Spotlight on the World of Art

Michigan based Park West Galleries and Park West at Sea has filed a series of lawsuits against Fine Art Registry and some of its personnel, claiming libel and defamation for our continued activities in educating the public on Park West's practices, which we're sure all of our readers have been following.

Commenting on the lawsuits, Teri Franks, CEO of Fine Art Registry said, "These types of malicious, meritless lawsuits are just part of the Park West MO. We have not stated one single untruth on our website or to any of our members and Park West refused to comment or provide their side of the story when contacted. We have reported the facts available to us, including over 60 personal stories of misrepresentation and deception, and information from inside sources to the authorities and to the media and will continue to do so as long as there are abuses on the part of Park West and other cruise line art dealers or anywhere else in the art industry. The Fine Art Registry mission is defined by transparency and ethics in the art industry."

So, rest assured we will not be intimidated from telling the truth about what really goes on at those art auctions at sea. Read the full story here!

Two topics of ongoing investigation by Fine Art Registry have, with recent events, warranted their own websites - suspected fakes in the Salvador Dali market and outright fake fingerprints on an alleged Jackson Pollock painting. Read the latest at salvadordalifakes.com and fineartforensics.com!

Can fingerprints be forged? Yes. Can that be proven? Yes, indeed. In what is only the second ever known case of proven fingerprint forgery in the history of the science, Mr. Pat Wertheim has found that the fingerprints on the alleged Jackson Pollock, formerly owned by the Parkers, were planted on the painting via means of an inked rubber stamp made from a cast of a fingerprint on a paint can in Jackson Pollock's studio. Mr. Wertheim is acknowledged around the world as an expert in fingerprint forgery and fabrication detection and his full report can be read in all its fascinating detail here (PDF) on the FAR website.

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Edward Gilmore is a prolific abstract expressionist painter and dedicated member of FAR. His work is bold, emotional and very popular with collectors. Fine Art Registry has arranged for Ed to join them at the National Art Materials Trade Association show in Reno, May 1-3. Ed will be doing live painting demonstrations on Masterpiece canvases at the show and the completed paintings will be available through a raffle. Video coverage of this and all of the Fine Art Registry participation in the show will be available soon on the FAR website. Watch for a Special Bulletin announcing this! Read Ed's profile here and see his FAR gallery here.

FAR ID Tag:   17434
Title:   Ascension
Artist:   Karen Grabowski
Size:   15" x 19"
Acrylic on Canvas:   $180.00

Ascension speaks of the complex journey we each make as we learn and grow. Although the design has a distinct upward focus, it is also about celebrating the complex circle of life and development and self awareness... all the experiences that move us ever upward toward joy, peace, and harmony. See Karen Grabowski's beautiful FAR gallery here.

Fine Art Connoisseurship and Its Reckoning by John Daab
With a large and growing collection of memorabilia, Milton Luban has turned to Fine Art Registry to tag and permanently register these valuable items to give his buyers confidence and secure them for the future.
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Death of a Master's Soul by Shaunda Clifton
There was a time when museums and galleries were for serious artists, scholars and those who wanted to own a masterpiece - the lovers of art; those who felt the soul of the master through his work. The appreciation and passion ran mysteriously through the hallowed halls and could be sensed by all who entered...
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