London Exile: Metropolis, Modernity, And Artistic Migration

Dogramaci, Burcu (2025): London Exile: Metropolis, Modernity, And Artistic Migration. Leuven University Press, Leuven. ISBN 9789461666574

Abstract

In the 1930s and 1940s, London was a metropolis of artistic exile and a place of refuge from Nazi persecution. London Exile is the first book to look at the British capital as a place of refuge for modern artists. The city offered its new arrivals opportunities and challenges: Exiles founded galleries, publishing houses and magazines, cooperated with local artists, organised exhibitions, published, and connected through networks. Artistic and theoretical production emerged in close dialogue with the urban space. The volume sheds light on how the arrival of émigrés changed the art scene – and vice versa how the experience of exile and the city shaped the work of emigrants in art, architecture, and photography. London Exile brings art history, urban studies, and exile research into a vibrant dialogue and contributes to a new understanding of the history of modern art.

• Dokumententyp: Buch
• Organisationseinheit (Fakultäten): 09 Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften
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