PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A reported $27 million California art robbery may be a hoax and the alleged victims could be suspects, authorities say.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A University of Iowa regent's plan to sell a painting by Jackson Pollock has sparked an outcry among critics of the plan.

NEW YORK, April 18 (UPI) -- A fingerprint analyst says evidence used to authenticate a purported Jackson Pollock artwork found in a New York garage may have been copied onto the painting.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.

BOSTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art has opened a controversial showcase of drip paintings believed to have been painted by the late Jackson Pollock.

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Dan Christensen, an abstract painter known for free use of color in various styles, died in East Hampton, N.Y., of heart failure due to a muscular disease.

UPI almanac for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- One of Life Magazines first female photographers, Martha Holmes, who is known for her shots of celebrities, has died in New York of natural causes. She was 83.