tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112482547744381988.post-48312892865902763822008-04-01T19:17:00.003+10:302008-08-03T04:19:47.439+09:30<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Good news everyone!</span></span></span></h1><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The Aboriginal Art stolen overnight in Darwin has been recovered</span></span></span></span><br /></div><br /><h1>Stolen Aboriginal art found in Australian bushland</h1> <div class="timestampHeader">Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:23am EDT</div><div id="headerTools"> </div><span id="trackingEnabledModule" name="trackingEnabledModule" modulename="Article Tools" moduleid="460314"></span><span id="midArticle_start"><div class="inlineRelatedContent"><span id="trackingEnabledModule" name="trackingEnabledModule" modulename="Related Video" moduleid="460325"><script language="javascript">addImpression("460325_Related Video");</script> <script type="text/javascript">removeImpression();</script> </span> <div><div id="sphereSideVideo"> </div></div><span id="trackingEnabledModule" name="trackingEnabledModule" modulename="Related News" moduleid="460326"> <script language="javascript">addImpression("460326_Related News");</script> <script type="text/javascript">removeImpression(); </script> </span> <div><div class="adButtonBox articlePos"><div class="adButtonModule first"><div><div class="ad" id="advert_478780" onload="renderMask478780()"><noscript> </noscript><script>if (typeof(window.populateRaptAdSize) != 'undefined') populateRaptAdSize('type=featured_broker;sz=170C</script>CANBERRA (Reuters) - Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were found in bushland in the northern Australian city of Darwin, several hours after they were stolen from a Northern Territory art gallery, police said on Tuesday.<span id="midArticle_byline"></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="adButtonModule"> </div> <div class="adButtonModule adRow"> </div> <div class="adButtonModule last"> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END:: Broker Center Advert Module --> </div> </span> <span id="midArticle_0"></span> <p>The seven paintings included six works from the Papunya Tula, or Western Desert Art Movement of central Australia, which popularized the indigenous art movement in the 1970s with their dot paintings of traditional stories.</p><span id="midArticle_1"></span> <p>"The paintings ... were located in bushland near the Darwin Bowls and Social Club," police said, adding one man had been taken into custody for questioning over the theft.</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span> <p>Papunya Tula paintings are among the most popular and valuable in Australia, with a 1977 work by the late Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri selling for A$2.4 million ($2.2 million) in 2007.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span> <p>Gallery director Anna Malgorzewicz said the paintings were historically significant works.</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span> <p>"They are one of the first bodies of work from that area, so they (are) historically very significant," she said.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mr Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176840586975582461noreply@blogger.com