Renée Vara 141 Wooster Street, Suite 4D New York, NY 10012 P: 917-921-1708 [email protected]

Professional Experience

Vara Global Fine Arts, LLC 2003-Present Founder & CEO

• Founder of private advisory and curatorial firm providing advice to foundations, private and corporate collectors as a full-service alternative to dealers and consultants. • Act as lead expert to provide holistic and long-term advice for collections requiring historical expertise and care with objectivity in collecting postwar and . • Provide full service collection management including acquisitions, deaccession, tracking, cataloging, appraising, insuring, risk management, vetting of outside purchases, scholarly research, conservation, collection documentation and installation for new and existing collections specializing in postwar, contemporary and emerging art. • Assess cultural import of individual acquisitions to formulate collections which will possess a cohesive historical perspective for private collectors of museum quality art. • Actively follow both primary and secondary post-war and contemporary art markets to maximize acquisition opportunities for collectors. • Act as an agent to collectors to negotiating both purchases and sales through public houses including proper , contract review of terms and estimates, catalogue profile, marketing possibilities and associated fees. • Custom tailor collection management and cataloging programs for archival documentation and management including protocols and education of collector’s administrative and household staff. • Advise and review all museum loan requests, forms and transport specifications in regard to packing and proper insurance coverage. • Advise, manage and vet external experts in conservation, packing, shipment, and insurance specialists for collections under management. • Manage Annual Budget of $250k-$350k including benefit analysis, yearly budgeting, expense review, salary management and staff incentives. • Manage a staff of 2-5 junior experts, consultants & interns including recruiting, hiring, performance review, goals and quality control. • Oversee corporate operations including professional insurance review, legal contracts, confidentiality agreements, workman’s compensation and communications strategies • Act as a Court Expert in contemporary art legal cases including attribution issues, valuation issues and

Chubb & Son, Inc., New York, NY and Corporate HQ, NJ National Fine Arts Specialist/Chubb Collectors Program 2000-2003

• Created and developed Chubb Collectors, a national program for private collections, which included an internal database of international resources, private inventory program, on-line marketing and portal strategy, design of corporate deliverables, protocols and quality controls for regional offices. • National Divisional expert responsible consultative advice for both internal staff and external insurance brokers overseeing collections valued between $10mm and $500mm, including appraised values, & authentication issues, conservation, preservation within the residential setting of 60% of ARTnews Top 100 collectors. • Recruited, trained and developed 20 Chubb Collector Specialists in regions including LA, Florida, Chicago, Boston, and Dallas.

• Developed and hosted New York and National collector events, seminars, studio tours, fair tours, auction house lectures, and connoisseurship lessons to retain and attract new businesses. • Responsible for NY Office growth of fine arts collectors including event planning, target marketing, referral partnerships with individual fine art consultants and auction houses. • Structured & negotiated Christie's National Referral Program for external expert appraisals for fine art customers, including corporate negotiations, legal arrangement and account specific management. • Acted as public relations representative for Chubb Collectors Program as both a quoted expert and internal strategist for public communications in consultation with outside PR Firms, executing over 30 citations in wide distribution media (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, AP Press, etc). • Acted as team leader and participant of interdepartmental committees to develop, implement and market Chubb Collectors Program including corporate national communications, marketing, e-commerce, underwriting and senior executive management departments. • Expanded Chubb Collectors with E-commerce division for portal expansion through personal liaison with educational resources, galleries, nonprofit agencies, art servicers and online auction sites to increase e-traffic and implement internet interfacing and presence.

National Fine Arts Specialist/ Appraisal Department 1998-2000

• Acted as National Expert who provided collection management expertise to collections ranging from $500k to $10mm, conduct fine art inventories, and advise on proper display and protection within private residential settings. • Responsible for in-house client account review of collections of 20th Century European and American fine and decorative art objects regarding issues concerning authenticity, provenance research, acceptability of current appraisals, estimated market value providing recommendations for underwriters and claims managers • Utilized Artnet, Artfact, ICollector, ADEC, catalogue raisonnés, exhibition catalogues, and auction catalogues for internal valuation reviews and external advice to collectors. • Managed and conducted National Valuation Review Project of 30 top collections insured within the United States with values between $100mm and $1 billion. • Established division’s standards for acceptable independent appraisals, warehouses, shippers/packers and other outside service providers’ protocols. • Represented Chubb Corporation as a guest speaker at conferences including Appraisers Society of America, NYU Appraisal Institute, American Association of Museums and Merrill Lynch Private Banking. • Event Planner and Coordinator for The Winter Antique Show Corporate Sponsorship including Annual Chubb Collectors Event (Tiffany Room) for 500 guests, including PR management. • Selected, facilitated and oversaw corporate sponsorship and programming of educational and nonprofit organizations in New York City Region including Greenwich Village Historical Society, Landmarks Preservation, ASA, AAA and IFAR.

Technical Consultant, Fine Arts Specialist/Appraisal Department 1995-1998 Chubb Insurance Senior Appraiser, Appraisal Department 1993-1995 Personal Lines Appraiser, Appraisal Department 1989-1992

Academic Experience

New York University, School of Professional Studies, Diploma Consultant 2016

Designing & Writing Diploma – Advanced Diploma, Global Art Business

New York University, School of Professional Studies Adjunct Instructor, Professional Programs in 1999- Present

Courses:

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Alternative Space & Gallery Management An Insider’s Look at Emerging Art and Appraising Contemporary Art Appraising Emerging Art and Artists Appraisal of Post-World War II Art Art Market Practices: Building & Managing Collections Business and Marketing Techniques for the Appraiser Collection Management for Collectors, Appraisers, and Risk Managers Corporate Art Collection Creating Public and Private Art Collections Talks: The Emerging Art Scene Getting your Foot in the Door: Business and Marketing Techniques for the Appraiser Introduction to Collecting Fine Art Perspectives on Six Icons: Understanding Modern Art and Beyond Risk Management for Private Collections The Art Market Today The Art Market Revolution: Online Art Today’s American and International Art Market Today’s Curator Market

New York University, School of Professional Studies, Diploma Developer 2016-2017 Developer & Manager, Diploma in Global Art Market Studies Course Developer, Building Collections & Collection Management

New York University, School of Professional Studies, Curriculum Consultant 2011-2014 Designed & Wrote Three Professional Certificates, International Master’s Degree & International Executive Lecture Programs (Asia)

New York University, School of Professional Studies Excellence in Teaching Award 2011

Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Adjunct Lecturer 2011-2012 Courses: Building and Managing Collections Valuation of Art – Issues & Its Practice

Guggenheim Museum New York, Appointed Lecturer 2001-2003 Courses: Contemporary Art in a Global Context II Contemporary Art in a Global Context I Emerging Art and Postmodern Theory Introduction to Contemporary Art + Theory, II Introduction to Contemporary Art + Theory, I

New York University, Steinhardt School of Art & Education, Adjunct Lecturer 1999 Course: Undergraduate: & Contemporary Culture I & II

Education

USPAP Certified 2002-2019

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Appraisers Association of America Certified Member, Accepted 2007- Present Post War, Contemporary & Emerging Art

Member, Accepted 2001-Present 19th Century European Art: , & American Art: Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture Impressionist & Modern Art: Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture

Hunter College, City University of New York 2001 Master of Art, Thesis Topic: “Reviving Death: Andres Serrano’s Morgue Series”. Supervised by: Dr. Emily Braun, Professor & Katie Siegel, Associate Professor

Winterthur Museum, Winter Institute Concentrated Studies, 1994 Certificate in Material Culture & Museum Studies, 1994.

Goethe Institute, Certificate German Language, Mannheim Germany, 1993

Franklin and Marshall College, B.A. Art History 1989

Art Expert & Legal Consulting

Expert Witness, 5Pointz v. G&M Realty L.P. 2015 - 2017 Appraisal Mediator, Gagosian v. Mugrabi 2016 Legal Consultant, Pryor Cashman 2014 - 2016 Martin Hilti Family Trust v. Knoedler Gallery LLC.

Nonprofit Experience

Selection Committee, City Arts 2017- Present Advisory Council, Appraisers Association of America 2011- Present Board of Directors, POWArts, NY 2009-2011 Board Member, Appraiser Association of America (Two Terms) 2011-Present INPUT Journal, Executive Editor and Creative Director 2009-2013 Board of Directors, POWArts, NY 2009-2013 Chairperson & Member, New Group of Young Collectors, New Museum, NY 1993-1995 Chairperson & Member, New Group of Young Collectors, New Museum, NY 1993-1995

Curator and Executive Producer, Exhibitions

• Head Curator & Co-Producer, “BLUE ACIER Print Studio and Dali Tour,” Salon Art Society (February 2015) • Head Curator & Co-Producer, “Upper East Side Revival Tour,” Salon Art Society (November 2014) • Head Curator & Co-Producer, “Lower East Side: Emerging Art Scene Tour,” Salon Art Society (October 2014) • Head Curator & Co-Producer, “Chelsea Art District Tour,” Salon Art Society (October 2014) • Co-Producer, Private Event with The Contemporaries and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, (June 2013). • Co-Producer, INPUT #4 “Second Skin” Exhibition Opening and Book Release, VPL (May 2012). • Co-Curator, “Second Skin” Exhibition at VPL in SoHo, (May 2012) • Co-Producer, Input Journal #3, “The Pink Iguana,” Book Release (August, 2011). • Juror, “No.19 National Juried Exhibition,” Featuring Dennis Yuen, David Bogus, John Breiner, Heechan Kim, Rebecca Rose at Phoenix Gallery (June-July, 2011). • Co-Producer, Input Journal #2, “Me, Myself, and I (Conversations with Oneself)” Book Release (March, 2010). • Head Curator + Producer, Art Viceroy, Exhibition of 45 Solo Artists, Miami/Basel (December 2009).

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• Co-Producer, Input Journal #1, “Common Spaces: Public Places,” Book Release (March, 2009). • Curator + Producer, ArtHaus, “100 Artists from Emerging Markets,” Miami/Basel Week (December, 2007) • Collective Art Performance & Video Installation, “ArtHijack”, Monkeytown, NY (May, 2007). • Independent Organizer, Host & Moderator, “Migration Patterns”. Panelists included Henry Buhl, Donna Clovis, Juan Puntes (Director, WhiteBox) and Steve Pacia (Owner Pacia/Bose Fine Arts), Ekphrastic Evenings, Soho, NY (November 2006). • Curator, Performance, “100% Acrylic,” Agata Olek Olesiak, Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival (October, 2006). • Curator, “Cow Parade: Bryan Zansnik,” Photo NY Fair, Fair Installation, (October, 2006). • Curator, Group Show, “Contingencies of the Real,” Photo NY (October, 2006) • Independent Organizer, Host & Moderator, “Forgetting the “F” Word?. Panelists included Maura Riley (Curator, Brooklyn Museum), The Barnstormers and Gae Savannah (Flash Art) Ekphrastic Evenings, Soho, NY (September 2006). • Performance Reading, “Ode to Clement Greenberg,” Dumbo Paneling Live (July 2006). • Independent Organizer, Host & Interviewer, "Protofeminism: An Interview with Betty Tompkins". Ekphrastic Evenings, Soho, NY (May 2006). • Head Curator + Producer, Official Project, 9th Istanbul Biennial, “Two Continents and Beyond: WATERWAYs,” (October, 2005). • Head Curator + Producer, “WATERWAYs 2005,” Ecovention of 33 Artists and 5 , Venice , Official Public Art Project of City of Venice Canal Transportation Authority (June, 2005). • Performance, “FunFundraiser,” South Hampton, Scope Art Fair (June, 2005). • Curator, Group Show, “ReFound,” Scope/NY (March, 2005). • Curator, Group Show “Surfaces,” Scope/Miami (December, 2004). • Curator, Public Project + Intervention, City of Miami, “Influenza,” Miami, FL (December, 2004). • Curator, Group Show, “Conventionally Drawn”– Scope/London (October, 2004). • Guest Curator, “Green Intervention,” – Scope Art Fair, London (October, 2004). • Guest Curator, “Fragmented Memories,” Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA (September, 2004- January, 2005). • Curator + Performance, Peekskill Project, “Found Poetry,” HVCCA, NY (September, 2004). • Collective Installation & Workshop, Die Werkleitz, Halle, Germany (August, 2004). • Curator, Group Show, “Purveyor of Dreams” Scope/LA (May, 2004). • Guest Fair Curator + Co-Performance (Opening Night Event) with Elena Bajo, “Milk Maids” Scope/NY (March, 2004). • Curator, “Neo-Nostalgia,” Makor Center for the Arts (January 2004). • Co-Curator Annual Show, “Strength of the Mind,” Self-Taught Art, John MacEnroe Gallery (2003). • Guest Curator, “Wired, Installation”– Scope/Miami (December 2003). • Guest Curator, “Fairytales,” Paul Rodger’s Gallery, NY (December 2003). • Guest Curator, “Return of the Handmade: Orly Cogan,” Makor Center for the Arts (October 2003). • Curator, "Leemour Pelli’s Fairytales," Paul Rodger’s Gallery (December 2003). • Assistant Curator, Leubsdorf , “Abstraction at The End of the Twentieth Century,” (October, 1996).

Press & Media Coverage

• “Should be protected? New York’s 5Pointz lawsuit tests the US Visual Artists Rights Act,” The Art Newspaper (December 2017) • “The Factual and Legal Background of the 5Pointz Trial,” Center For Art Law, Illustrated Courtroom (November 2017) • “Jury Sides with 5Pointz Artists in Lawsuit Over Destroyed Graffiti,” Hyperallergic (November 2017) • “In a Surprise Verdict, Jury Says Developer Broke the Law by Whitewashing 5Pointz Graffiti Mecca,” Artnet News (November 2017) • “Graffiti Could be Made Legal as U.S. Artists Sue Developer in Landmark Case,” Sky News (November 2017) • “Whatever Happened to 5Pointz in Queens? A Surprise Verdict in a Landmark Case,” NYU SPS CENTER FOR APPLIED LIBERAL ARTS (CALA) (November 2017)

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• School of Lecture: “The First Crack: A Symposium on Conservation and Value in Contemporary Art,” Youtube (January 2017) • New Jersey State Council on the Arts Lecture & Panel: “Protecting & Preserving Your Creative Legacy: Planning Your Art's Future,” Youtube/POBA Where The Arts Live (July 2016) • “Elephant dung, chewing gum and human hair: the life of a contemporary art restorer,” The Guardian (May 2015) • “To Salvage and Sell?” The Art Newspaper (April 2013) • “Billionaire Steven Cohen buys a Picasso: Vanity or Investment?” American Public Media (March 2013) • “INPUT #5: The Blockhouse, Interview with Renée Vara,” Art-Rated (January 2013) • “Interview with Renée Vara: Vara Fine Arts,” ArtBookGuy (September 2012) • “Second Skin, A Book by Victoria Bartlett and Renée Vara is Out Now,” Purple Magazine (May 28, 2012). • “Up Close and Personal: ‘Second Skin’ at VPL,” New York Times Magazine, (May 16, 2012). • “Collecting Emerging Art,” Whitewall Magazine (May 2008). • “Current Art Market Review,” Podcast, Forbes.com (May 2008). • “Miami Art Scene,” Flash Art Review (January 2008). • Vara Global Fine Arts, LLC: Franklin Report, listed as "Best in Client Services" (2004-2007). • “Collecting Contemporary,” Weekend Wall Street Journal (December 2006). • “Wall-to-Wall Investments,” Tampa Tribune (April 2006). • "Young and Acquisitive: Art Collecting 101", Crain’s (January 23-29, 2006). • "Bienalde ’Iki Kita ve Otesi," CNN Turkey (October 18, 2005). • "Fair Review: NADA," The ArtNewspaper (December 5, 2004). • "Turfed Out," Hampstead and Highgate Express (November 5, 2004). • "Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosoff’s ARTBLOG (October 2004). • "Where-Housing Art," Town & Country Magazine (October 2004). • "Advisers depreciate antiques as investments; Don’t expect them to feather nest eggs," Investment News (February 2, 2004). • "Assets- Collectibles quandary- To insure, or not?", National Post (January 14, 2004). • "How to Hire an Art Adviser: Whatever you call them, advisers can make or break your collection," Art & Antiques (March 2003). • "Take care of your art and your wallet after tax," Financial Times (March 20, 2003). • "The need to brush up on art insurance," The Associated Press (March 9, 2003). • "Is that Picasso Covered by your Home Insurance?", Wall Street Journal (March 6, 2003). • "’s Guide: Collection Protection," Forbes.com (May 2001). • "Documenting Your Collection," Grace Weinstein, Financial Times (May 2001). • "How to Light, Frame and Insure Your Collection," ArtNews (November 2000). • "Maximum Security: Safeguarding Fine Art," Wall Street Journal (October 13, 2000). • "Where you can buy insurance for that rare- and expensive- gift," National Post (January 1, 2000). • "Is your Fine Art Adequately Insured?," Real Estate Journal. • "What’s It Worth?," Financial Advisor. • "Is that Picasso Covered by Your Insurance?," The New York Times.

Professional Lectures and Panels (Selected)

• Panelist, “Undervalued Sectors of the Art Market,” Art Hamptons Art Fair (July 2015) • Lecturer, “Treasure of Trash: What’s Yours?,” The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades (March 2015) • Moderator, “Art Insurance Methodology: Practical Concerns for Personal Property Appraisers,” Herrick, Feinstein LLP/ Appraisers Association of America (January 2015) • Moderator, “Art Fairs: A New Paradigm,” AAA Annual Conference, with D. Harris (MD of Armory) and Sue Stoeffel (VP of Untitled) (November 2014) • Lecturer, “East versus West Collectors – Difference in Collecting Patterns,” PULSE Art Fair (June 2014) • Panelist, “INPUT #5 Blockhouse: Art and Crisis.” Independent Curators International and Input Foundation (January 2013)

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• Lecturer, “Connoisseurship: Dead or Alive,” Conference for Bruce Museum at the Antiques & Avant-Garde, Greenwich and the Greenwich Historical Society (December 2012) • Panelist, “On And Off The Road: An Evening with America’s Most Popular Appraisers.” Appraisers Association of America (October 2012). • Panelist, “New Market Dynamics: Five Perspectives on the Global Art Scene,” Art Basel/ Miami Fair (December 2009) • Panelist, “Expertise & Objectivity in a Turbulent Art Market: A Forum for Collectors,” the UBS Art of Leadership Art Lecture Series, Appraisers Association of America (March 2009) • Lecturer, “The Contemporary Art Market Machine,” National Arts Club & Appraisers Association of America (April 2008) • Panel Speaker, “Advice for Young Collectors,” Phillips dePury Auction House & Friends of Louvre (May 2008) • Lecturer, “Factors of Fame: Emerging Art,” Grammercy Arts Club, Freeman’s Lecture Series (April 2008) • Moderator, “Issues in Conservation for New Media,” Annual Conference, Appraisers Association of America • Art Tour & Talk, The Harvard Independents, Young Collectors Group, “Collecting Contemporary Art” (April 2007) • Panelist, “LifeStyle Series,” LMCC and BMCC Public Art Talks, “Collecting Contemporary Art” (April, 2007). • Lecturer, Pulse Art Fair, NY, Collector’s Tour, Day Seminar for Collectors (March 2007). • Lecturer, RISD Museum, “Advice for Collectors,” Collectors Day (March, 2007). • Moderator, “Forgetting the “F” Word?”. Panelists included Maura Riley (Curator, Brooklyn Museum), The Barnstormers and Gae Savannah (Flash Art) (September 2006). • Moderator, “Migration Patterns”. Panelists included Henry Buhl, Donna Clovis, Juan Puntes (Director, WhiteBox) and Steve Pacia (Owner Pacia/Bose Fine Arts), (November 2006). • Moderator, "Protofeminism: An Interview with Betty Tompkins". (May 2006). • UBS Sponsored Seminar Speaker, “Collecting Art: Practicalities & Realities” (2006). • Guest Lecturer, "Connoisseur’s Crash Course," Marketing to the High Net Worth, for Family Wealth Management, Aston Pearl, and HUB Insurance (July 2006). • Fair Talk, Pulse Collector’s Tour (March 2006). • Panelist, “Identity Politics,” Skin, Goethe Institute (March 2006). • Lecturer, "Factors of Fame: Contemporary ", UBS Financial Services Seminar (March 13, 2006). • Seminar Speaker, "Challenges of Establishing Value of Contemporary Art Installation," Appraisers Association of America 2005 National Conference (November 2005). • Lecturer, "Venice Biennale Waterways Exhibition,” Watermark Conference, The Johnson Foundation (July 2005). • Panelist, "The Curator Today: Questions of Criticality," Nurture Art (January 2004). • Moderator, "Collecting the Hard Stuff in the Contemporary Market," Scope/LA (October 2004). • Panelist, "Art Fairs: What Directors of These New Forums Say," Talks (October 2004). • Panelist, "Dialogue with Pop Video Art," The Tank for Emerging Artists (May 2004). • Panelist, "The Relationship of Art, Sex & Religion in Contemporary Art," Scope Art Fair, NY (March 2004). • Panelist, "The Curator Today: Questions of Criticality" (January 2004). • Moderator, "Outside the White Cube: Performance Art," Scope Art Fair/Miami (December 2003). • Lecturer, "Caring for Your Collection," Boston Fine Arts Fair (November 2003). • Panelist, "The Anatomy of Art Valuation," American Association of Museums (May 2003).

Academic Art Historical Conferences, Panels & Presentations (Selected)

• “Digital Humanities: Taking It to The Streets,” HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) Conference 2017 in Orlando, Florida (November 2017: Accepted/Undelivered) • Panelist, “Coming and Going: Valuation Issues for the Creation and Dissolution of Art Businesses,” Art Law Day 2016, Cardozo School of Law/ Appraisers Association of America (November 2016) • Representative of NYU, “International Forum Regarding Art Advisory,” International Art Brokerage Conference in Taipei, Taiwan (October 2015: Accepted/Undelivered) • Lecturer, “The First Crack: A Symposium on Conservation and Value in Contemporary Art,” School of Visual Arts (April 2015)

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• “Criticism 140: Art Critique in the Age of Twitter” AICA International Congress Korea 14, Busan Conference (October 2014: Accepted/Undelivered) • Lecturer, “Challenges with Conserving Contemporary Art,” Appraisers Association of America National Conference (November 2013) • Panelist, “Art Investment Roundtable.” The Harvard Business School Club of New York (December 2012) • Panelist, “No Longer Art.” Salvage Art Institute & Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (November 2012) • Lecturer, “The Law and Business of Sculpture and Fine Art Multiples.” New York County Lawyers’ Association: Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Institute (November 2012) • Panelist, “Un(der) Regulated: Ethics in the Contemporary Art Market,” Fashion Instiute if Technology, Graduate Symposium (April 2012) • Panelist, “Tax Planning in a Changing Environment.” Art Law Day, Co-produced by New York University School of Continuing and Profession Studies and the Appraisers Association of America (November 15, 2011) • “Strategies of Staging Death in the History of Necrographic Photographs”. Paper presented at Photo textualities, University of Durham, England, April, 2000. • “Dealing with Issues of Authenticity: Three Case Studies”. Paper presented at Authentica/SPIE-Conservation Symposium, Boston, MA, September 1999. • “A Sign of The Times: Andres Serrano’s Morgue Series”. Paper presented at Eighth University of Arizona Graduate Symposium, Creative Center of Photography, AZ, April, 1997. • “Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Holofernes: A Painted Medici Court Splendor”. Paper presented at the Renaissance Society of America, Bloomington, IL, May 1996. • “Even Better than the Real Thing: The Originality of the Copy in Early 17th Century ”. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Northwestern Graduate Symposium, Evanston, IL, May, 1994. • “Even Better than the Real Thing: The Originality of the Copy in Early 17th Century Aesthetics”, Co-authored with J. Callaghan, Prof. Art History, Temple University, Rome. Paper presented at the Northern California Renaissance Conference, Sonoma, CA. May, 1994. • “Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Holofernes: A Painted Medici Court Splendor”. Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Medieval & Renaissance Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, March, 1993. • “Postmodern Aesthetics: The Originality of the Copy in Early 17th Century Aesthetics”, Co-authored with J. Callaghan, Prof. Art History, Temple University, Rome. Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Medieval & Renaissance Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, March, 1993.

Publications (Selected)

• “Connoisseurship: Contemporary Art,” All About Appraising: The Definitive Appraisal Handbook, Appraisers Association of America, Fall 2013. • INPUT #5: Blockhouse. Ed. Renee Vara, Art Director: Avelino Sala, New York: INPUT Foundation, 2012. • INPUT #4: Second Skin. Ed. Renee Vara, Curator: Victoria Bartlett, New York: INPUT Foundation, 2012. • INPUT #3: The Pink Iguana. Ed. Renee Vara, Art Director: John Breiner New York: INPUT Foundation, 2011. • Expert’s Guide to Collecting. Ed and contributor, Renee Vara. Appraisers Association of America, 2010. • INPUT #2: Me Myself and I (Conversations with Oneself). Ed. Renee Vara, Art Directors: Elena Bajo and Warren Neidich, 2010. • INPUT #1: Common Spaces: Public Places. Ed. Renee Vara, Art Director: Mehmet Öngüt, New York: INPUT Foundation, 2009. • “Appraising Contemporary Art” in All About Appraising: The Definitive Appraisal Handbook, Appraisers Association of America (ed. Helaine Fendelman), 2007. • “100 Percent Acrylic,” Dumbo Under the Bridge Art Festival, Dumbo Art Center, Exhibition Essay (October 2006). • “Contingencies of The Real”, Contingencies of the Real: Art and Essays, Vara-Kuelbs Projects, New York, 2006, published in conjunction with the exhibition Contingencies of the Real at the art fair Photo/NY, Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011 (October, 2006). • “Dislodging Surface”, Skin, Ed. H. Hatry (Kehrer: Mannheim), 2006. • “Mary Mattingly” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Robert Mann Gallery (January 2005).

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• “Insurability of Art,” in Fakebusters II: Scientific Detection of Fakery in Art and Philately (eds. Richard J. Weiss, Duane R. Chartier) World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2004, pp. 66-85. • “Fragmented Memories,” published in conjunction with Tamar Hirschl exhibition Fragmented Memories, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 South 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-6168 (October 2004). • “The Fourth Dimension,” The Art of Tracey Emin, Ed. C. Townsend (Thames & Hudson: London):2000. • “Claus Prokov,” Catalogue Essay, Abstraction at The End of the Twentieth Century, Ed. Dr. W. Dynes, Leubsdorf Art Gallery, (October, 1996).

Awards

President’s Award, Appraisers Association of America 2012

Excellence in Teaching Award, New York University, SCPS 2011

Robert M. & Elizabeth Halton Landis Award for Excellence in the Arts 1989 College Art Award, Franklin and Marshall College

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