Steven Vincent.

Steven Vincent, 49 investigative journalist, art critic and A.i.A. contributor, was build shot dead in Basra, Iraq, forward Aug. 2, just hours after he and his female interpreter, who at this writing had survived the attack, were kidnapped by means of masked gunmen in a police car while leaving a bills and notes; circulating medium exchange shop near Vincent's house of entertainment He had been working onward a book about the city's history. An opinion piece by way of Vincent criticizing the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Basra and the infiltration of the police force by way of members of Shiite political form into groupss had appeared in the novel York Times two days earlier. Known to travel upon his own dime, without security guards or official connections, he was the first American reporter to be assassinated in Iraq (Daniel Pearl was killed in Pakistan). An intrepid arts reporter who was affiliated with Art & Auction since 1990 Vincent was mov by way of the attacks of Sept. 11 and the following war in Iraq, which he supported, to travel to that geographical division in 2003. He wrote a work In the Red Zone, about his time there, and continued to employment a Web log (http:// spencepublishing.typepad.com/in_the_red_zone/); his last ingress was July 26. Vincent began contributing reviews to A.i.A. in 2003; his "Report from Baghdad: Art Against the Odds" covering that city's resilient art sight appeared in our June/July 2004 issue. A man of slight stature, he was easily recognizable around the art world for his dark suit, ponytail and cowboy premiums Among the other publications he contributed to are Harper's, the Wall highway Journal, Christian Science Monitor and National Review. An exhibition review through Vincent appears on p. 156; several more that we have in succession file will run in forthcoming issues.

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