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Witnesses: émigré medallists in Britain
British medallic art spanning six centuries
Find out more »Lucie Rie: Ceramics and Buttons
The ceramics and buttons produced by one of the most respected potters of the 20th Century are on show in a major new exhibition at the Centre of Ceramic Art
Find out more »Mann at War
The role that the Isle of Man and its people have played in conflict from the 18th Century to present day
Find out more »Submissions for Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
Celebrating contemporary British and Irish self-portraiture
Find out more »Internment – Living with the Wire
Discover more about ‘life behind the wire’ and the different ways that interned artists recorded the world around them
Find out more »Refuge: The Art of Belonging
This exhibition tells the story of artists who entered Britain between 1933 and 1945 as a result of Nazi occupation
Find out more »Lifelines – an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Milein Cosman
This exhibition presents some of Milein Cosman's renowned images of musicians, writers and artists, including her husband, Hans Keller.
Find out more »Albert Reuss in Mousehole
Interior II (Stones and Wood), oil on canvas, 1971, by Albert Reuss Penlee House Museum and Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall The Artist as Refugee This exhibition commemorates Albert Reuss (1889-1975) who was a Jewish émigré artist. Born in Vienna, he fled to England in 1938 to escape Nazi persecution, losing family, possessions and his reputation as an artist. In 1948, he…
Find out more »Jewish History Month 2019
The theme of this year's Jewish History Month is Big Screen Little Screen, Jews in British Cinema and Television.
Find out more »George Adams – Bauhausler in Britain
Featuring the work of George Adams (1904-1983).
Find out more »Poetry Book Display
A display of books by eleven poets from the National Poetry Library collection of refugee poets, or descendents of refugees, who came to Britain from Nazi Europe
Find out more »Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain: Exhibition
During the mid-1930s and 1940s the Isokon flats and bar became a hub for creatives, including Bauhaus professors Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and László Moholy-Nagy. The three produced furniture, architecture and graphic art for Jack Pritchard’s Isokon design company.
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