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Los Angeles gets major Islamic art display


The Los Angeles County Museum of Art inaugurates its installation of the
Madina Collection this month - By Lucian Harris 


A major collection of Islamic art has gone on public display for the first
time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in a new installation
of the Islamic galleries. The Madina collection, comprising over 750
artefacts, was purchased by the museum in 2002 from Syrian-born Dr Maan Z.
Madina, 79, Professor Emeritus in the department of Middle East and Asian
Languages and Cultures at Columbia University in New York. 
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11721





Government knew Nigerian gift to Queen was expropriated treasure


The Foreign Office was informed that the bronze head had been taken from the
Lagos Museum- By Martin Bailey 


The embarrassing news that a Benin bronze given to the Queen had been
expropriated from Nigeria’s National Museum was known to the Foreign Office
in 1974, according to secret documents declassified last month. Three years
ago, when The Art Newspaper uncovered the story of the bronze head, the
Royal Collection initially told us that it was a modern replica. Specialists
were then called in, and they authenticated the head and dated it to around
1600 AD. 
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11720







Dams in Iran: reprieve for some, no time left for others


Archaeologists in the Bulaghi valley have been given more time to survey the
site before it is submerged. Their colleagues elsewhere are not so lucky- By
Lucian Harris 


The contrasting progress of two major archaeological salvage operations in
Iran, where an ambitious programme of dam building has created a continuing
threat to heritage sites, has highlighted the problems faced as this country
attempts to reconcile necessary development and modernisation with the
conservation and research of the rich remains of its historical past. 
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11719





Retrospectives boost Flavin but damaged Rauschenberg in 1998


As Flavin’s survey continues its US run, recent record prices for the artist
show how exhibitions affect the market- By Mark Irving 


The old art-world adage—“There is nothing an artist should fear more than a
retrospective”—may be a good one, but it is usually not one borne out by the
evidence. While artists can be justifiably nervous about the conclusive
nature of such exhibitions, with their working lives summed up in one go by
curators who can bring together work, some of which the artist might rather
wish to forget, the very term “retrospective” exudes a reassuring glow of
importance. 
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11718





Sting operation in Paraguay recovers paintings by Esteban Vicente


Close US-Latin-American collaboration behind the success- By Jason Edward
Kaufman 


Paraguayan authorities have recovered 46 paintings and works on paper stolen
from Spanish-American artist Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) during the final
year of his life. The six major oils, smaller paintings, collages, pastels,
drawings, and silk screens, all created in 1999 and 2000, are valued by the
estate at $500,000, says co-executor Robert Warshaw, a NY attorney. He told
The Art Newspaper that the works were recovered from the Asuncion home of
Hugo Ismael Salim Yaluk, 42, a native Paraguayan who worked as a companion
and assistant to Vicente in his Bridgehampton, Long Island, home and studio,
from autumn 1999 to autumn 2000 
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11717





Archaeology in Iran: could the Bulaghi dam project be a blessing in
disguise?


Salvage operation will benefit from mistakes of the past- By Rémy Boucharlat



Between Pasargadae, the first capital of the Persian empire, and Persepolis,
a road leads through a narrow gorge through a little valley called Bulaghi.
A dam is under construction, scheduled to be finished this year, which will
flood 20 square kilometres of the valley, raising the water level in the
river that flows through it by several metres. The waters will rise to
within six kilometres of the tomb of Cyrus, which is not itself at risk, nor
are the palaces in the vicinity. At the request of the Iranian Cultural
Heritage and Tourism Organisation (ICHTO), archaeologists carried out
emergency surveys of this area in 2003 and 2004 
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11716


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