One year after the launch of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, World Monuments Fund (WMF) and the J. Paul Getty Trust held the 2023 Paul Mellon Lecture on the intentional destruction of culture during conflict. The lecture featured keynote speaker James Cuno, art historian, curator, and president emeritus of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Following his keynote presentation, James joined a panel discussion with co-editor Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center and former co-chair of the Cultural Heritage at Risk Project of the J. Paul Getty Trust, as well as book contributors Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center, and Irina Bokova, former Director-General of UNESCO. The discussion will be moderated by WMF President and CEO Bénédicte de Montlaur.

Please watch the recording below