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. Savoy is a professor of art history at Technische Universität in Berlin and is a noted expert on the provenance and repatriation of works of art, including looted art and other forms of illegally acquired cultural objects.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the talk.

Image: Maurice Weiss