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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The Laterndl: A Light in Dark Times
Das Laterndl (The Little Lantern) was the first and largest of a number of German-language theatres run by exiles in London during the Second World War.
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Connecting the Dots: Reconstructing the Uncharted Life of Jella Lepman in Wartime Britain, 1937-1945
Virtual EventA rare Jewish émigré to return to Germany immediately after WWII, Jella Lepman (1891-1970) spearheaded an effort to re-educate the children of Germany, and the world, so they would become less susceptible to the pull of ultra-nationalism and xenophobia that led to the horrors of two world wars.
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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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Exhibition Talk – ‘The Handicaps of Exile’: Fred Kormis and Refugee Sculptors in Britain, c. 1933–45
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Exhibition Talk – Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Public Sculpture
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Exhibition Talk – The woodcut print in Germany after WWI: Remorse, redemption, reparation
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Walking Tour – Diverse London – City Public Art by Refugees and Immigrants
Walking across the City, we discover the stories behind the people and sculptures of public art by immigrants and refugees
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Exhibition Event – Curators’ talk: Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Helen Lewandowski
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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‘On Dorothy Bohm’: An Illustrated Lecture
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum Burgh House, New End Square, London, United KingdomVirtual EventMonica Bohm-Duchen will be giving a talk at Burgh House in Hampstead, about her photographer mother Dorothy Bohm.
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Karen Gershon (1923-1993) – Writing my mother’s story: a journey of redefinition
Virtual EventThe author and poet Karen Gershon, probably best known for her book We Came as Children (1966), arrived in England as the child Kate Loewenthal on a Kindertransport in December 1938.
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Exhibition Talk – A secret garden? Fred Kormis and the Memorial to Prisoners of War and Victims of Concentration Camps 1914-1945
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Insight and Observation: The Life and Work of Gerda Rubinstein (1931-2022)
Virtual EventRoger Lee of Parndon Mill in Harlow, who exhibited her work and knew Gerda personally, will be in conversation with Monica Bohm-Duchen, art historian and founding director of Insiders/Outsiders, to introduce us to the touching life story and artistic evolution of this still little-known woman émigré sculptor.
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Hybrid Exhibition Talk – Aurelia Young: My father, sculptor Oscar Nemon
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Hybrid Exhibition Talk – Dedication in Sculpture: The Story of Naomi Blake FRSS
The Wiener Library 29 Russell Square, London, United KingdomThis event is organised as part of the Fred Kormis: Sculpting the Twentieth Century event series at The Wiener Holocaust Library
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Arthur Fleischmann (1896-1990): A New Life in the UK
Virtual EventIn this talk Dominique Fleischmann will give an overview of his father’s career in London, his use of Perspex as a sculptural medium, and focus on public commissions for World Expos and the Festival of Britain.
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Charlotte Mayer (1929-2022) – The Spiral of Life
Virtual EventThis talk, given by the sculptor’s daughter, Antonia Salmon who is also an artist, will explore Charlotte Mayer’s early years growing up in Prague and the impact on her life of her experience of being a child refugee when she came to the UK in 1939 at the age of ten.
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I Had to Be Present: Oto Bihalji-Merin, art historian, editor, publisher, art critic and activist
Virtual EventOto Bihalji-Merin (1904-1993) was a Yugoslav-Jewish art historian, editor, publisher, art critic and activist whose creative life fused multiple languages, identities and cultures in response to the historical and political contexts of the 20th century and whose legacy lies in his advocacy for art that transcends formal training, emphasizing human creativity and imagination.
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
Virtual EventRüdiger Görner, Professor Emeritus of German with Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London, will be in conversation with writer and critic David Herman about his latest book, In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig.
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Of Penguins, Albatrosses, Pelicans and Kings: Refugees from Nazism at Penguin Books
Virtual EventTo mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Penguin Books, Dr. Anna Nyburg, author of Émigrés: The Transformation of Art Publishing in Britain (Phaidon, 2014), will pay tribute to the disproportionately large number of former refugees from Nazi Europe who contributed to the company’s extraordinary success.
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Schools on the move: Bunce Court, Gordonstoun and Camphill. A talk by Marjorie Downward
Virtual EventAs a result of exile from their homelands, Jewish refugee educators founded many schools in the UK. The schools were mostly boarding schools based on the principle of ‘Landerziehungsheime’ – ‘countryside educational homes.’
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**POSTPONED**From Publishing Innovator to Corporate Dealmaker: Paul Hamlyn & the Transformation of UK Publishing
Virtual EventAn émigré who moved to the UK with his family at the age of seven from Nazi Germany, Paul Hamlyn (né Hamburger,1926-2001) was an innovative publisher who re-engineered the publishing model and systemised creativity.
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Rogues and Scholars Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000
Virtual EventTo mark the recent publication by Bloomsbury of his book Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000: James Stourton: Apollo, James Stourton will discuss his chosen topic.
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‘The Ark’: Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933 -1945
Virtual EventBetween 1933-1945, thousands of European refugees escaping Nazi persecution sought refuge in Britain. Due to an apathetic British Government, assistance for refugees was the responsibility of individuals, organisations, and businesses, such as Wedgwood.
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