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
24 events found.
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Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering
Hybrid EventOn 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 […]
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Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering
Virtual EventOn 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 […]
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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
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The Photographs of Zygmunt Bauman
Virtual EventCultural historian Janet Wolff will introduce a less well-known aspect of the career of eminent sociologist Zygmunt Bauman.
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Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond
Virtual Event2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
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Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond (Day Two)
Virtual Event2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
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Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style
Virtual EventFashion 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.
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Taking Sides: Bobby Carter, Godfrey Samuel and the Refugee Architects
Virtual EventValeria Carullo, Curator, The Robert Elwall Photographs Collection at RIBA British Architectural Library, will talk about her ongoing researches into the important role played by Bobby Carter and Godfrey Samuel of the RIBA Refugee Committee in rescuing their fellow architects from the clutches of the Nazi regime during the late 1930s. Following the rise of […]
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Gardens of Culture: Visionen und experimentelle Projekte für eine Zukunft
Warburg-Haus Heilwigstr. 116, Hamburg, GermanyHosted at Warburg Haus, Hamburg this two-day event will present illustrated talks, narrative photography and film screenings. The conference takes place in-person but can also be accessed via Zoom.
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Tribute to Mira Hamermesh
Virtual EventIn the centenary year of her birth, Jeremy Coopman will pay tribute to his mother, the remarkable Polish-born film maker and artist Mira Hamermesh, who spent most of her working life in England.
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Virtual Tour – Modernist Hampstead
Virtual EventIn this virtual tour discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s onwards.
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Virtual Tour – A Walk Through Highgate: Experiments in Urban Living
Virtual EventThis is a live virtual tour hosted via Zoom video conferencing where your guide will give an illustrated presentation of the tour route with an accompanying talk.
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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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Lubetkin and Goldfinger: Misunderstood Visionaries?
Virtual EventRussian-born Berthold Lubetkin and Hungarian-born Ernö Goldfinger established themselves as two leading British architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation.
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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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From Berlin to London: The Industrial Photography of Walter & Rita Nurnberg
Virtual EventNick Warr and Simon Dell – the curators of a fascinating exhibition Norwich Works: The Industrial Photography of Walter and Rita Nurnberg currently on at Norwich Castle Museum until 14 April – will talk about the too little known German-born émigré photographers Walter and Rita Nurnberg.
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The Lives of Edith Hoffmann, Art Historian
Virtual EventTermed “the first woman editor of the Burlington”, Edith Hoffman wrote the first book in English about Oskar Kokoschka.
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Peter László Péri (1889-1967) – Péri’s People
Virtual EventThis lecture by Arie Hartog will present the results of recent research on Péri and represents a more holistic approach.
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Esther Simpson: The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler’s Persecution
Virtual EventOver more than five decades, her work for the Academic Assistance Council and its successor, the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, ensured refuge for thousands of displaced academics worldwide and had a profound impact on twentieth-century science, philosophy, philology, architecture and art history.
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Memorials, Past and Present: Caren Garfen in conversation with Monica Bohm-Duchen
Virtual EventLondon-based Caren Garfen is an award-winning artist specialising in textiles and meticulous hand stitching underpinned by extensive research.
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Mid-European Art Exhibition
Virtual EventAndrea Lehmann, senior researcher and associate director of restitution at Christie’s, Brussels, will talk about her ongoing researches into the tactfully named Mid-European Art Exhibition held at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery in 1944.
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Otti Berger: Weaving for Modernist Architecture
Virtual EventTo mark the publication by Hatje Cantz of a major new book entitled Otti Berger. Weaving for Modernist Architecture, Berlin-based artist Judith Raum, the book’s contributing editor, will talk about this challenging yet rewarding project.
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Across the Land and the Water: The Two Journeys of the Family Basch
Maggs Booksellers 8 Bedford Square, London, United KingdomFilm screening at Maggs Bros, London, of ‘Across the Land and the Water: The Two Journeys of the Family Basch’, an intensely moving and beautifully crafted film by Second Generation artist Barbara Loftus.
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