Poster image: A Hostile Environment, 2019 – original artwork by Adam Chodzko, commissioned for Platforma 5 by Counterpoints Arts Kent & Medway Platforma is our biennial festival that spotlights local and national work about displacement and migration. Each edition of the festival is produced in collaboration with different partners and takes place in a different […]
This 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.
This 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.
Lecture by Andrea Hammel, member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
The exhibition shines a spotlight on a very different Europe 80 years ago in the lead up to, and the start of, WW2. It features the forced journeys of many of central Europe’s most distinguished and pioneering artists, who fled tyranny in search of artistic and personal freedoms.
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum is delighted to present three free linked talks following on from the recent exhibition curated by the Ben Uri Research Unit, marking the contribution to art in Britain by the so-called ‘Hitler émigrés’ on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
This will be an opportunity to celebrate the poetry of the late Beata Duncan with selections from her collections Apple Harvest (Hearing Eye), Berlin Blues (Green Bottle Press) and the forthcoming Breaking Glass (WritesideLeft Press), all of which will be on sale on the night.
As part of the Isle of Man’s annual Heritage Open Day weekends in October, there will be a programme of guided walks around the Island’s capital, Douglas and nearby Onchan, looking at the sites of various Second World War civilian internment camps.
We visit sites Uhlman was known to frequent and discuss the role of his artistic friends and neighbours and consider other refugees who settled in Hampstead during this time
Explore Erich Mendelsohn’s design legacy with a talk on his life and a tour of the De La Warr Pavilion. A refugee from Hitler’s Germany, Erich Mendelsohn had already established an international reputation when he won the commission led by the 9th Earl De La Warr to design a new Pavilion for Bexhill. The result, a ‘people’s palace for art and culture’, was and continues to be an expression of a specifically social and moral agenda.
This 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.
A chance to hear excerpts from three upcoming books with Ziba Karbassi reading from Lemon Sun, Marta Dziurosz reading from Renia’s Diary and Stephen Duncan reading from Beata Duncan’s Breaking Glass.
Alan Powers discusses the relationship between British design culture and the Bauhaus.
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum is delighted to present three free linked talks following on from the recent exhibition curated by the Ben Uri Research Unit, marking the contribution to art in Britain by the so-called ‘Hitler emigres’ on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
As part of the Isle of Man’s annual Heritage Open Day weekends in October, there will be a programme of guided walks around the Island’s capital, Douglas and nearby Onchan, looking at the sites of various Second World War civilian internment camps.
Discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s
Migration has been in the DNA of the RNCM from its earliest roots, when in 1893 the German-born conductor Sir Charles Hallé realised his vision of founding a Northern conservatoire which became the Royal Manchester College of Music.
Get familiar with Moholy-Nagy’s unique perspective at a night of immersive activities. A talk by the author Valeria Carullo will be accompanied by interactive performances by experimental artist Steven J Fowler that take you to a journey into Moholy-Nagy’s world.
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum is delighted to present three free linked talks following on from the recent exhibition curated by the Ben Uri Research Unit, marking the contribution to art in Britain by the so-called ‘Hitler emigres’ on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.
Talks by Charmian Brinson, Julia Winckler, Fran Lloyd and Rachel Pistol
The William Morris Gallery’s first major exhibition exploring the relationship between William Morris and the Bauhaus.
Join Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman as they discuss the experience of editing and contributing essays to both the US and UK editions of The Good Immigrant.
A partly staged reading inspired by international human rights lawyer Philippe Sands’ award-winning bestseller about the Nuremberg trials.
Having accepted the necessity of exile as they ventured into the unknown, refugees had massive practicalities to contend with. This talk draws on archival materials, especially relating to the activities of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL), to reconstruct procedures and indicate the nature of the help the émigrés received from organizations and individuals in Britain and the United States.
Find out what happened to The Tattooist of Auschwitz’s Cilka Klein from author Heather Morris as she discusses her latest novel at a London-exclusive event.