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IFAR announces its newest IFAR Journal (V22, nos. 1&2) featuring the articles below. The Journal was mailed to subscribers, and individual copies can be purchased on IFAR's website.

Is There a Case for Connoisseurship in a High-The Era? was the title of a sold-out IFAR Evening on May 8, 2023. The four speakers were: John Elderfield, Kate Ganz, Carmen Melián, and David Freedberg. A discussion and Q&A, moderated by IFAR’s Executive Director, Sharon Flescher, followed the talks.

Notre Dame: Iconic Cathedral; Disastrous Fire was the title of a sold-out IFAR Evening in 2019. Talks by three of the four speakers are included in the Journal: Nancy Wu, Michael T. Davis, and Lindsay S. Cook. The fourth speaker, George Wheeler, participated in the panel discussion following the talks that was published in the Journal. Sharon Flescher moderated.

A Previously Unknown Edmondson Sculpture Identified by IFAR
IFAR’s Director of Art Research discusses IFAR’s authentication research concerning a limestone sculpture, Baptist Lady, which IFAR accepted as a work by African American sculptor William Edmondson. The article underscores the importance of connoisseurship.

Also included in this issue are news articles about: the outcome of the case Kerson v Vt. Law School, Inc., which involved the Visual Artists Right Act of 1990 (VARA); a report on IFAR’s Cuzco Inventory and the repatriation of three paintings; an update on the “Guelph Treasure” case; a discussion of the case in which the artist Joe Morford sued conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan for copyright infringement.

And, of course, as in all issues of the IFAR Journal, this issue features our trademarked Stolen Art Alert, which IFAR has published since 1977, highlighting new art thefts, recoveries, and works reported missing.