The 1920 Treaty of Trianon, signed at Versailles, split Hungary apart, pushing artists westwards. This exhibition follows those who made their lives across the Channel, celebrating a particular contribution to British culture. Read more →
Tag Archive for Art
Josef Herman
The 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. Read more →
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 Read more →
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
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. Read more →
Talk: Women Exile Photographers in Britain
When Gerty Simon was forced into exile in 1933 she was one of many photographers who fled Germany and Austria during the 1930s. John March has made a study of the group of two dozen women exile photographers, some well-known, and others with brief or unrecognised careers. Read more →
Edith Tudor-Hart, the Bauhaus and Isokon
Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, authors of new publication ‘Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain’ will speak about Bauhaus graduate Edith Tudor-Hart, her photography of the Isokon building and the émigré community in 1930s London. Read more →
Walter Nessler: Post-war Optimist
A significant display of the work of German-born artist Walter Nessler Read more →
The Ben Uri Art Society: Emigré Artists 1933-1945
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 Read more →
Margaret Gardiner – A Life of Giving
Margaret Gardiner was born on 22 April 1904. An early activist against fascism and war, in 1936 she became honorary secretary of For Intellectual Liberty, a rallying point throughout the Second World War for writers, artists and academics in active defence of peace, liberty and culture. Read more →
Looking beyond the Bauhaus: Bauhaus Goes West
Modernism sans frontières
Speaker: Alan Powers Read more →
Aspects of Exile – Lecture Series
Series of lectures, organised by the Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies, at the University of London’s Institute for Modern Languages Research Read more →
Lifelines – an exhibition of drawings and paintings by Milein Cosman
This exhibition presents some of Milein Cosman’s renowned images of musicians, writers and artists, including her husband, Hans Keller. Read more →
The Gift of Music: Cosman Collection
This evening of art, music and history celebrates the donation to the Royal College of Music of Milein Cosman’s collection of drawings of musicians. Read more →
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 Read more →
Looking beyond the Bauhaus: The European Academy of the Mediterranean
Modernism sans frontières
Speaker: Ita Heinze-Greenburg, Professor at ETH, Zurich Read more →
Looking beyond the Bauhaus: The New Frankfurt
Modernism sans frontières
Speaker: Wolfgang Voigt, former Deputy Director of the German Architecture Museum (DAM), Frankfurt Read more →
The Merzspiel
KURT SCHWITTERS has hijacked the body of British actor PAUL BRIGHTWELL in order to re-present MERZ Read more →
Witnesses: émigré medallists in Britain – Gallery Talk
Gallery talk by curator Philip Atwood Read more →
Submissions for Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize
Celebrating contemporary British and Irish self-portraiture Read more →
Witnesses: émigré medallists in Britain
British medallic art spanning six centuries Read more →
Mann at War
The role that the Isle of Man and its people have played in conflict from the 18th Century to present day Read more →