Refuge Britain: Stories of Emigré Designers (film)
Lecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
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University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United Kingdom
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The Life and Work of Martin Bloch
New College of the Humanities 19 Bedford Square, London, United KingdomCharlotte Grant, talks about her grandfather Martin Bloch (1883-1954), a German-Jewish artist who came to Britain as a refugee in 1934. This talk reflects on Bloch’s artistic vision and considers his legacy as a colourist and teacher.
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Naomi Blake 1924-2018 – Artist Open House
Artists’ Open House 41 Woodside Avenue, London, United KingdomFor 50 years Naomi Blake gave life and shape to sculpture dedicated to victims of the Holocaust, while expressing positive hopes for the future and the promotion of understanding between faiths. As part of the East Finchley Artists Open House Festival you are now invited to view Naomi’s home, studio and beautiful sculpture and hear her inspirational story.
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Artbooks for all, from Vienna to London, Panel Discussion
St George Street Gallery, Sotheby’s 1-2 St George Street, London, United KingdomElly Miller, daughter of Béla Horovitz, co-founder of the Phaidon Press, and Constance Kaine, daughter of Walter Neurath, co-founder of Thames & Hudson, will be in conversation with Anna Nyburg, who has researched the histories of both publishing houses.
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The Realities of Restitution, Panel Discussion
St George Street Gallery, Sotheby’s 1-2 St George Street, London, United KingdomRichard Aronowitz will illustrate the lengthy process of provenance research at Sotheby’s, Shauna Isaac will discuss her family’s landmark restitution victory – United States vs Portrait of Wally, René Gimpel will shed light on a current case involving his family, and Abby Brindley will offer a legal view.
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Navigating the Art World, Panel Discussion
St George Street Gallery, Sotheby’s 1-2 St George Street, London, United KingdomAmanda Gray, Partner, and Jon Sharples, Associate, both of Art Law, Mishcon de Reya LLP and Tom Christopherson, former European General Counsel at Sotheby’s, Legal Consultant at Bonhams, and Head of Art and Law Studies at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Gilane Tawadros from DACS, will discuss how those entering the art market can best navigate this world – from the very start of their careers to ensuring their standing in the longer term.
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To Catch an Art Thief
St George Street Gallery, Sotheby’s 1-2 St George Street, London, United KingdomRichard ‘Dick’ Ellis, former head of New Scotland Yard’s Art Squad, will unravel the intricacies in finding and recovering stolen art. He will reveal how his leads include an international network of both law enforcement officials and criminals. Dick has solved several high profile cases including the theft of Edvard Munch’s The Scream from Norway’s National Gallery, and Audubon’s Birds of America lifted from the State Library in St. Petersburg.
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Disrupted Lives: Grete Marks and Women in the Holocaust
Pallant House Gallery 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomDr. Agnes Grunwald-Spier MBE, a holocaust survivor, reveals the remarkable story of ceramicist and artist Grete Marks, who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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Dancing on the Volcano? The History of ‘Weimar Culture’
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomDr Jochen Hung gives a critical introduction to the history of Weimar Republic and the era that shaped Simon and her sitters.
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Germano Facetti: A Nazi labour camp survivor who revolutionised British book design
Italian Cultural Institute in London 39 Belgrave Square, London, United KingdomThe Italian Cultural Institute celebrates Germano Facetti: a Nazi labour camp survivor who changed the face of publishing in Britain.
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The Face of Weimar Culture
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomTaking Gerty Simon’s striking image (c. 1929) of the sculptor Renée Sintenis as a starting point, this talk will explore Simon’s photographs as part of a wider culture of the artistic face and body in Weimar modernity.
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Talk: Outlook: No Return
POSK Gallery 238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, London, United KingdomNew exhibition celebrating the contribution of Polish artists who fled Nazi-dominated Europe to British culture.
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Maurice Blik: Exhibition & Artist’s Talk
Bowman Sculpture , 6 Duke Street, St James’s SW1Y 6BN, London, United KingdomAfter decades of making sculpture, in the last two years, Maurice Blik has identified a unique and personal way of working to externalise his thoughts and feelings. Now his sculptures leap, dance, stride, walk, hurry, peer, to express what it feels like to be alive.
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On Anna Gmeyner and Elisabeth de Waal: Talk
Persephone Books 59 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London, United KingdomDr Nadia Valman, senior lecturer in the Department of English at Queen Mary University of London, will give a talk on Anna Gmeyner and Elisabeth de Waal
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Refugees in the Rag Trade
University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United KingdomLecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
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The Legacy of the First World War for the Weimar Republic
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomDr Jochen Hung gives a critical introduction to the history of Weimar Republic and the era that shaped Simon and her sitters.
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Lunchtime Lecture: Milein Cosman: Capturing Time
Ondaatje Wing Theatre Floor 2, National Portrait Gallery, London, United KingdomArt historian Ines Schlenker introduces the life and varied oeuvre of Milein Cosman (1921–2017). Best known for her drawings of musicians and dancers, she excelled at chronicling contemporary life, developing a unique drawing technique that enabled her to capture the most fleeting of moments.
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Lecture: Stranger at the Door
JW3 341-351 Finchley Road, London, United KingdomAt a time when so many problems afflicting our world are the result of our distrust and fear of strangers, we take a timely look at the representations of the Other in art history.
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Belonging and Not Belonging: Émigré Artists in Britain after 1933
Pallant House Gallery 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomMonica Bohm-Duchen considers the experiences of the visual artists who sought refuge from Nazi persecution in Britain.
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The Kindertransport in 21st Century Public Discourse
University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United KingdomLecture by Andrea Hammel, member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
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Art Treasures that defied Nazi Terror: The Story of Alfred, Thekla and Hans Hess and their Passion for German Expressionism – Lecture by Simon Lake
12 Star Gallery Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London, United KingdomBen Uri Gallery and Museum is delighted to present three free linked talks following on from the recent exhibition curated by the Ben Uri Research Unit, marking the contribution to art in Britain by the so-called ‘Hitler émigrés’ on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Mendelsohn’s De La Warr Pavilion
De La Warr Pavilion Marina, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, United KingdomExplore Erich Mendelsohn’s design legacy with a talk on his life and a tour of the De La Warr Pavilion. A refugee from Hitler’s Germany, Erich Mendelsohn had already established an international reputation when he won the commission led by the 9th Earl De La Warr to design a new Pavilion for Bexhill. The result, a ‘people’s palace for art and culture’, was and continues to be an expression of a specifically social and moral agenda.
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‘Why the English have no taste’: The Bauhaus and British Design in the 1930s
Pallant House Gallery 8-9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomAlan Powers discusses the relationship between British design culture and the Bauhaus.
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Jankel Adler and Josef Herman: Friends, Orphans, Refugees – Dr Glenn Sujo and David Herman in Conversation
12 Star Gallery Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London, United KingdomBen Uri Gallery and Museum is delighted to present three free linked talks following on from the recent exhibition curated by the Ben Uri Research Unit, marking the contribution to art in Britain by the so-called ‘Hitler emigres’ on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
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