A near-perfect copy of a precious funeral urn called the Cratere dei Niobidi sits in an Italian cafe close to the University of Palermo. Restorer Lorella Pellegrino spied it there one morning before ...

Learn more about one of the oldest possible art pieces with a fingerprint from Europe, which may represent a human face. Artistic mediums certainly change. While modern humans have paint and paper, ...

David Grann describes Peter Paul Biro’s background and looks at the questions about Biro’s methods raised by Pat Wertheim, who specializes in forged and fabricated fingerprints. working in ...

Fingerprints are not just useful for catching criminals and unlocking your phone, they can help us to learn more about prehistoric artists too. According to a new study published in the journal ...

Paula Alflen started making fingerprint art in 2001 when she discovered there was nothing for children to do or buy at local craft shows. She began by making badges for kids by using their ...

With the name Temple of Heaven, an artwork jointly created by Chinese contemporary artist Zou Cao and “isolated elders,” or elderly people who have no family, has recently been finished and revealed ...

Fingerprints are not just useful for catching criminals and unlocking your phone, they can help us to learn more about prehistoric artists too. According to a new study published in the journal ...

“Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?” is a new documentary about art authentication with dubious claims on its own legitimacy. Ostensibly, it tells the story of Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former ...

In this issue of the magazine, David Grann writes about Peter Paul Biro, a Montreal art restorer who uses fingerprint analysis and other forensic methods to authenticate paintings. In the video below, ...