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Insiders/Outsiders, published to accompany a UK-wide arts festival of the same name in 2019, examines the extraordinarily rich and pervasive contribution of refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe to the visual culture, art education and art-world structures of the United Kingdom. In every field, émigrés arriving from Europe in the 1930s - supported by a small number of like-minded individuals already resident in the UK - introduced a professionalism, internationalism and bold avant-gardism to a British art world not known for these attributes. At a time when the issue of immigration is much debated, the book serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural cross-fertilization and of the deep, long-lasting and wide-ranging contribution that refugees make to British life. Contributions by: Richard Aronowitz, Harriet Atkinson, Michael Berkowitz, Morwenna Blewett, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Charmian Brinson, Andrew Chandler, Hans Christian Hönes, Leyla Daybelge, Rachel Dickson, Keith Holz, Amanda Hopkinson, Shauna Isaac, Swantje Kuhfuss-Wickenheiser, Simon Lake, Sarah MacDougall, Anna Müller-Härlin, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Anna Nyburg, Michael Paraskos, Antony Penrose, Alan Powers and Daniel Snowman

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At a time when the issue of immigration is much debated, the book serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural cross-fertilization and of the deep, long-lasting and wide-ranging contribution that refugees make to British life. --feature, artdaily.com, http: //artdaily.com/news/109959/New-book-honours-the-deep-impact-of-refugees-from-Nazi-occupied-Europe-on-British-culture#.XGQSui2cY8Y A year-long arts festival, including major names, will take place to celebrate the contribution of refugees to British culture. The festival, Insiders/Outsiders, which coincides with the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, will feature exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, film screenings, walks, lectures and literary events all over the UK. An accompanying anthology focusing on the visual arts will be published by Lund Humphries in early March. --feature, artsindustry.co.uk, https: //www.artsindustry.co.uk/news/1416-arts-festival-to-honour-britain-s-refugees

The volume is an essential contribution to understanding the enrichment these refugees - whether passing through or settling - brought to Britain as their influence and legacy continues to reverberate in the twenty-first century. - Marina Vaizey, The Burlington Magazine * The Burlington Magazine *

The volume is an essential contribution to understanding the enrichment these refugees - whether passing through or settling - brought to Britain as their influence and legacy continues to reverberate in the twenty-first century. - Marina Vaizey, The Burlington Magazine

"""The volume is an essential contribution to understanding the enrichment these refugees – whether passing through or settling – brought to Britain as their influence and legacy continues to reverberate in the twenty-first century."" – Marina Vaizey, The Burlington Magazine"

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Monica Bohm-Duchen is an independent, London-based art historian, curator and writer. She is the author of numerous books, catalogues and articles, including Art and the Second World War (Lund Humphries 2013), The Art and Life of Josef Herman (Lund Humphries 2009), Rubies and Rebels: Jewish Female Identity in Contemporary British Art (Lund Humphries 1996 - contributing editor) and After Auschwitz: Responses to the Holocaust in Contemporary Art (Lund Humphries 1995 - contributing editor).

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