Longtime Art Authentication Nonprofit IFAR to Shut Down After 55 Years

The New York-based arts organization International Foundation for Art Research announced on Friday that it was shutting down after 55 years in operation.The organization, founded in 1969, is a nonprofit education and research organization that provides “information on authenticity, ownership, theft, and other artistic, legal, and ethical issues concerning art objects,” according to its website. The nonprofit had published the quarterly IFAR Journal, offered research services on art a