Clare Davies – The Artist’s Map of Tehran, 1956-1966
In the mid-twentieth century, the contours of artistic practice in Tehran were shifting dramatically as the city expanded to the north and new cultural institutions were built in the urban center. An ink drawing on butcher paper executed by Hossein Zenderoudi (b. 1937, Iran) in this period doubles as a rudimentary map of Tehran’s evolving artistic hub: an area that housed the College of Fine Arts (est. 1940), the College of Decorative Arts (est. 1960-61), and recently opened galleries of modern art. Nearby, but beyond the borders of Zenderoudi’s handmade map, lay southern Tehran and its famous bazaar: an area increasingly identified at the time with a religious and socially conservative merchant class, the production of traditional arts and crafts, and political opposition to the shah.
This talk explores how the evolving topography of Tehran and its navigation by artists shaped avant-garde practices of the late 50s and early 60s. I argue, specifically, that a new generation of artists identified themselves with political networks and public religious rites based in the historic city, even as official and artist-run spaces for the arts multiplied elsewhere.
Clare Davies is the Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has contributed to a wide range of research, programming, and archival projects related to art and photography in the Middle East since serving as associate curator of the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo from 2004 to 2006. She is a graduate of the rhetoric department at U.C. Berkeley and completed her doctoral dissertation on Egyptian modern art at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts in 2014. She was subsequently awarded the inaugural Irmgard Coninx Prize Fellowship at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin.
She is the co-author of Robert Morris, Object Sculpture: 1960–65 (Yale UP, 2014) and has published regularly on contemporary art from the Arab world. Since joining The Met, she has overseen the installation of Yto Barrada's Lyautey Unit Blocks (Play) (2010), curated Siah Armajani: Follow This Line, and organized a scholarly seminar on collecting art from the Middle East. Upcoming projects include Rayyane Tabet / Alien Property–a collaboration with the department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, as well as Spiritual Pop: Art in 60s Iran.
A bird's eye view of Clare in Suffolk
A medieval wool town, Clare boasts a rich history to explore. There's something for everyone here, including a monthly artisan market, independent shops, galleries, antique shops, cafes, festivals and the only railway station in a castle. The market town was also once home to one of the richest women in history, Elizabeth de Clare.
Just 25 minutes from Bury St Edmunds, a visit to this beautiful town would not be complete without seeing Clare Castle Country Park, visited by around 200,000 people each year. A 32.6-acre park which contains the remains of a 13th Century stone castle keep set upon its 70ft high motte overlooking the town, as well as its inner and outer baileys -it’s a beautiful spot for recreation and picnics with Roman, Saxon, Norman connections.
Inside the castle, located in the original 1865 bookings hall of Clare Railway Station, is Platform One, an atmospheric café in the heart of the park.
Historic Clare Priory, on the banks of the River Stour, dates back to 1248 and is one of the oldest religious houses in England. The priory has close connections with medieval nobility and royalty and the ancestors and relatives of King Richard III and his wife Anne are buried here. A great way to see the priory is at its very popular annual craft fair every year in July.
Exhibitions in the Ancient House Museum, built in 1473, tell the 2,000-year history of the town, the Lords and Ladies who once lived in Clare including two de Clare earls were part of the committee of 25, enforcers of the Magna Carta in the 13th Century.
With its fantastic circular walks and town trail, which takes in architecture from every period in history, it's easy to see why Clare won Walkers Are Welcome status. While taking stroll, don't leave town without seeing Clare's St Peter and St Paul Church, ranked as one of England's Thousand Best Churches.
The lost city of Trellech: History fan spends his £32,000 life savings buying a field.
The lost city of Trellech: History fan spends his £32.000 life savings buying a field on a hunch - then is proved spectacularly right when he digs it up to discover the remains of a medieval town.
A history fan who spent his £32,000 life savings buying a field because he believed there were secrets hidden below the soil has been proved right after unearthing a lost medieval city.
Stuart Wilson bought the 4.6 acre plot of land in South Wales more than a decade ago, because he believed it would become significant in Norman history.
Now, twelve years on, the 37-year-old has pieced together his findings to unveil the site as the ancient industrial town of Trellech, South Wales.
The city, which lies between Monmouth and Trelleck, is believed to date back to the 13th century and is thought to have been home to around 10,000 people, including Norman lords of the de Clare family who used it as a place to mass produce iron.
So far, Mr Wilson and his volunteers have discovered the remains of a manor house with two halls and a courtyard, enclosed with curtain walls and a massive Round Tower.
Within that manor house complex, the group has discovered several different rooms - both with fireplaces.
The volunteers have also found a well, in which they have discovered a nearly complete medieval pot, metal work, wooden objects and parts of leather shoes.
Mr Wilson - a former toll booth worker who moved back in with his parents so he could afford his field of dreams - said the discovery was highly significant.
He said: 'This is a massive settlement dating back to the 13th century.
'At its peak, we're talking about a population of maybe around 10,000 people. In comparison, there were 40,000 in London, so it's quite large.
'This population grew from nothing to that size within 25 years. Now it took 250 years for London to get to 40,000 people, so we're talking a massive expansion.
'And that's just the planned settlement. The slums would have been quite numerous. There you would be talking even 20,000 plus. It's a vast area.'
He added that, from what had been discovered so far, it appears as though the inhabitants' life would have been tough.
'If you're working in the fields you are living hand to mouth every single day - it's a really hard existence,' he said.
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Archaeological Reconstruction: British Neolithic Crannog Settlement
Gold Collar (800 - 700 B.C.) discovered in Co. Clare Ireland
The collection of prehistoric goldwork ranges in date between 2200 BC and 500 BC. Most are pieces of jewellery but the precise function of some is unknown.
During the Early Bronze Age the principal gold products were made from sheet gold, and include sundiscs and the crescentic gold collars called lunulae.
Around 1200 BC new gold working techniques were developed. During this time a great variety of torcs were made by twisting bars or strips of gold.
Styles changed again around 900 BC - the Late Bronze Age - and the goldwork of this period can be divided into two main types. Solid objects such as bracelets and dress-fasteners contrast dramatically with large sheet gold collars and delicate ear-spools.
The National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology's gold collection owes its existence to the vision of the Royal Irish Academy.
From its foundation in 1785, the Academy devoted much time and effort to collecting archaeological objects from Ireland. Since its transfer in 1890 to the Museum of Science and Art (now the National Museum of Ireland) the collection has continued to grow by means of new discoveries and the acquisition of private collections.
The immense quantity of Bronze Age gold from Ireland suggests that rich ore sources were known. Although gold has been found in Ireland at a number of locations, particularly in Co. Wicklow and Co. Tyrone, it has not yet been possible to identify the ancient sources where gold was found.
The sites most likely to have been recognised and exploited by prehistoric people are alluvial deposits from rivers and streams. This ‘placer’ gold is weathered out from parent rock and can be recovered using simple techniques such as panning.
In Europe, the earliest evidence for goldworking dates to the fifth millennium BC. By the end of the third millennium goldworking had become well established in Ireland and Britain together with a highly productive copper and bronzeworking industry.
While we do not know precisely how the late Neolithic people of Ireland became familiar with metalworking, it is clear that it was introduced as a fully developed technique. Essential metalworking skills must have been introduced by people already experienced at all levels of production, from ore identification and recovery through all stages of the manufacturing process.
Throughout the 20th Century the collection has continued to grow. The discovery in 1932 of a gold collar at Gleninsheen, Co. Clare added another important object to the collection and in each succeeding decade new discoveries were made throughout the country.
Several important private collections were also acquired. The discovery of the hoard of boxes, discs and dress-fasteners at Ballinesker, Co. Wexford in September 1990 and the purchase of the Northumberland Collection in December 1990 have enriched the national collections immeasurably.
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12 March 2018: The Heritage of Minority Faith Buildings in the 20th Century
Session 1: Identifying heritage in minority faith groups. Sikh heritage in transition – Dr Clare Canning (University of Manchester)
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Restoration (2003) - Rescuing Heritage buildings in Britain. Dir. Simon Mansfield
Episode Four of the UK television series dedicated to the preservation of rare and unusual buildings around the UK. This episode's candidates, all in the northeast of England, were Ravensworth Castle near Gateshead, Harperley WW2 prison camp near Durham and Wentworth Woodhouse Conservatory with Stainborough Castle folly near Barnsley.
Other famous locations covered were Hadrian's Wall, Berwick-on-Tweed, Gormley's Angel of the North statue, Alnwick Castle and Dean Clough Mills, Halifax, with a brief nod to the Episode Three contenders, Banchory Sanatorium near Aberdeen, Kinloch Castle on Rhum, and Burra Croft on Shetland. Griff Rhys Jones presented the series. In this episode, contributions were made by the journalist Kate Adie, historian Michael Wood and gardener Rachel de Thame. This was an Endemol Production for the BBC, therefore not my work and only uploaded for your private edification and enjoyment. I rescued the programme from a remarkably well-preserved old VHS cassette.
The sad postscript to this programme is that many of the buildings featured have yet to be secured. Following massive investments, the Wentworth Estate and (in 2013) its conservatory were eventually rescued but failed to operate profitably, resulting in its closure in 2017. Harperley Camp remains largely unrestored but for a very recent effort to restore the theatre building. Despite an ambitious revival project, Ravensworth remains in a ruinous state and on the English Heritage At Risk Register. Banchory Sanatorium was destroyed by fire in 2016.
It has been the smaller and simpler buildings that have fared better; Burra Croft now operates as a small island museum. Kinloch Castle on the isolated Scottish Isle of Rhum was once criticised for its dull external design, yet it may well have been its simplicity that largely preserved its lavish interiors. It continues as a tourist attraction but currently requires significant investment following ownership transfer from Scottish National Heritage to a local Community Trust.
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British Neolithic Crannog Settlement Reconstruction
Archaeological Reconstruction of an archetypal Neolithic Crannog settlement, historically constructed primarily in Wales/Scotland/Ireland - complete with two flint human-sized anthropomorphic fertility statues. Crannogs were defensive prehistoric coastal dwellings and stilted/built in the centre of bodies of water (lakes, rivers and estuarine waters) in North-West Europe. They were used as dwellings over five millennia and still persist today in some areas (although heavily modified). The recent archaeological discovery in Wales, a fortified Neolithic ‘Crannog’ located in Monmouth, circa 4,900 years old, would in part include the typology seen in this reconstruction. This stilted Crannog was built on an ice age lake, for the primary function of protecting locals and livestock alike from marauding neighbouring tribes. The lake has long disappeared, but the fort’s timbers survive allowing radiocarbon dating to determine the house was built in 2917 BC. These impressive forts were reserved only for the elite in the newly socially stratified Neolithic societies, based on those whom controlled/owned the means of production against labourers and other workmen. Crops and cattle would have been in fields, with sheep on the pastures in the surrounding hills as shown in the reconstruction. Neighbouring woods would have provided wild cabbage, fruit, wild boar and hazelnuts. If under attack however, the tribe and livestock could retreat to the safety of the crannog by boat with its vast, natural moat of the lake. Entire design and animation, in addition to orchestral composition inspired by archaic man all created by Christopher Antoniou ©.
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Celts: Iron Age gold torcs
In September 2009, David Booth, an amateur treasure hunter, made an amazing discovery when he unearthed four gold torcs in a field near Stirling. Here, David talks about his incredible find.
The torcs are on display in the Celts exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland until 25 September 2016. Find out more at
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Star Carr pendant - the oldest Mesolithic art in Britain
Star Carr is an Early Mesolithic site in the eastern Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK. During excavations in 2015, an engraved shale pendant was found in sediments formed at around 9000 cal BC. According to researchers, the artwork on the pendant is the earliest known Mesolithic art in Britain.
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A unique engraved shale pendant from the site of Star Carr: the oldest Mesolithic art in Britain
Milner, N., Bamforth, M., Beale, G., Carty, J. C., Chatzipanagis, K., Croft, S., Conneller, C., Elliot, B., Fitton, L. C., Knight, B., Kroger, R., Little, A., Needham, A., Robson, H. K., Rowley, C. C. A. and Taylor, B.
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‘Preserving the Past, Shaping the Future’ by the Local Authority Museums’ Network (LAMN).
A video on the Local Authority Museums’ Network (LAMN) has been produced to highlight the importance of the museums work and contribution to Irish Society. The 12 local authority museums serve a population of over 1.8 million people, attracting over half a million direct visitors each year. They work with local schools and other groups, and also play a significant role in driving local and regional tourism by supporting the cultural identity and image of Ireland to overseas visitors. The local authority museums’ rich collections include some of the most inspiring and unique examples of Ireland’s archaeological and historic heritage all of which can be experienced in a diversity of ways. The wide and imaginative range of exhibitions and events provided by local authority museums nationwide demonstrates the catalytic impact of how local museums create social cohesion in their communities. This short video was filmed in a number of the LAMN Museums including Carlow and features three of our staff. The LAMN comprises Carlow County Museum; Cavan County Museum; Clare Museum, Cork Public Museum, County Museum, Dundalk; Donegal County Museum; Galway City Museum; Kerry County Museum; Limerick Museum; Monaghan County Museum; Tipperary County Museum and Waterford Museum of Treasures. The LAMN plays a vital role in preserving archaeological heritage. The members of the LAMN are Designated Museums by the National Museum of Ireland and under this legislation each Museum is legally entitled to display archaeological objects on behalf of the State. All of the LAMN Museums are professionally and full time staffed and are open all year round. The majority of the LAMN Museums including Carlow have free admission.
Carlow County Museum is operated by Carlow County Council in association with the Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society (C.H.A.S.). The Museum is a member of the Local Authority Museums' Network (L.A.M.N.). The Museum is designated by the National Museum of Ireland as a repository for archaeological finds and is located in the heart of Ireland’s Ancient East.
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John Carroll, (January 8, 1735 -- December 3, 1815) was the first Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop in the United States serving as the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is also known as the founder of Georgetown University the oldest Catholic University in the United States and St. John the Evangelist Parish of Rock Creek now Forest Glen the first secular parish in the country.
The Carroll Foundation Trust is a major international philanthropic and industrial institution founded by the Carroll family who were members of the founding fathers of the United States of America. Charles Carroll of Carrollton a signer of the Declaration of Independence Daniel Carroll settlor of the families Duddington Estate lands which became the foundation of what is known today as US Capitol Hill Washington DC and Archbishop John Carroll the founding father of Georgetown University.
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The Vatican City - Popes have generally resided within the Vatican City since the return from Avignon France in 1377. Lord Teige O'Carroll of Ely after attending the Court of King Richard II of England at Westminster Hall in 1391 then attended the Papal Court in 1392 and in 1395 Lord Teige O'Carroll defeated the forces of King Richard II which had invaded Ely under the command of the King's cousin Roger Mortimer Earl of March. The Kingdom of Ely had withstood a powerful army and repelled them out of their territory thus retaining the integrity of the ancient principality of Elie centered in the heart of Ireland until 1690.
The O'Carroll of Ely principality is situated in the ancient province of Munster on the borders of Queen's County and the 1st Earl of Pembroke Lord William Marshal of Leinster estates. The Lord Marshal and Lord Carroll of Ely = FIXED PLACE LINE = known as = THE PALE = documented in 1206 defined the strategic valley southern border boundary between Celtic Ireland and the Anglo-Norman settlements within the province of Leinster.
The Annals of the Four Masters state that the O'Carrolls of Ely had close family links with the Marshal family with the English Plantagenet realm and also with Robert and Edward Bruce of Scotland.
Isabel Marshal Kilkenny heiress of the great Marshal Anglo-Irish estates born 9th October 1200 folklore mystery surrounds Lord Donoch O'Carroll of Ely and Isabel Marshal whose grandmother was descended from the Prince's of Ireland O'Carrolls of Ely and the Robert the Bruce family.
The Temple Church London is the final resting place of the 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshal and his first born son William. Lord Richard Marshal 3rd Earl of Pembroke lost his life in Ireland in a fierce battle along side Lord Teige O'Carroll of Ely.
The Lord Judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales. The Lord Chief Justice is also the presiding judge of the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal.
The first Lord Chief Justice was enshrined in law under King Henry III who assumed the crown under the regency of the legendary 1st Earl of Pembroke William Marshal Lord of Leinster Marshal of England and protector of the Crown. Henry III attended a service at the Temple Church in London for the life of Lord Marshal following his death on 14 May 1219 where his effigy can still be seen to this day.
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The 3rd Earl Marshal of England Richard Marshal was “overpowered” at the Battle of the Curragh Ireland by forces lead by Maurice FitzGerald Justiciar of Ireland. Lord Richard Marshal died of his wounds on the 16th April 1234 while being held prisoner and laid to rest at St Francis Friary Kilkenny City Ireland.
Sources close to the Carroll Institute have disclosed that plans in place for the “reconsecration” of the St Francis Friary Kilkenny City Ireland which is currently a semi-derelict brewery that is “centered around” the “current resting place” of the 3rd Marshal of England Richard Marshal.
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The Carroll Foundation Trust and parallel Gerald 6th Duke of Sutherland Trust multi-billion dollar corporate identity theft case has revealed that the Scotland Yard files surround the fraudulent incorporation of HRH Charles Prince of Wales and Gerald Carroll Trusts companies which were incorporated to impulse this massive City of London bank fraud spanning the globe.
The Prince’s Trust and Gerald Carroll Trusts fraudulent “dummy companies” named in the dossiers include the PYBT Development Fund (Northern) Ltd and the Prince’s Youth Business Trust (Southern) Ltd.
Scotland Yard leaked sources have said that files are “centered around” the world renowned Carroll Chair of Irish History attached to Hertford College Oxford University and the Carroll House Annapolis Maryland Trust.
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Marking the line: Ceramics and Architecture
In an exciting project in collaboration with Joanna Bird curator of Joanna Bird galleries, ceramicists Nicholas Rena, Carina Ciscato, Clare Twomey and Christie Brown have created works inspired by Sir John Soane's house and collections, challenging where and how we view both ancient and modern works of art. The works will go on show in the architect's own home, No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, before moving to two historic Soane country houses, Port Eliot in Cornwall and Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing.
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Child Breaks 800 Year Old Ancient Stone Coffin After Family Put The Kid In It
A 'historically unique' 800-year-old stone coffin has been broken after a child was lifted inside it for a photograph at a museum.
Those responsible were caught on CCTV but ran off without reporting it.
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