hen war starts, art is often one of its earliest casualties. Antiquities are destroyed, museums are bombed, sculptures and monuments are toppled. “Emerging Art From War-Torn Syria: War & Hope” is nothing if not a reminder that despite these losses, art can never actually be vanquished—that the inherent human drive to create, document, mourn and transcend through brush, pencil, camera and chisel will always survive, even if one’s home and family members do not.
