Press contacts

For a general question, a press release or an interview request, write to presse@oimap.example. For images and videos, write to mediatheque@oimap.example. For events, the Events Directorate answers at evenements@oimap.example.

The Director of the Events and Communications Directorate, Ms Hélène Vasseur-Okafor, oversees the whole. Sensitive requests are passed to the spokesperson.

An effective request states the media outlet, the subject, the deadline, the format wanted — written quotation, interview, image — and the language. The more precise these details are, the faster the reply.

Attach your questions in writing where possible. The office can then consult the experts concerned and reply with verified information rather than an approximate answer.

Simple requests receive a reply within twenty-four working hours. Interview requests are confirmed within forty-eight hours, with a slot proposed according to the diary. These times are indicative and lengthen during major events.

Requests received outside office hours are handled the next working day. For a genuine emergency — correction of a serious error, for example — the email should carry the word "Urgent" in the subject line.

The spokesperson answers on the Organization's positions. Experts answer in their own field: provenance, certification, conservation, the market. Interviews take place in Paris, remotely or at events.

The office can offer Spanish- or English-speaking experts and contacts in the Geneva, New York, Singapore and Nairobi offices for regional topics.

The press office does not comment on ongoing proceedings, does not release individual data on owners of works and does not appraise works. It does not intervene in commercial disputes.

A dispute falls under the dispute resolution service. An expert appraisal falls under the Desk. The press office directs the journalist to the right contact.