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Conference puts historic cities in the spotlight 

>From 12-14 May, Vienna City Hall is hosting a major conference entitled
“Managing the historic urban landscape”, organised by the Unesco World
Heritage Centre, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS),
and the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. The aim is to
establish proper definitions and guidelines for the preservation and
conservation of historic urban environments, in particular World Heritage
cities, of which there are 208, ranging from Cairo to Vienna itself. While
the considerations at stake are extremely complex, the conference hopes to
produce an international agreement on urban regulation and management.
Speakers include Themba WAKASHE, Chairman of the World Heritage Committee
(South Africa) and Francesco BANDARIN, Director UNESCO World Heritage
Centre, Paris (France), Jade TABET, Architect and Member of the World
Heritage Committee for Lebanon, and Arata ISOZAKI, Architect (Japan). For a
full programme of the conference including speakers see
http://www.worldheritage2005.at/en/programm.htm 
“This is the only time in Iran that a cultural manager has been supported by
artists like this”
Sami Azar has been reinstated as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art
following protests by artists- By Mark Irving 

LONDON. Dr Ali Reza Sami Azar, who resigned from his post as director of the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran in March as reported in this newspaper
last month, has been re-instated... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11785> 


Mediator of hope
- By Shirin Neshat 
With the Islamic revolution (1979) and the political isolation that
followed, Iran fell into a deep cultural crisis. Artists were suddenly faced
with a dictatorship that essentially denied artistic freedom of
expression... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11784> 


An insider’s account of the evacuation of Babylon 
In his first interview since returning to Europe, Dr René Teijgeler, former
senior advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, speaks about his
experiences in Baghdad- By Gary Schwartz 
AMSTERDAM. René Teijgeler (54), a Dutch conservator specialising in the
preservation and management of non-Western artefacts and documents, served
as senior advisor of the United States Embassy to the Iraqi Ministry of
Culture from July 2004 to March 2005. With the withdrawal... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11783> 


The looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad
This book was compiled in the heat of battle, but it misses the main story-
By Martin Bailey 
Producing a book on the Iraq Museum has proved no easy task. As the editors
of The looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: the lost legacy of Mesopotamia
Milbray Polk and Angela Schuster explain, “on numerous occasions... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11782> 


Bringer of hope and fine architecture
In a rare interview, His Highness the Aga Khan describes his global approach
to helping Islamic communities help themselves, while also restoring their
past heritage - By Anna Somers Cocks 
In a rare interview, His Highness the Aga Khan describes his global approach
to helping Islamic communities help themselves, while also restoring their
past heritage 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11781>