Mann at War
The role that the Isle of Man and its people have played in conflict from the 18th Century to present day
Free
24 events found.
Events
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Manx Museum Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
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The Art of Eugene Halliday and Käthe Schuftan
Tan-y-Garth Hall Retreat Pontfadog, Llangollen, North Wales, United KingdomKäthe Schuftan was a Jewish artist who escaped from Berlin in June 1939. Her work was linked with both Käthe Kollwitz and the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement, including Otto Dix and George Grosz.
Selected dates from September to April
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Art Aiding Politics: Hampstead in the 1930s and ’40s
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum Burgh House, New End Square, London, United KingdomHampstead has been a place of refuge, reflection and community for centuries. This exhibition aims to show the response of some of its most creative residents to the tumultuous political events of the early twentieth century; from the Spanish Civil War to the rise of the Nazi party and the outbreak of the Second World War and beyond.
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Beyond Bauhaus – Modernism in Britain 1933–66
Architecture Gallery, RIBA 66 Portland Place, London, London, United KingdomThis exhibition revisits the impact of three notable Bauhaus émigrés: Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and László Moholy-Nagy. Centred on the brief period of 1934-37, when they came to live and work in Britain, it traces this fertile moment in British architectural history and considers where its legacy has had the most enduring impact.
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László Moholy-Nagy in Britain: Between the New Vision and the New Bauhaus
RIBA First Floor Gallery, 66 Portland Place, London, United KingdomThis display draws on the RIBA’s unique holdings to demonstrate both the range of Moholy-Nagy’s British work and the strong ties that he established with modernist architects in Britain.
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Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
Tate Britain Millbank, London, London, United KingdomThis free display covers the life and work of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky alongside other émigrés who escaped Nazi Europe for the relative safety of Britain.
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20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage
Brent Civic Centre Engineers Way, London, Wembley, United Kingdom20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
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20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage
Willesden Library 95 High Road, London, Willesden, United Kingdom20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
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Heartfield: One Man’s War
Four Corners Gallery 121 Roman Road, London, United KingdomAn exhibition of prints by the renowned photomontage artist John Heartfield. A pioneer of German agitprop and an early member of the Berlin Dada group, Heartfield is known as the inventor of political photomontage. 33 of Heartfield’s scathingly satirical artworks against war, fascism and the Third Reich will be on display.
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Josef Herman
Flowers Gallery 82 Kingsland Road, London, United KingdomThe first major exhibition for many years to trace the complex life journey of Polish-Jewish artist Josef Herman (1911-2000), from his escape from Nazi-occupied Europe in 1940 through his time spent in Glasgow, South Wales, London and Suffolk.
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Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art
Royal West of England Academy Queens Road, Bristol, United KingdomArtist refugees in the last hundred years and their influence on British art
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Albert Reuss Exhibition
Truro Cathedral High Cross, Truro, Cornwall, United KingdomThe works of Reuss are expected to attract art lovers and those interested in his story and will be an integral part of the Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 display and event.
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Child Survivors’ Drawings of the Genocide in Darfur
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis exhibition features drawings by child survivors of the genocide and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed militia against non-Arab Darfuri people since 2003.
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George Him: A Polish Designer for Mid-Century Britain
The House of Illustration 2 Granary Square, Kings Cross, London, London, United KingdomSpanning George Him’s long and versatile career as both an independent designer and as one half of the prolific Lewitt-Him partnership (1933-1954), the exhibition will include iconic wartime propaganda posters for the Ministries of Food and Information, corporate branding for El Al airlines and adverts for clients like Schweppes, Technicolor, the Post Office and The Times.
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The Life of Herbert Bier through his Archive
Wallace Collection Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, LondonThis will be a chance to view the archive material and hear a talk on the life of the art dealer Herbert Bier (1905-1981) in the Visitors’ Library at the Wallace Collection.
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Dissent and Displacement: A Modern Story – Monica Petzal and Margarete Klopfleisch
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery 53 New Walk, Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomAn exhibition in two parts: wall-mounted prints by Monica Petzal; and sculptures and works on paper by Margarete Klopfleisch
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Belonging and Not Belonging: An Art History Day School
Royal West of England Academy Queens Road, Bristol, United KingdomJoin Peter Wakelin, the curator of ‘Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art’ for an Art History Day School packed with fascinating stories of émigré artists and the impact of displacement. Peter will unpack some of the context in which this exhibition sits, and give an overview of this wide topic.
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Farewell to Vienna: A New Beginning
St John-in-Bedwardine Parish Church 1A Bromyard Road, St Johns, Worcester, United KingdomSt John-in-Bedwardine Parish Church, Worcester Join Ensemble Burletta on a journey from the Vienna of Mozart and Brahms, to the dark days of pre-war Austria and the flight of Jewish-born nationals from the Nazi regime. As part of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival, they perform works for clarinet and strings celebrating the musical links between Vienna and […]
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A Stranger in a Strange Land
JW3 341-351 Finchley Road, London, United KingdomA two day workshop led by Harriett Goldenberg
The second part takes place on 23 February 2020£195 -
Dissent and Displacement Public Seminar Series
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery 53 New Walk, Leicester, Leicester, United KingdomLived and Imagined Histories : Some Thoughts on the Work of First and Second Generation (Jewish) Visual Artists
Monica Bohm-Duchen, initiator and Creative Director of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival, presents the series’ opening seminar, in honour of the new exhibition at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester.
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The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II – Book Launch
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThe Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to launch the publication of Michael Rosen’s new book The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II.
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From Streamform to Arts and Crafts
East Finchley Tube Station High Road, London, Greater London, United KingdomThis walk travels back in time looking at inter-war architectural styles on the North side of Hampstead Garden Suburb finishing with arts and crafts cottages. It includes Belvedere Court by Ernst Freud
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Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum Burgh House, New End Square, London, United KingdomIn this event, the authors of Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain, Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, tell the story of the Isokon, the Pritchards artistic network and the legacy of the Bauhaus artists during their time in Britain.
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*Postponed* Another Eye: Women Refugee Photographers in Britain after 1933
Four Corners Gallery 121 Roman Road, London, United KingdomThis Women’s History Month, we celebrate some remarkable women who escaped Nazi persecution and helped to transform Britain’s photography scene.