The IFAR Journal

In Spring 1998, IFAR introduced an award-winning quarterly journal featuring information on art authentication, forgery, and fraud; art and cultural property law and ethics; World War II-era art restitution issues; and art theft. A special feature is the Stolen Art Alert, published by IFAR since 1977. IFAR Journal replaced IFAR's previous periodical, IFARreports.

The IFAR Journal is available by subscription or as a "benefit" of membership/support ($250 and above). It is not available on newsstands. Current and back issues of IFAR Journal, IFARreports, and other IFAR publications can be purchased here.

Highlights from the Current Double Issue:

Volume 9, Nos. 3 & 4

News & Updates

Getty Returning 40 Disputed Objects to Italy
Peru and Yale Settle their Differences; Machu Picchu Artifacts Will Have a New Home
Princeton Negotiates Agreement with Italy
Recovery of Three Picassos Stolen from Artist's Granddaughter, While Thieves Steal Four Paintings from Museum in Nice
Police Find Stolen Madonna in Office of Glasgow Lawyer

In Memoriam: Konrad J. Oberhuber—David Rosand

Connoisseurship and the Catalogue Raisonné—Konrad J. Oberhuber

Looking at Art: The Conservator's View—Marco Grassi

Patrimony and Museum Politics in the 19th Century: The Louvre's Galerie Espagnole—Alisa Luxenberg

Art Insurance: What Everyone in the Art World Needs to Know Proceedings of a Program co-sponsored by the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) & the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Part I: Art Insurance 101 and Beyond: Understanding and Negotiatng the Policy and Related Agreements	Part II: Agreements and Disagreements: Stories from the Front Lines
A Broker's View of Art Insurance — Steven Pincus Reinsurance and its Effect on Fine Art Insurance — Payce Louis Underwriting Issues — Dorit Straus Museum Loans and Insurance — Brendan Connell Art Title Disputes — Judith Pearson	Legal Issues When Property is Lost — John Koegel Evaluate, Explain and Expedite — Ellen Hoener Ross The Job of an Insurance Adjuster — Gregory J. Smith How Insurers Deal With Claims — Katja Zigerlig Fine Art Shipping and Storage — Andrew Faintych

STOLEN ART ALERT

Highlights from Double Issues:

Volume 8, Nos. 3 & 4

Special Double Issue

Catalogues Raisonnés and the Authentication Process—Where the Ivory Tower Meets the Marketplace

Proceedings of an IFAR Conference

Introduction

Right or Wrong, Real or Fake: Who Cares? — Samuel Sachs II

Procedures & Process

Introduction — Nancy Mowll Mathews
Methods of Research: Case Studies from the Warhol Catalogue Raisonné — Neil Printz
Establishing Reliable Evidence — Sarah Faunce
The Kandinsky Catalogue Raisonné — Vivian Endicott Barnett
Partnerships between Conservators and Art Historians in the Creation of Catalogues Raisonnés — Joyce Hill Stoner

Who Judges the Experts?

Introduction — Grace H. Glueck
Judging the Experts — Peter C. Sutton
The View from the Auction House — John L. Tancock
Droit Moral and Authentication of Works in France — Van Kirk Reeves

Getting Published—At What Cost?

Introduction — Nancy Mowll Mathews
The Publishers' Viewpoint — Elaine Stainton and Paul Anbinder
The Role of the Artists Rights Society (ARS) — Theodore H. Feder

Legal Liability for Giving Opinions

Introduction — Theodore N. Kaplan
Defamation, Disparagement and Malpractice — Steven Mark Levy
Suits against the Pollock-Krasner Authentication Board — Ronald D. Spencer
Insulating Yourself from Liability — Peter R. Stern
Insurance for Art Scholars and Writers — Ellen Hoener Ross

Ethics & Potential Conflicts of Interest

Sponsorship and the Inevitability of Conflicts — Jack Cowart
A Museum Curator's Perspective — Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.
Georgia O'Keeffe Catalogue Raisonné and the CAA's Code of Ethics for Art Historians — Barbara Buhler Lynes

Post-Research: Dealing with the Field

IFAR's Catalogue Raisonné Survey — Sharon Flescher
A Scholar's Perspective: The Edward Hopper Catalogue Raisonné — Gail Levin
The Needs of the Marketplace — Michael Findlay
Conference Summation — Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.

China Double Issue
Volume 7, Nos. 3 & 4

News & Updates:

Christie's Wins Appeal Against Thomson
Settlement Over Picasso's Woman in White
Britain Explores Ways to Permit Return of Nazi-Looted Works in Museums
Italian Trial of Getty Curator Postponed

Anatomy of an Art Fraud: Ely Sakhai's Two-Decade-Long Scheme -- Sharon Flescher

Should the U.S. Grant China's Request For An Art Import Ban?

Pros:

An Archaeologist's View -- Robert W. Bagley
A Legal View -- Patty Gerstenblith
An Advocate's View -- Cindy Ho

Cons:

The Museum Directors' View
A Dealer's View -- James J. Lally

Stolen Art Alert

Iraq Double Issue:
Volume 6, Nos. 1 & 2

News & Updates:

Art Loss In Iraq

Antiquities Dealer Loses Appeal

Accused Dal? Thieves Charged

Who Owns the Works Nationalized by Lenin?

Austria Seeks Review by Supreme Court in Klimt Case

UNESCO Declaration Against Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage

IFAR Flashback

IFAR Journal Wins Award

Challenges and Discoveries in the Art of Camille Pissarro:
The New Catalogue Raisonné

Camille Pissarro Through the Forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné
-- Joachim Pissarro

Pissarro and Durand-Ruel
-- Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts

**ART LOSS IN IRAQ**
Cultural Tragedy in Iraq: A Report on the Looting of Museums, Archives and Sites --McGuire Gibson
ICOM Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at Risk; Interpol's Six Most Wanted Iraqi Objects
Report on the First UNESCO Cultural Heritage Assessment Mission to Baghdad -- John Malcolm Russell
Cuneiform Inscriptions in the Looted Iraq Museum -- Robert Biggs
Nimrud, the War and the Antiquities Markets -- Samuel M. Paley
Protection of Cultural Heritage in Time of War and Its Aftermath -- James A.R. Nafziger

In Memoriam -- J. Kirk T. Varnedoe

Stolen Art Alert -- Including Looted Iraqi Items

The 9/11 Double Issue:
Volume 4, No. 4 / Volume 5, No.1

News & Updates:

Judge Goes into Reverse in Egon Schiele Case

Mediation over Disputed Klimts Ends

The French Waiter and His Vengeful Mom

Edited Proceedings:

**IFAR Symposium**
*SEPTEMBER 11TH: ART LOSS, DAMAGE, AND REPERCUSSIONS*

**To read the transcripts, please click on the desired topic below.**
Public Art at the World Trade Center -Saul S. Wenegrat	Response from the Insurance Industry -Dietrich von Frank

*The World Trade Center Memorial, 1993* -Elyn Zimmerman	The Insurance Adjuster's Role -Gregory J. Smith

The Artist Residency Program in the Twin Towers -Moukhtar Kocache	The Downtown Institutional Impact -John Haworth

The Art Lost by Citigroup on 9/11 -Suzanne F.W. Lemakis	The Heritage Emergency National Task Force - Lawrence L. Reger

Jackson Pollock's Studio Floor:
Uncovering the Secrets
--Pollock's Studio and Evolution--Helen A. Harrison

--The Scholarly Potential of Jackson Pollock's
Studio Floor--Francis V. O'Connor

Putting the IFAR Cuzco Inventory to Work
-- Frederic J. Truslow

Del Sarto Rediscoveries Aided by Science: Workshop Practices Redefined
-- Gertrude Wilmers

In Memoriam -- Arthur G. Altschul

Stolen Art Alert

The Provenance and Due Diligence Double Issue:
Volume 3, Nos.3&4

Provenance Research

A Dialogue on Provenance and Due Diligence--Constance Lowenthal and Stephen E. Weil
Looted Art Research at the National Archives--Greg Bradsher
Provenance Research--Looking for Looted Art--Sarah Jackson
Provenance Research Tools--Inge Reist
Lost and Sometimes Found: Findspots and Pedigrees of Ancient Art--Robert Cohon
Provenance: A Dealer's View--Peter Marks

Due Diligence-- Legal Issues

A First Hand Account of the MFA&A--Craig Hugh Smyth
Due Diligence?--John Henry Merryman
Forfeiture of Artworks--Alexander H. Shapiro
Due Diligence for Acquiring Cultural Property in the New Millennium --Linda F. Pinkerton
Legal Panel: Provenance and Legal Responsibility: What Constitutes Due Diligence?
- The Tale of the Two Chagalls or How N.Y. State Got its Statute of Limitations Rule--Herbert Hirsch
- Panel Discussion: Herbert Hirsch [Moderator], John Henry Merryman, Linda Pinkerton, Alexander H. Shapiro, Stephen E. Weil
Individual copies of Provenance and Due Diligence are available for $20, plus postage.

Highlights from other IFAR Journal Issues:

Volume 9, No. 2

Letters to the Editor

News & Updates

New Tax Law Redefines “Qualified” Appraiser and Appraisal
Legal Bullies Beware: Montana Court Rules Against Collector and Lawyers for Intimidating Art Expert
Five-Year Sentence for Cellini Saltcellar Thief
Search Continues for Picassos Stolen from Artist’s Family
The Scream and Madonna — Coda
German Angst Over Return of Kirchner Painting, Alexander Pulte
Expert Opinions and Liabilities — An IFAR Update, Judith Bresler
Looking at Art: The Conservator’s View, Joyce Hill Stoner
Book Review: More Books on World War II’s Legacy in Art and Law, Lucille Roussin
In Memoria — Edwin L. Weisl, Jr.; Craig Hugh Smyth; Harrie Vanderstappen

STOLEN ART ALERT

Volume 9, Number 1:

News & Updates

MFA Boston Cedes 13 Antiquities to Italy; Receives First Loan in Return
Conservators Studying Damage to Recovered Munch Paintings: Damage to The Scream is Substantial
Hungarian Gold Train Case Settlement
Austria's Belvedere Loses Another Painting to Claimant
Russia's Hermitage Suffers Major Insider Theft
British Museum Exhibits 5 Drawings Once Looted from Feldmann Collection
The Benton Fake Game — Henry Adams
The Recovery from Austria of Five Paintings by Gustav Klimt — E. Randol Schoenberg
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 8, Number 2:

News & Updates

Happy Ending for Cellini's Saltcellar
Munch Scream Trial Ends
Egypt and St. Louis Museum Battle Over Mask
Austria Rules in Favor of Altmann
A Digital Technique for Authentication in the Visual Arts
-- Daniel Rockmore, Siwei Lyu, and Hany Farid
Toulouse-Lautrec's Moulin Rouge: La Goulue -- Lithograph or Reproduction?
-- Charles B. Goldstein
Hurricane Katrina and the Visual Arts
An IFAR Evening, December 5, 2005
Speakers: David Preziosi, Patricia H. Gay, Christiane Fischer, Heather Becker
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 8, Number 1:

News & Updates

Sting Operation Recovers Stockholm's Stolen Rembrandt
The Painting is Real. The Name is Not.
Italian Antiquities Trial (Marion True and Robert Hecht)
The New FBI Art Crime Team: An IFAR Evening, June 8, 2005
Robert K. Wittman, Johanna M. Loonie, Jane A. Levine
A Look Back and Forward on Holocaust-Era Art Looting and Restitution Issues
IFAR Evening, September 29, 2005
Speaker: Lynn H. Nicholas
Book Review: Recent Publications Regarding the Materials, Techniques, and Conservation of Old Master and 19th Century Paintings -- Joyce Hill Stoner
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 7, Number 2:

News & Updates

Security Upgrades Close Munch Museum Until Summer
AAMD Publishes Guidelines for Museum Acquisition of Antiquities
American Owners Restitute Nazi-Looted Drawing to Feldmann Family:
IFAR Acts as Intermediary -- Sharon Flescher and Gertrude Wilmers
Authenticity Issues in Photography
Edited Proceedings:IFAR Evening, September 21, 2004
Speakers: Katherine Ware, Denise Bethel, Steven Manford, Peter R. Stern, Paul Messier, Peter Macgill, Richard L. Menschel
Art Loss in Iraq -- An Update
Edited Proceedings:IFAR Evening, October 28, 2004
Speakers: Bonnie Burnham and John Russell
Book Review: The Expert Versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts -- Maurice Tuchman
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 7, Number 1:

News & Updates

A Recipe for Art Fraud -- Government Indicts Art Dealer Ely Sakhai
Liz Taylor Seeks Court's Aid in Holocaust Claim
Christie's to Appeal Decision in Thomson Urn Case
Supreme Court Ruling in Klimt Case
Antiquities Dealer Hicham Aboutaam Receives Probation and Fine for Customs Violation
Who Owns Vuillard Research?
Courbet, Or Not Courbet, That is the Question
-- Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu
Museum Litigation Update: 2004 -- Stephen E. Weil
Book Review: The Amber Room: The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure -- Konstantin Akinsha
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 6, Number 4:

News & Updates

U.S. Adds Restrictions on Import of Antiquities from Cyprus and Cambodia
French Court Rules Against Pinault in Dispute Over "Fake" Pharaoh
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Schultz Appeal
Will the Real Rockwell Kent Please Step Forward
El Greco Returns to Crete
Malevich Heirs Battle Amsterdam in U.S. Court
Are They Goya's "Black" Paintings? Yes! -- Priscilla E. Muller
Cultural Heritage in Post-War Iraq -- Zainab Bahrani
Expert Opinions and Liabilities: An IFAR Update -- Judith Bresler
Top Ten Thefts and Recoveries of 2002/2003
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 6, Number 3:

News & Updates

Update on Iraq Looting Crisis
Sweeping New Swiss Law on Cultural Property
Missing Rubens Lucretia Turns up in Russia
Authorities Turn to the Web to Retrieve 450-Year-Old Cellini Masterpiece
Police: No Trail for Missing "Madonna" Attributed to Leonardo
Followers and Fakers of Pieter Bruegel -- Nadine M. Orenstein
Art, Gold and Slave Labor: The U. S. Government's Efforts on Behalf of Holocaust Victims -- Stuart E. Eizenstat
Courts Have Their Limits in Authenticity Disputes -- Franklin Feldman
Book Review: Gauguin: A Savage in the Making. Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings (1873-1888) -- Nancy Mowll Mathews
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 5, Number 4:

News & Updates

Art Theft-and-Switch -- Matisse and Dal?
Two New Rembrandts Admitted to Canon
IFAR Statement on Iraq
Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Act
Schultz Appeals in Federal Court
Beware: Heliogravures Can Fool the Unwitting -- Sharon Flescher
Beyond Connoisseurship? The Future Study of Master Drawings -- David Rosand
The Anatomy of an Etruscan Tomb Forgery: Case Unresolved -- P. Gregory Warden
In Memoriam -- Leon Levy
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 5, Number 3:

News & Updates

California Appeals Court Gives Green Light to Suit Against Austria
Egon Schiele Painting Pulled from Vienna Auction in WWII Restitution Case
A Rash of Thefts -- Lesser Known Works by Major Artists
Four Thefts in 20 Years: The Saga of the Beit Collection
U.S. Cultural Property Import Agreement with Canada Ends
Hassam Painting Recovered After 17 Years
Copyright or Copywrong? The Supreme Court, Copyright Term Extension, and the Arts, An IFAR Evening -- November 6, 2002
Holocaust-Era Looted Art: The Routes in the U.S. -- Lucille A. Roussin
The Debate Over Cleaning Paintings: How Much Is Too Much? -- Joyce Hill Stoner
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 5, Number 2:

News & Updates

New Attribution to Rubens Changes an Ugly Duckling into a Swan
Conflicting Decisions on Foreign Sovereign Immunity Affect Holocaust Restitution Cases
U.S. and Cyprus Sign Agreement to Limit Import of Antiquities
Decision in Human Rights Suit Over Van Gogh's Gardener
New Italian Monuments Law Causes Stir
Daring Heist of Two Maxfield Parrish Murals
Stolen Titian Recovered
Japan Signs on to UNESCO Convention
Recent UK Initiatives Against Illicit Trade in Antiquities: Including Accession to the 1970 UNESCO Convention-- David Gaimster
Solving Puzzles, Discovering O'Keeffe: The Georgia O'Keeffe Catalogue Raisonné
Part I -- Barbara Buhler Lynes
Part II -- Judith Walsh
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 4, Number 3 :

News & Updates

September 11th and the Art World
Verdict in New York Antiquities Trial
Swiss Considering New Cultural Property Law
Stolen Chagall Makes Odyssey from New York to Kansas and Back
Two Museum Insiders Give in to Temptation
Mobster Pleads Guilty in Fake Art Scam
Early Netherlandish Paintings or 20th-Century Fakes?--Maryan W. Ainsworth
Lost, Stolen and Destroyed Pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds-- David Mannings
The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage-- James A. R. Nafziger
Authenticity and the Statute of Limitations in Art Sales: A Suggestion-- Franklin Feldman
Book Review: The AAM Guide to Provenance Research--Evie T. Joselow
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 4, Number 2 :

News & Updates

French Court Finds Art Dealer Guilty of Handling War Loot
Postscript in Cooperman Art Fraud Case
Prominent Dealer Charged with Selling Illegal Egyptian Antiquities
Journalist Hector Feliciano Sues Rosenberg Family for Share in Profits from Restituted Art
Twice-Stolen War Loot Returns Home to Bremen
First Painting from Famed Goudstikker Collection Returned to Family
U.S. Museums to Provide Expanded Information About Objects Transferred in Europe During the Nazi Era--Stephen E. Weil
Thirty Years of the Rembrandt Research Project: The Tension Between Science and Connoisseurship in Authenticating Art: An IFAR Evening--Ernst van de Wetering
Book Review: Seeing Through Paintings--Joyce Hill Stoner
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 4, Number 1:

News & Updates

New York State Settles Internet Art Fraud Suit
Consignor of Fakes to Florida Auction Fined and Sentenced
Art Scholar and Dealer Confront New Twists to an Old Scam
U.S. and Italy Sign Agreement to Limit Import of Antiquities
Denver Museum Brings Mile-High Joy to Oregon Woman: Painting Returned to Daughter of Holocaust Victims
De Chirico Forgeries: The treachery of the Surrealists--William H. Robinson
The FBI's Role in Art Fraud and Theft: An IFAR Evening
A Puzzle Resolved: Duke's Portrait Identified-- Gertrude Wilmers
The Laches Defense in Art Theft Litigation--Jeremy G. Epstein
Book Review: More on Looted Art--Lucille A. Roussin
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 3, Number 2:

Looted Waldm?ller Landscape Returned to Berlin Museum
Shchukin Heir Claims a Matisse Masterpiece Confiscated by Lenin
Copying Chinese Paintings: Flattery or Forgery?
Calder's Artistic Development and Authenticity
A Legal Decision in New York Gives Experts Protection for Their Opinions on Authenticity
A Copyright Primer for the Protection and Use of Fine Art Images
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 3, Number 1:

Kirk Varnedoe on Art, Law, and Ethics
Original Print or 19th-Century Copy? How To Tell
The de Young Museum "Rabbi" Returned After 20 Years: No Longer a "Rembrandt"
British and U.S. Museums List Works with Provenance Gaps
Rash of Thefts of Copernicus' Scientific Treatise
1980's Con Man, Charles Heller, Indicted for Art Fraud
New U.S. Import Restrictions on Art
Stolen Art Alert

Volume 2, Number 4:

SPECIAL 30th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!
Highlights of IFAR's Activities in Art Fraud, Theft, Authentication, and Law.
From our Stolen Art Alert -- Top Ten Thefts, Recoveries, and Unsolved Cases

Volume 2, Number 3:

The Gachet Collection -- The "Fakes" Question
Expert Art Opinions and Legal Liabilities
Decision in the "Steinhardt Case"
Bas-Reliefs from Nimrud Offered on the Antiquities Market
Book Review: World War II-Era Art Restitution; Some Recent Publications
Stolen Art Alert

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