Refugee Sculptors
Lecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
Free
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University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United Kingdom
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Milein Cosman and her friendship with Kyffn Williams
Keats Community Library 10 Keats Grove, London, United KingdomThis talk by Dr Ines Schlenker will explore their days at the Slade and traces Cosman’s post-war career in London that led to a co-operation with Williams on an arts programme for ITV and the creation of each other’s portraits in the early 1960s.
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Making Theatre in Exile
The Hampstead Jazz Club Duke of Hamilton Pub, 23-25 New End Road, London, United KingdomDelving into a suitcase full of sketches, songs and letters, the theatre group brings to life the little-known story of the Laterndl Theatre in Hampstead, established by a group of exiled actors and writers from Nazi-occupied Austria during the Second World War. Rekindling the Viennese tradition of political cabaret, they reflect on their new surroundings and hopes for the future and bring a beacon of light to the 30,000-strong traumatised refugee community.
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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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A Walk through Highgate: Experiments in Urban Living
Opposite the Woodman Pub Archway Road, London, Highgate, United KingdomDiscover some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments in this historic walk through Highgate.
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The Ballad of the Cosmo Café
St Peter’s Church Hall Belsize Square, Belsize Park, London, United KingdomAn imagined immersive ‘singspiel’ recreating this much-loved café in Finchley Road, in St Peter’s Church Hall, Belsize Park. Based on selected memories and stories from the Cosmo research group and translated into lyrics by the Cosmo writers group.
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The Ballad of the Cosmo Café
St Peter’s Church Hall Belsize Square, Belsize Park, London, United KingdomAn imagined immersive ‘singspiel’ recreating this much-loved café in Finchley Road, in St Peter’s Church Hall, Belsize Park. Based on selected memories and stories from the Cosmo research group and translated into lyrics by the Cosmo writers group.
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Lens & Press: Photographs in Print
Hungarian Cultural Centre London 10 Maiden Lane, London, United KingdomExperts discuss the massive contribution to British photography by two Hungarians in the 1930s: Stefan Lorant and Andor Kraszna-Krausz.
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Pastor Hall: CineClub
Austrian Cultural Forum London 28 Rutland Gate, London, United KingdomBased on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
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Talk: Stewart Purvis: Hampstead Spies
Burgh House and Hampstead Museum Burgh House, New End Square, London, United KingdomEdith Tudor-Hart was a documentary photographer who chronicled working class life in Britain in the 1930s. Based at her darkroom in Belsize Park she was also a KGB recruiter who talent spotted Kim Philby and other spies. Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt later confessed to MI5 that ’she was the grandmother of us all’.
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Jacques & Jacqueline Groag
The Isokon Gallery Lawn Road, London, United KingdomThe dramatic and fascinating story of two former Lawn Road Flats residents, brought to life by their biographer, Ursula Prokop.
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Summit Dance Theatre & Ali Curtis-Jones
Trinity Laban Bonnie Bird Theatre Laban Building, Creekside, London, United KingdomSummit Dance Theatre and choreographer Alison Curtis‑Jones give two works by Rudolf Laban a contemporary twist and new lease of life. Curtis-Jones re-imagines Laban’s work to create a new living archive, reinvigorating Laban’s principles and archeo-choreological research.
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Art Workshop: Barbara Jackson
New North London Synagogue East End Road, London, United KingdomInsiders/Outsiders: Do you have views and images you would like to express visually and/or verbally around this topic? Then come and join us!
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Inspiration & Processes: Janet Haig
Hampstead School of Art Penrose Gardens, London, United KingdomJanet Haig is a Hampstead-based ceramicist, whose unique hand-crafted vessels and stoneware torsos have been shown in many galleries and featured in boutiques and magazines.
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The Promise
JW3 341-351 Finchley Road, London, United KingdomScreening of a new film about artist and holocaust survivor Roman Halter, followed by a Q&A with Ardyn Halter (Roman’s son), Fred Scott and Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg.
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back: CineClub
Austrian Cultural Forum London 28 Rutland Gate, London, United KingdomBased on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
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Bye Bye Bauhaus
University of Westminster School of Architecture 35 Marylebone Road, London, United KingdomAs the Bauhaus Centenary year comes to its close, what is left to say? The Bye Bye Bauhaus day symposium, offers new perspectives and stories that have not yet been told, concerning design in Germany and Britain during the past century.
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Hollow Triumph: CineClub
Austrian Cultural Forum London 28 Rutland Gate, London, United KingdomBased on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
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“A Camp full of Once and future Very Important Persons”
University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United KingdomLecture: Fred Uhlman and Kurt Schwitters in Internment
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Ernst Schoen – the life of an anti-fascist radio pioneer
Bishopsgate Institute 230 Bishopsgate, London, United KingdomTaking the form of a live radio presentation, this evening will highlight the fascinating life of Ernst Schoen (1884–1960), radio practitioner, writer, composer and lifelong anti-fascist, as presented by Dr Esther Leslie and Dr Sam Dolbear.
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A Ceramic Conversation
Hampstead School of Art Penrose Gardens, London, United KingdomJanet Haig is a Hampstead-based ceramicist, whose unique hand-crafted vessels and stoneware torsos have been shown in many galleries and featured in boutiques and magazines. This talk provides an opportunity to understand the life of a maker, to ask questions and share your views.
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Talk: The Jew as an Outsider?
Who were the real outsiders? with David Herman
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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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