News
The Plight of Artsakh's Artists in Exile
“Sometimes I want to recreate the paintings I left behind,” said Artsiv Lalayan, one of tens of thousands of Armenians displaced by Azerbaijan, “but it’s impossible to recreate what you’ve lost.”
Armenia
News
When Copyright Transforms the Right to Remember
Images of “We Are Our Mountains,” an Armenian monument in occupied Artsakh, have disappeared from Wikimedia Commons in the months since Azerbaijan’s invasion.
News
Armenia’s Oldest Known Church Excavated in Ancient City
Researchers describe it as “sensational evidence for early Christianity in Armenia.”
News
Philadelphia Announces New Armenian Heritage Walk
The city's “Young Meher” statue will anchor the outdoor art gallery and gardens, commemorating Armenian strength and resilience in the face of genocide.
Film
The Women and Children of the Second Artsakh War
Two films make US viewers reckon with the extent to which American ignorance — and indifference — to the conflict is a side effect of “winning” the Cold War.
News
Satellite Images Show Extensive Cultural Heritage Destruction in Artsakh
Caucasus Heritage Watch’s latest report on Armenian cultural sites targeted by the Azerbaijani regime found a 75% increase in destroyed sites since fall 2023.
News
Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Artsakh Continues Unabated
Satellite imagery analyses yield evidence of the demolition of a church, cemetery, and an entire village in the last seven months as experts warn of “cultural genocide.”
News
Azerbaijan Escalates Attacks on Armenian Heritage Sites
Satellite monitoring shows several Armenian cemeteries and a 19th-century church damaged by Azerbaijani forces since they invaded the Republic of Artsakh in September.
Art
Armenian Artists Contemplate Notions of Home and Belonging
Much of Remain in Light jumps back and forth between Los Angeles and Armenia, underscoring the blurriness of living in diaspora.
News
Symbolic Armenian Monument in Artsakh at Risk of Destruction
“Tatik-Papik,” which symbolizes the link between the people of Artsakh and the land, is one of many landmarks at risk of demolition by Azerbaijani forces.
Art
Painting the World on an Egg
Yakov Zargaryan’s collection of painted eggs comprises about 1,200 eggs painted by 940 artists from more than 100 cities in 52 countries.
Opinion
Meet the Oligarch Who Wants to Build the World’s Tallest Jesus Statue
Armenia’s Trump-like business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan is determined to surpass Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer.