The Cassirers and their Circles
The Cassirers were a remarkable German Jewish family – highly successful in business and leaders of European culture.
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Joseph Horovitz, Composer (1926-2022): A Centenary Tribute
To mark the centenary of the birth in Vienna of celebrated composer and much-loved teacher Joseph Horovitz, who came as a child to this country in 1938, Insiders/Outsiders is honoured to play host to a special online event to pay tribute to this versatile and highly respected figure in the British musical world.
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Edith Tudor Hart: A Life Reframed
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventTo mark the recent publication of her new biography of Edith Tudor Hart A Woman Named Edith – the first in English – Daria Santini will illuminate the creative and investigative process behind the book.
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Lida & Zika Ascher & the Mohair Rage, Henry Nathan: Émigré, textile manufacturer & entrepreneur
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomVirtual EventTextile designers and manufacturers Zika (1910 – 1992) and Lida (1913 – 1983) Ascher won international acclaim for their innovative collaborations with fine artists such as Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and Henri Matisse.
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The Circle: Refugee Architects and Engineers in Britain
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomIn their effort to relocate to Britain and rebuild their lives, architects fleeing Nazi-dominated Europe were supported not only by the various refugee organisations active in the country but also by their British colleagues, especially through the activities of the RIBA Refugee Committee and the Architects Refugee Fund.
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Designing From Home
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomDesigning From Home is a new short documentary film co-directed by Harriet Atkinson and Sue Breakell and produced by Banyak Films, which explores the north London house where influential graphic designer FHK Henrion (1914-1990) lived and worked for over forty years, and features interviews with his four children alongside original archive material from Henrion’s archive at the University of Brighton Design Archives.
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Refugee Artists and Craftworkers in Derry, Northern Ireland
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomDerry city, aka Londonderry, was one of the first places in Northern Ireland to which refugee workers from Vienna came to escape Nazi persecution.
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Marian Mahler: both famous and mysterious
Insiders Outsiders , United KingdomMarian Mahler (1909-1982) was born in Wies, Austria and settled in the UK in 1937. She studied at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Arts and Crafts) as well as architecture, with Josef Hoffmann, from late 1928 until early 1933.
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A Tonic to the Nation: Refugees and Immigrants at the Festival of Britain
Insiders Outsiders , United Kingdom +1 moreA day symposium, an exhibition and a concert
£12 – £45