Forensic Science And Art World Mysteries: The Case Of The Purported Pollock And The Telltale Polar Bear Hair

It sounds like the set-up for a cracking good mystery novel: a love affair, a long-lost painting, and a telltale polar bear hair. It's also a real-world story of a simmering struggle between old and new guards in the art world, with expert authenticators chafing at the intrusions of forensic science into their rarefied domain.