[MSN] FW: Announcing an IFAR Evening on the Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) for Thursday, April 17

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IFAR (the International Foundation for Art Research ) would like MSN List
Serve members to know about its next public program. All are welcome to
attend, but reservations with pre-payment are necessary. 

 

Announcing: An IFAR Evening -- Thursday, April 17, 2008    6:00 - 8:30 P.M. 

Topic:  The Who, What, Why, and How of the Cultural Property Advisory
Committee (CPAC) 

Location: New York City -- the National Academy (5 East 89th Street,
Manhattan) 

 

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee is responsible for reviewing
requests by foreign goverments to restrict the import into the U.S. of
certain categories of their cultural property "in jeopardy of pillage" and
then recommending a course of action to the U.S. President (or, in practice,
the State Department). This is a rare opportunity to learn more about this
important committee from current and former CPAC members, including the
current Chairman and two previous Chairmen.  All 6 speakers are current or
past CPAC members. We have tried to organize a balanced, stimulating, and
educational program, which, like all our programs, will be open to q&a at
the end.  

 

Speakers: 

 

Kate Fitz Gibbon, Editor, Who Owns the Past?  CPAC Member (2000-2003) 

Patty Gerstenblith, Professor & Director, Program in Cultural Heritage Law,
DePaul Univ., CPAC Member (2000-2003)

Jack A. Josephson, Egyptologist; Chairman, IFAR; Former Chairman CPAC
(1990-1995)

Jay I. Kislak - Philanthropist, Collector; Businessman; Current Chairman
CPAC  (2003-present)

Martin E. Sullivan, Director, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian; Former
Chairman CPAC (1995-2003)

Nancy Wilkie, Professor of Classics and Anthropology, Carleton College;
Former Pres. AIA; CPAC Member (2003 - ) 

 

More detailed information and a downloadable registration form (which can be
faxed or mailed to IFAR) are on our Website.  Please go to:
<http://www.ifar.org/> www.ifar.org (then click on "Programs" and then "IFAR
Evenings").  Please note: registration and pre-payment are required.

  

About IFAR:  Established in 1969 and headquartered in New York, the
International Foundation for Art Research is a not-for-profit educational
and research organization dedicated to integrity in the visual arts. It
works at the intersection of art scholarship, art law, and the public
interest. IFAR has hosted IFAR Evenings since 1981. These are informal
lectures and panels on topics related to IFAR's core areas, including: art
authenticity and attribution, ownership, theft, law, and ethics. In addition
to IFAR Evenings, IFAR organizes conferences and symposia, publishes the
award-winning quarterly, IFAR Journal, offers and Art Authentication
Research Service, and serves as an information resource.