A ‘slow’ morning walk is to take place on the Calgarth Estate where the Windermere Boys were accommodated. It is being organised by Lorna Brunstein and her co-artist Richard White to commemorate the arrival of The Boys from Theresienstadt to Windermere.
A book about the search for belonging and the pain of letting go, The See-Through House is a moving memoir of one man’s distinctive way of looking at the world, told with tenderness and humour and a daughter’s love.
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.
Nancy Greenspan will discuss this still under-explored aspect of World War Two internment history
Marion Kant and Clare Lidbury discuss a deeply problematic yet influential dance philosophy and aesthetic.
An event dedicated to photographer Peter Rauter, focussing on his 1990s ‘Immigrants of Influence’ series.
Julia Crockatt will be in conversation with photographic researcher John March about her remarkable grandmother Laelia Goehr.
Pamela Howard in conversation with Di Trevis, Charles Woolff and Simon Callow about stage designer and artist Ralph Koltai.
Alan Powers will discuss the subject of his latest book ‘Abbatt Toys: Modern Toys for Modern Children’
Simon Lake, former curator at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, will tell the story of a remarkable artist, Johannes Matthaeus Koelz
Yvonne Cresswell, Curator of Social History at Manx National Heritage, will provide a fascinating insight into this rich archival material.
A poignant short film about ‘second generation’ artist Barbara Loftus, made by Andrew Snell and Eileen Hughes as part of their ‘Fractured Worlds’ series
Monica Bohm-Duchen, initiator and director of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival, will be giving a free online talk
A brand-new walking app entitled ‘On the Trail of Refugees in 1930s Bloomsbury’
A free illustrated talk entitled ‘Finding Feibusch’ by Emma Rose Barber.
This illustrated talk is given under the auspices of Generation2Generation
A virtual festival created by the IWM Institute marking its launch in November 2020 and organised by the Imperial War Museum as part of Refugees, a free season of exhibitions, artistic commissions and immersive events taking place across IWM London and IWM North in 2020.
A free concert entitled Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) – Traveller between Worlds, performed by some of the most talented young musicians in Britain today.
A special evening in celebration of the centenary of internationally lauded poet and Holocaust survivor Paul Celan
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.
A virtual festival created by the IWM Institute marking its launch in November 2020 and organised by the Imperial War Museum as part of Refugees, a free season of exhibitions, artistic commissions and immersive events taking place across IWM London and IWM North in 2020.
Virtual Book Launch. The Wiener Holocaust Library will host this special event in conjunction with the Ben Uri Research Unit
A virtual festival created by the IWM Institute marking its launch in November 2020 and organised by the Imperial War Museum as part of Refugees, a free season of exhibitions, artistic commissions and immersive events taking place across IWM London and IWM North in 2020.