Teri Horton didn’t mince words. The $5 thrift store painting she’d picked up for a friend was ugly. Very ugly. It wasn’t even what she’d call art. It looked like blobs and sprays of paint flung willy-nilly on a massive canvas. So, when Teri’s friend didn’t want the painting, Teri wasn’t offended. But Teri was sure surprised when an art teacher told her she might have purchased a genuine Jackson Pollock painting.

Teri’s response was quick. “Who the f*** is Jackson Pollock?”

The documentary, “Who the #$and% is Jackson Pollock?”

“The Case for Jackson Pollock,” by PBS Digital Studios

“The Mark of a Masterpiece” by David Grann for the New Yorker

“Jackson Pollock: Demystifying America’s Most Influential Painter,” by The Conspiracy of Art YouTube channel

“$50-million question,” by Louise Baring for The National Post

“‘Ugly’ painting’s creator still disputed; now artists claim it,” by Kristina Sauerwein for The Los Angeles Times

“A thrift-shop Jackson Pollock masterpiece?” 60 Minutes

“‘Bakersfield Mist’ pits art misfit against art maven,” by Barbara Yoresh for the Indian River Press Journal

“Costa Mesa woman known for the fight to authenticate a possible Jackson Pollock painting dies without selling it,” by Susan Hoffman for the Daily Pilot

“After 25 years, Costa Mesa woman still holding out for a ‘fair price,’” for the Daily Pilot