The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing
Thomas Harding in conversation with David Herman about The Maverick, his new biography of iconic publisher George Weidenfeld
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The Photographs of Zygmunt Bauman
Virtual EventCultural historian Janet Wolff will introduce a less well-known aspect of the career of eminent sociologist Zygmunt Bauman.
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Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond
Virtual Event2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
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Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond (Day Two)
Virtual Event2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
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Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style
Virtual EventFashion City brings together places and spaces in London with fashion and textiles, oral histories, objects and photography to weave this fascinating history, where every stitch tells a truly unique story.
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Gardens of Culture: Visionen und experimentelle Projekte für eine Zukunft
Warburg-Haus Heilwigstr. 116, Hamburg, GermanyHosted at Warburg Haus, Hamburg this two-day event will present illustrated talks, narrative photography and film screenings. The conference takes place in-person but can also be accessed via Zoom.
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Tribute to Mira Hamermesh
Virtual EventIn the centenary year of her birth, Jeremy Coopman will pay tribute to his mother, the remarkable Polish-born film maker and artist Mira Hamermesh, who spent most of her working life in England.
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Virtual Tour – Modernist Hampstead
Virtual EventIn this virtual tour discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s onwards.
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Lubetkin and Goldfinger: Misunderstood Visionaries?
Virtual EventRussian-born Berthold Lubetkin and Hungarian-born Ernö Goldfinger established themselves as two leading British architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation.
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Walking Tour: A Walk through Highgate Experiments in Urban Living
Discover the experimental 20th century architectural homes in a stroll through Highgate Village, Waterlow Park and the Holly Lodge Estate
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From Berlin to London: The Industrial Photography of Walter & Rita Nurnberg
Virtual EventNick Warr and Simon Dell – the curators of a fascinating exhibition Norwich Works: The Industrial Photography of Walter and Rita Nurnberg currently on at Norwich Castle Museum until 14 April – will talk about the too little known German-born émigré photographers Walter and Rita Nurnberg.
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The Lives of Edith Hoffmann, Art Historian
Virtual EventTermed “the first woman editor of the Burlington”, Edith Hoffman wrote the first book in English about Oskar Kokoschka.
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Peter László Péri (1889-1967) – Péri’s People
Virtual EventThis lecture by Arie Hartog will present the results of recent research on Péri and represents a more holistic approach.
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Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler’s Persecution
Virtual EventOver more than five decades, her work for the Academic Assistance Council and its successor, the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, ensured refuge for thousands of displaced academics worldwide and had a profound impact on twentieth-century science, philosophy, philology, architecture and art history.
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Memorials, Past and Present: Caren Garfen in conversation with Monica Bohm-Duchen
Virtual EventLondon-based Caren Garfen is an award-winning artist specialising in textiles and meticulous hand stitching underpinned by extensive research.
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Mid-European Art Exhibition
Virtual EventAndrea Lehmann, senior researcher and associate director of restitution at Christie’s, Brussels, will talk about her ongoing researches into the tactfully named Mid-European Art Exhibition held at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery in 1944.
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Otti Berger: Weaving for Modernist Architecture
Virtual EventTo mark the publication by Hatje Cantz of a major new book entitled Otti Berger. Weaving for Modernist Architecture, Berlin-based artist Judith Raum, the book’s contributing editor, will talk about this challenging yet rewarding project.
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Across the Land and the Water: The Two Journeys of the Family Basch
Maggs Booksellers 8 Bedford Square, London, United KingdomFilm screening at Maggs Bros, London, of ‘Across the Land and the Water: The Two Journeys of the Family Basch’, an intensely moving and beautifully crafted film by Second Generation artist Barbara Loftus.
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Crossed Wires, Broken Lines: Ernst Schoen and Charlotte Wolff
Virtual EventProfessor Esther Leslie and Dr Sam Dolbear, co-authors of the 2023 book Dissonant Waves: Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the Twentieth Century, will first talk about the life of Ernst Schoen (1894-1960)—poet, composer, radio programmer, theorist, and best friend of Walter Benjamin from childhood—as he moves between Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, and London.
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Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist She Invented
Virtual Eventn the just-published English translation of his book, Professor Dr. Christoph Ribbat of the University of Paderborn, Germany, traces the life of a once well-known but now nearly forgotten 20th century novelist from an Isle of Man internment camp to postwar Cornwall, New York, and California, and then to a green hill in Sussex.
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Architects Seeking Refuge on the Brink of WWII
Hybrid EventIn January 1939 the RIBA set up a special committee to deal with the increasing number of requests of assistance from architects from Nazi-occupied Central Europe.
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Architects Seeking Refuge on the Brink of WWII
Hybrid EventIn January 1939 the RIBA set up a special committee to deal with the increasing number of requests of assistance from architects from Nazi-occupied Central Europe.
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Painting Trauma: The Story of Heinz Inlander (1925-83)
Fragments of experience can be brought together by colour and shape, form and canvas, but also by craft and an intense awareness of painting as one of the foundations upon which humans build their understanding of the cultures and environments they inhabit.
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Dirt on Flat Surfaces: René Halkett 1900 – 1983
René featured in last year’s ‘Refugees at Dartington’ online conference. But there’s more to reveal.
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