Refuge: The Art of Belonging
This exhibition tells the story of artists who entered Britain between 1933 and 1945 as a result of Nazi occupation
Free – £7.70
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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Britain and the British in Novels and Memoirs
University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United KingdomLecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
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Haunted by History
Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square, London, United KingdomA selection of recent essay films – poignant, thought-provoking, sometimes darkly humorous and frequently disturbing – made by UK-based members of the so-called ‘Second Generation’, namely, the children of refugees from Nazi Europe and/or Holocaust survivors, whose work explores the complex and necessarily problematic legacy of their families’ experiences.
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Looking beyond the Bauhaus: Accents in Art
The Gallery 70 Cowcross Street, London, London, United KingdomModernism sans frontières
Speaker: Monica Bohm-Duchen
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Four Parts of a Folding Screen
Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square, London, United KingdomBased on documents found in Berlin archives, Four Parts of a Folding Screen explores exclusion, statelessness and the legalised theft and sale of everyday family possessions by the National Socialist regime.
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Yom Hashoah Commemorative Concert
JW3 341-351 Finchley Road, London, United KingdomTo commemorate the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, the internationally renowned Zemel Choir will be performing in concert at JW3.
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Émigré designers in the V&A’s Archive of Art and Design
V&A Blythe House 23 Blythe Road, London, United KingdomSome of the most important contributors to British design in the mid- and late-twentieth century were Jewish émigrés, many of whom who escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s or survived the persecution of the Second World War to make their homes in Britain in the 1940s. The working archives, and some private papers, of 28 Jewish designers and practitioners are represented in the AAD.
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Soldiering on: Czech Freedom Fighters in Great Britain 1940 -1945
Czech Embassy Cinema 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, United KingdomMarking the 80th anniversary of the 1939 occupation of Czechoslovakia the event showcases the work by refugee filmmakers Jiri Weiss and Karel Lamač who captured the fellow countrymen in short films for the Ministry of Information.
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Between Worlds
Glyndebourne Archive Gallery, Lewes, East Sussex, United KingdomAn exhibition exploring the founding and early years of the Glyndebourne Festival
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Belonging and Not Belonging: Émigré Artists in Britain after 1933: Lecture by Monica Bohm-Duchen
Jewish Museum London Raymond Burton House 129-131 Albert Street, London, United KingdomAn illustrated talk by Monica Bohm-Duchen, initiator and Creative Director of the Insiders/Outsiders Festival, will focus on the experiences of the émigré artists who found refuge in this country in the wake of Hitler’s accession to power in 1933
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The experience of the Kindertransport in oral history testimonies
University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United KingdomLecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
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20:20 vision
Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London, South Kensigton, United Kingdom20:20 vision is a dynamic arts and community legacy project from not-for-profits Salusbury WORLD Refugee Centre and FotoDocument, which celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK. The project focuses on 20 children from diverse backgrounds who arrived in the UK circa 1999 and casts a long lens over their lives and achievements fast forwarding 20 years later to 2019.
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Émigré designers in the V&A’s Archive of Art and Design
V&A Blythe House 23 Blythe Road, London, United KingdomSome of the most important contributors to British design in the mid- and late-twentieth century were Jewish émigrés, many of whom who escaped Nazi Germany in the 1930s or survived the persecution of the Second World War to make their homes in Britain in the 1940s. The working archives, and some private papers, of 28 Jewish designers and practitioners are represented in the AAD.
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In the Footsteps of Fred Uhlman: Art and Refugees in Hampstead
Hampstead Tube Station Hampstead High Street, London, London, United KingdomWe 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
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Hampstead’s Pioneers of Modern Art
Hampstead Tube Station Hampstead High Street, London, London, United KingdomIn the first half of the 20th century Hampstead was home to some of the era’s most pioneering artists. We will walk in the footsteps of the Slade School artists. In Downshire Hill we learn of the artistic Carline family and will also discuss the role that Roland Penrose, Margaret Gardiner and Fred and Diana Uhlman played in the art world in the years leading up to, and during, the Second World War. We walk to Belsize Park to learn of the Modernists including Henry Moore, Piet Mondrian and Barbara Hepworth whom Herbert Read described as living as a “nest of gentle artists” and conclude with the refugee designers who stayed at the Isokon flats.
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20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage
London College of Communication Elephant and Castle, United Kingdom20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
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Refugees in the Rag Trade
University of London Senate House Room 243, Malet Street, London, London, United KingdomLecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
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In the Footsteps of Fred Uhlman: Art and Refugees in Hampstead
Hampstead Tube Station Hampstead High Street, London, London, United KingdomWe 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
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20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage
Willesden Library 95 High Road, London, Willesden, United Kingdom20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
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20:20 Stories of Moving Lineage
Brent Civic Centre Engineers Way, London, Wembley, United Kingdom20:20 is a multimedia, touring arts and heritage project that casts a long lens over the personal memories of refugee families who arrived in the UK from 1999 onwards from Kosovo and other major global conflicts.
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Insiders/Outsiders: The Concert
New North London Synagogue 80 East End Road, London, United KingdomFor this concert, Ensemble ÉMIGRÉ will work with the community at the New North London Synagogue to celebrate the contribution of refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture through music.
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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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Refuge and Renewal: Migration and British Art
MOMA Machynlleth Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, United KingdomThis exhibition looks at how artist refugees in the last hundred years have been received and influenced British art
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Hampstead’s Pioneers of Modern Art
Hampstead Tube Station Hampstead High Street, London, London, United KingdomIn the first half of the 20th century Hampstead was home to some of the era’s most pioneering artists. We will walk in the footsteps of the Slade School artists. In Downshire Hill we learn of the artistic Carline family and will also discuss the role that Roland Penrose, Margaret Gardiner and Fred and Diana Uhlman played in the art world in the years leading up to, and during, the Second World War. We walk to Belsize Park to learn of the Modernists including Henry Moore, Piet Mondrian and Barbara Hepworth whom Herbert Read described as living as a “nest of gentle artists” and conclude with the refugee designers who stayed at the Isokon flats.
£9 – £12