Jacques Groag, architect and furniture designer, and Jacqueline Groag, textile and pattern designer, were two celebrated residents of the Isokon building in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Art dealer René Gimpel will be in discussion with Sue Grayson Ford MBE, co-curator of last year’s Brave New Visions exhibition at Sotheby’s.
The Emigré Contribution to Animation Film-making in 1940s Britain.
A concert of the work of Jewish émigré composers Robert Kahn, Egon Wellesz and Mátyás Seiber, given by Norbert Meyn, Ingrid Pearson, Abigail Lorrimer and Christopher Gould, all members of the Ensemble Émigré.
David Herman will chair a panel discussion about Arthur Koestler and his classic 1940 novel Darkness at Noon, the ultimate indictment of the evils of Stalinism and all totalitarian regimes.
An online symposium entitled Music, Migration and Mobility - The Legacy of Migrant Musicians from Nazi Europe in Britain, hosted by the Austrian Cultural Forum London.
Premiere of Richard Shaw’s new film about the German-born writer and art collector Ruth Borchard
Premiere of Richard Shaw’s new film about the German-born writer and art collector Ruth Borchard
Book Launch in honour of the 20th anniversary of Exiled Writers Ink.
In this virtual tour discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s onwards.
A presentation by the artist’s grandson Tommy Żyw, Director of The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh
In this virtual, scenic walk through Highgate, we discover its history and important architectural experiments in urban living
Cambridge Szeged Society
This walks winds its way through the City streets and highlights immigrants who made a mark here in a literal way as it is home to some of their sculptures and reliefs.
In this virtual, scenic walk through Highgate, we discover its history and important architectural experiments in urban living
In this virtual tour discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s onwards.
Talk by Professor Rüdiger Görner, Founding Director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary, University of London
This virtual walk goes back historically in time, looking at architectural styles 1914-1939 on the North side of Hampstead Garden Suburb.
