Montreal. There was a second one mostly on white background, it was the same type of the blackish one. I picked up the black one and it was wobbly as the canvas was lose. The white one was prettier. I had no idea who Pollock is. I am wondering if she will suddenly show up with the white one.

She sems like a stubborn old coote to Me! Even if ...

2008-11-15T21:21:00.000-08:00

She sems like a stubborn old coote to Me!
Even if it is a Pollock, is it a good One?
Not to My eye it isn't.
It also lacks prov' so any-one paying Top Dollar is taking a huge chance.
She was offfered a reasonable price for it but now, with so many Dealers, Galleries and what-not ALL getting a share IF it sold "Top Dollar" she'll still get less than the $9 Mill a Saudi Prince offered a few years ago.
I bet her kids can't wait till she throws off her mortal coil andf they can get what it is really worth. Not the Inflaterd "T-D" price she feels the world owes Her!

Maybe Tim Horton's would offer Ms. Horton some sto...

2008-11-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

Maybe Tim Horton's would offer Ms. Horton some stock options, and give the painting a permanent home at one of their flagship coffee shops!
- Urban Flute Project

i've seen the documentary and do believe the foren...

2008-11-08T09:51:00.000-08:00

i've seen the documentary and do believe the forensic evidence. from what i have seen, i would doubt that the owner tampered with the painting, she was selling it in a garage sale when a local art teacher said it looked like a pollock. if i was on a jury and presented with the evidence and witnesses, i would have to side with science.

unfortunately, art is a commodity and not everyone buys it for the sheer pleasure of enjoying it.

for another interesting story on art, money and media...

http://www.sonyclassics.com/mykidcouldpaintthat/

The The Pollock-Krasner Foundation website says th...

2008-11-05T17:53:00.000-08:00

The The Pollock-Krasner Foundation website says they don't authenticate works, but I havent seen the "Who the F*** is Jackson Pollock?" documentary, so I don't know the full story.

It's on tv in my area this weekend though, so I might be watching it.

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't they have a h...

2008-11-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't they have a hard time authenticating this painting since Jackson Pollock's estate stopped verifying his paintings? So will the owner still get the $50 mil they are predicting?

Nah, goin down swiging, and taken a few fools with...

2008-11-03T19:31:00.000-08:00

Nah, goin down swiging, and taken a few fools with me. Tahts how I have always stayed healthy,m been in many rather unsavory quarters of America, but one look tells vultures I aint no easy mark. They may get me, but at least one of them is goin with me. I am not afraid of death, not living is what frightens me. And how so many can accept that so easily REALLY frightens me, especially when its artitist, who are supposed to be the guardians against such things. Sell outs.

And I dont care who painted what, is it a good painting or not? if it works, if it triggers feelings of vastness and being part of more, then its wortha buck or two. It its just same hyped anme fool, who gives a damn? Every produces crap, much of Picassos work was garbage, just sketches and studies, or works that didnt work out, happens when you experement as well as sell out. $$$ aint everything, self respect is. You can die and get a huge funeral because you are respected, but you cant take $$$ with you. I want a huge funeral, though I will be tossed over te cliffs of Montana de oro. Party on baby!! Let the good times roll.

Donald, I think Koons and Hirst will still be arou...

2008-11-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

Donald, I think Koons and Hirst will still be around in 50 years. My crystal ball says 100 years might see their selling power evaporate though ;-)

And Freud is ageless. Alien invaders would LOVE him..lol His paintings will be of value for as long as theyre still in existence.

Also, did you mean you will go down winning or whining Donald?..lol

Tinman, it's possible to plant hairs and fingerprints on paintings. Like it or not, instincts and expertise plays a big role in authenticating a painting. We're not dealing with a dead body, it's a painting that can easily be tampered with.

I have no opinion either way, but just from what I have read about the story, I would guess it isnt a Jackson Pollock painting.

Hey ANB,I'm not sure if by 'A finger print and hai...

2008-11-03T18:16:00.000-08:00

Hey ANB,

I'm not sure if by 'A finger print and hair samples makes the story more interesting' you are referring to the forensic evidence Biro found, but to keep things simple, I'll assume that you're aware that Biro found two useable prints on Terri's Find that matched Pollock's from authenticated paintings as well as paint samples on the canvas of Terri's painting that matched samples from Pollock's studio. (If you haven't checked out 'Who the F--- is Jackson Pollock?', I strongly suggest that you do. It details Biro's investigation and the reaction of art experts to the findings and presents everyone's views--believers and naysayers alike--fairly without judgement or prejudice. If you find the movie at least half as engaging as I did, the 80 minutes will just fly by.)

My big issue with the art 'experts' who've looked at Terri's Find is that they ignore forensic evidence (hello, does 'hard science' not mean anything to elitists?) in favor of trusting their own instincts and impressions. In the real world, a forensics expert who presents evidence such as prints and DNA to ID a body would win out over the say-so of someone who just looked at the same body and say it's someone else because they got the wrong vibe from it. To a person with an ounce of education and sense, empirical evidence should trump feelings of 'rightness and wrongness' any day of the week, but these so-called experts obviously live in a different reality than sensible people.

There is definitely horse pucky in this story, but it's not Terri's painting; it's what the art snobs are full of.

And Pollock was EXTREMELY spiritual, agree with Br...

2008-11-03T08:23:00.000-08:00

And Pollock was EXTREMELY spiritual, agree with Brian that anyone who actually feels art, a tiny percetagge of "artistes', wil know a real Pollock when you see it live. And even if it isnt, if its good, why the hell not pay for it? Isn't the point great art, not name speculation? Used to be, not anymore. Good is good, and crap is crap. All artists put out alot of crap, most nothing but.

Art Collegia Delenda Est
I will go down fighting.
And hopefully wining, but doubt gnaws at my soul.

hirst will have no value in fifty eyars, Kons a li...

2008-11-03T08:19:00.000-08:00

hirst will have no value in fifty eyars, Kons a little bit as decoration, for his ballooon animal sculptures anyway, adn Freud be seen as a good but minor patinter as he is.

in one hundred years the decadence will be back and they will make comebacks as F'd up painters from Caravaggio to Messionier and Gerome have recently. Decadent times call for self absorbed "art'. Vital times call for human art of virility and outward looking insight. We will soon be going through such times, or not, depends partially on the returns Tuesday nite.

ACDE
But starting to give up hope that art will return, the selfishness of academic art is just too ingrained in our times, art schools may have won the rematch. And we will be the lesser for it, and really, really, REALLY boring.
Spiritual Death

Yeah, I might start filling my shed with Hirsts, F...

2008-11-03T00:17:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I might start filling my shed with Hirsts, Freuds and Koons works Brian.. as a gift for my relatives in 50 to 100 years. If all it takes for a painting to be original is age verification I'll be leaving a shed filled with originals.

Tinman, I agree that a lot of people in the art world are full of themselves, but if experts don't believe it's a Pollock it's probably because they dont believe it's a Pollock! It's a good sign if it was painted around the same time that Jackson Pollock was alive, but it doesnt mean anything.

A finger print and hair samples makes the story more interesting.

When I initially heard this story, my hopes were r...

2008-11-02T22:16:00.000-08:00

When I initially heard this story, my hopes were raised that Terri Horton's battle with the snobs of the art world had come to end (see the brilliant documentary 'Who the F--- is Jackson Pollock' for the details of Terri's fight), but I guess forenic evidence is STILL not good enough for the snooty set. (They probably don't watch the news or CSI--too lowbrow for their refined tastes, I imagine--and have no clue why things like fingerprints are accepted by a court of law.) I highly recommend the aforementioned documentary to everyone but for those of you who have trouble tracking it down, check out Paul Biro's site (http://www.birofineartrestoration.com/Pollock/Pollock.htm), which provides the details that point to Terri's Find being the real deal.

I wish I could link to this, could you make it so ...

2008-11-02T10:05:00.000-08:00

I wish I could link to this, could you make it so I can, thanks

it is beautiful, awesome post

2008-11-02T10:03:00.000-08:00

it is beautiful,
awesome post

Did not read the linked story... I assume they did...

2008-11-01T21:11:00.000-07:00

Did not read the linked story... I assume they did some form of test to establish that it was made around the time that he was alive?

Ever wonder how many people make knock-offs today in the hopes of cashing in at some point in the future? Or for their grandchildren to cash in?

As for Pollock... you can normally tell a fake after you've seen one of his works in person. There is a lot going on in his paintings than just splatter.

I hope she gets what the painting is worth. If it'...

2008-11-01T01:57:00.000-07:00

I hope she gets what the painting is worth. If it's worth $5, may she get $5. If it's worth $50 million, may she be rich!

The Canadian art gallery is the one that benefits ...

2008-11-01T01:56:00.000-07:00

The Canadian art gallery is the one that benefits from the publicity. A fool and his money are soon parted.

I hope she gets the price she wants.

2008-11-01T01:01:00.000-07:00

I hope she gets the price she wants.