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January 2019
Mann at War
The role that the Isle of Man and its people have played in conflict from the 18th Century to present day
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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
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George Adams – Bauhausler in Britain
Featuring the work of George Adams (1904-1983).
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Great British Jews: A Celebration
This playful exhibition celebrates the huge contribution that Jews have made to this country across a variety of cultural, scientific and commercial fields.
Find out more »April 2019
National Portrait Gallery trail and online exhibition
National Portrait Gallery’s 20th Century galleries highlight portraits of or by artist-émigrés from Nazi Europe
Find out more »Margaret Gardiner – A Life of Giving
Margaret Gardiner was born on 22 April 1904. An early activist against fascism and war, in 1936 she became honorary secretary of For Intellectual Liberty, a rallying point throughout the Second World War for writers, artists and academics in active defence of peace, liberty and culture.
Find out more »May 2019
Fifth Biennial Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition
Celebrating contemporary British and Irish self-portraiture, the Ruth Borchard prize offers a unique opportunity for new and established artists to compete for £10,000 and an opportunity for their work to be purchased for the Ruth Borchard Next Generation Collection.
Find out more »Showcasing Art History: Britain ∩ Europe
Encounters in Art: Women Émigré Artists: Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Milein Cosman, Else Meidne
Find out more »June 2019
Driftwood Cast Upon a Foreign Shore: Jankel Adler in Britain, 1940–49
"Adler died last summer in exile without a passport; driftwood cast upon a foreign shore by the European hurricane".
Find out more »Walter Nessler: Post-war Optimist
A significant display of the work of German-born artist Walter Nessler
Find out more »Friedrich Nagler: A Personal Mythology
Exhibition celebrating the extraordinary work of self-taught Jewish artist Friedrich Nagler, who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938.
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