'Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide'

Heghnar Watenpaugh, a professor of art history at UC Davis, will be at The Getty for a talk on how we think about art in the wake of genocide. The talk will specifically focus on the Armenian Genocide and its aftermath when religious sites were destroyed, repurposed, appropriated, sold, or transferred, and what their legacy became both within Armenia and in museums abroad. Prof. Watenpaugh will reflect on what this means for the practice of art history and museums in the 21st century.

For those who can't attend in person, the event will also be live-streamed on the Getty Research Institute YouTube channel.