Cross-Connections: exhibition of Ruth Rix paintings
Robert Cripps Gallery The New Library Magdalene College Magdalene Street, Cambridge, United KingdomAn exhibition of the paintings of second generation artist Ruth Rix
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Talk: Lore Segal’s short stories ‘Ladies’ Lunch’
Virtual Event
Online event organised by bookshop.org will celebrate the poetry of Pulitizer-nominated author Lore Segal
Talk: Leon Vilaincour
Virtual Event
an online talk about Polish-born artist and teacher Leon Vilaincour
Free
Talk: Erna Pinner in Frankfurt, London, and the World
Virtual Event
On Wednesday 29 March at 6pm, cultural historian Astrid Schmetterling, Senior Lecturer in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, will give an online talk about German-born artist and illustrator Erna Pinner, who found refuge in the UK in 1935. Pinner’s work features prominently in Back into the Light: Four Women Artists – Their Works, their Paths, which runs at…
The Cultural Impact on Britain of the Refugees from Nazism
Virtual Event
On Tuesday 18 April at 11am, Daniel Snowman, author of the pioneering The Hitler Emigrés and one of the trustees of the Insiders/Outsiders Arts Foundation, will give an online talk ‘The Cultural Impact on Britain of the Refugees from Nazism’, moderated by Paul Smith OBE, The British Council’s Director for Germany. The event is organised by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
Free
Isokon Ltd: Symposium
Virtual Event
On April 21, the Yale Center for British Art is holding one-day online symposium about Isokon Ltd, the 1930s design company that commissioned one of the Britain’s first modernist buildings, and an iconic range of plywood furniture by émigré designers including Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius. The symposium will explore all aspects of Isokon’s design output in the 1930s, and its…
Displacement, Memory and the Visual Arts: Second-Generation (Jewish) Artists
Virtual Event
On Monday 24 April at 6pm, there will be an online event to mark the publication of a new thematic issue of European Judaism, entitled Displacement, Memory and the Visual Arts: Second-Generation (Jewish) Artists. The publication, which brings together contributions by artists, curators and academics, explores second-generation visual art practices in the UK, as well as the Netherlands, Canada and Israel. After…
Free
Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger: Imaginations and Images
Virtual Event
On Thursday 27 April at 8pm (nb later than usual), there will be a talk by Rebecca Moden to mark the publication by Palgrave Macmillan of her new book, Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger: Imaginations and Images, which examines the fruitful relationship, both personal and professional, between the eminent British writer Iris Murdoch and Berlin-born visual artist Harry Weinberger. To…
My Disappearing Uncle
Virtual Event
On Monday 15 May at 6pm, children’s author, artist, illustrator and printmaker Kathy Henderson will be in conversation with Daniel Snowman about her new book, My Disappearing Uncle: Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family. Memoir, detective work and political history come together in this vivid and moving family biography, told through the stories passed down by its…
Free
Arthur Korn: architect and urban planner
Virtual Event
On Thursday 18 May at 6pm, art historian and curator Alexandra Lazar will give an online talk about her recent researches into the life and work of German-born architect and urban planner Arthur Korn, who settled in the UK in 1937. To book, click here. Image: Arthur Korn teaching at the Architectural Association School in London, 1950s.
Émigré Art Archives Symposium
Virtual Event
Presentations from archivists, art historians, and artists, broadcast live from the Library and Archive Reading Rooms at Tate Britain
Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering
Hybrid Event
On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September, Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering, the 2023 Triennial Conference of the Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies will take place in person at the University of London Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU and online via Zoom. To register,…
Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering
Virtual Event
On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September, Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering, the 2023 Triennial Conference of the Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies will take place in person at the University of London Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU and online via Zoom. To register, click…
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
The Photographs of Zygmunt Bauman
Virtual Event
Cultural historian Janet Wolff will introduce a less well-known aspect of the career of eminent sociologist Zygmunt Bauman.
Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond
Virtual Event
2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond (Day Two)
Virtual Event
2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style
Virtual Event
Fashion 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.