Who publishes this site

The site is published by the OIMAP General Secretariat, whose headquarters is in Paris. The publication director is the Secretary-General, Dr Philippe Aubert de Vincelles.
The legal notice refers to this page for the identification of the publisher. For data protection rules, see personal data.
Site publisher in figures
Source: OIMAP General Secretariat.
The identity of the publisher
Publisher: General Secretariat of the International Organisation for the Art Market and Heritage. Headquarters: 12, avenue du Patrimoine, 75007 Paris. Telephone: +33 1 00 00 00 00. Email: secretariat@oimap.example.
The Organisation is an intergovernmental institution. It is not registered as a company: its legal existence results from its 2007 Statutes, described on the statutes page.



The publication directorate
The publication director is the Secretary-General, elected by the General Assembly for four years, renewable once. He answers for the content of the pages published, including information supplied by the directorates.
He delegates day-to-day editorial coordination to the Events and Communications Directorate, which validates the texts with the directorates concerned before they go online.
Hosting and technical operations
The site is hosted by a provider appointed by contract (Hébergeur Européen SA, 1 rue des Serveurs, 75000 Paris). Data is stored in the European Economic Area, with encrypted backups.
The Information Systems Directorate carries out maintenance, security updates and incident monitoring. An information page announces scheduled interruptions.
Content control
Every page is proofread before publication. Official figures come from the producing directorates; new data is flagged as indicative.
Inaccurate content can be reported to secretariat@oimap.example. It is corrected as soon as possible and the page's update date is changed.
Publisher identity sheet
| Section | Information |
|---|---|
| Publisher | OIMAP General Secretariat |
| Headquarters | 12, avenue du Patrimoine, 75007 Paris |
| Publication director | Dr. Philippe Aubert de Vincelles |
| Host | Hébergeur Européen SA |
| Contact | secretariat@oimap.example |
Milestones
- Foundation
Creation of the Organisation by 23 States.
- Editorial charter
Adoption of the writing and proofreading rules (indicative).
- New site
Graphic and technical redesign (indicative).
- Update
Current version of this page.
Publisher or contributor

Publisher
General Secretariat- Publishes the content
- Answers for the site
- Appoints the publication directorate
Ultimately responsible.

Contributor
Directorates of the Organisation- Write the information
- Provide the figures
- Proofread the pages
Responsible for the accuracy of their part.



Reporting content
- Identify
The page and passage concerned.
- Describe
The error or problem.
- Write
To the General Secretariat.
- Receive
An acknowledgement of receipt.
- Check
The correction made.
Before reporting an error
A reader

« The identification of the publisher is clear and the typo I reported was corrected quickly. »
Vocabulary
- Publisher
- Person responsible for a website.
- Publication director
- Person who answers for the content published.
- Host
- Provider that stores the website.
- Update
- Date of the last revision of a page.
Credits and copyright
The photographs, illustrations and pictograms on the site are produced for OIMAP or used with their authors' permission. Reproduced works are cited with their title and author.
The Organization's logos are protected. Their use by a third party is subject to written authorization, requested from the General Secretariat with a description of the project.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is responsible for publication?
The Secretary-General.
Where is the site hosted?
With a host established in the European Economic Area.
How do I report an error?
Write to secretariat@oimap.example.
Where can I see the cookie rules?
See Cookies.
Useful Documents
Contacts

Contact the publisher
Image credits (17)
- The Apotheosis of Romulus: Design for a Ceiling, Domenico Maria Canuti (c. 1675–76) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Dance at the Court of Herod, Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1500) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Nowshera, Kashmir (number 1000), Samuel Bourne (1864) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Four Seasons, Kano Tan’yū (1668) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Maharaja of Kotah Listening to Music and Watching Dancers (c. 1820) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Coronation of the Virgin, Christoffel Jegher (1632–36) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Pair of Drawings: Sketch of the Labyrinth of the Villa Pisani and Piazza San Marco with Doges' Palace, Francesco Guardi (1773–1778(?)) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of a Man, Gustave Caillebotte (1880) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia, Louis Haghe (1846) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Victory Banquet: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems (c. 1765–74; poem dated 1760) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, Michiel van Overbeek (c. 1650–80) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Châteauvieux-sur-Suran, Antoine-Claude Ponthus-Cinier (1848) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Small Mosque in the Kaiserbagh, Felice A. Beato (1858) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Eighteen Views of Rome: The Piazza Farnese (recto), Lievin Cruyl (1664) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of John VIII Palaoelogus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (reverse), Pisanello (c. 1438–1439) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of a Woman, Gerard ter Borch (c. 1665) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise, Camille Pissarro (1879) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 1.0
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