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The Clark Prize Lecture – Dr. Benedicte Savoy, Thinking About Absence in Museums

Dr. Bénédicte Savoy, the 2024 recipient of the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing, examines the emptiness that art and cult objects leave in their place of origin when, through armed conflict, colonial occupation, or economic asymmetries, they are moved to (mostly Western) museums.