Vann Nath paintings

{{short description|Series of paintings depicting torture at S-21 prison}}The Vann Nath Paintings are a series of paintings to commemorate the Cambodian genocide and the S-21 prison by Vann Nath that are displayed in the prison, now a museum for the genocide. They depict the many scenes of torture that occurred in the prison under the Khmer Rouge regime witnessed by the painter Vann Nath.{{Cite web|last=Leclézio|first=Mélissa|title=Vann Nath: The Paintings Will Never Forget|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/cambodia/articles/vann-nath-the-paintings-will-never-forget/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Culture Trip|date=20 June 2013 }}{{Cite news|last=Fawthrop|first=Tom|date=2011-09-05|title=Vann Nath obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/05/vann-nath-obituary|access-date=2020-07-06|issn=0261-3077}} Vann Nath painted the series "so history wouldn't repeat itself."{{Cite news|last=Shapiro|first=T. Rees|date=2011-09-06|title=Vann Nath, whose artistry allowed him to survive Cambodian prison, dies|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vann-nath-whose-artistry-allowed-him-to-survive-cambodian-prison-dies/2011/09/06/gIQARPhA8J_story.html|access-date=2020-07-06|issn=0190-8286}}