Refugees Who Changed the World

Time, Date: 1:15-1:45pm, Thursday 18^th June
Location: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Organising institutions: SCVA
Admission cost: Free
Suitability: All
Accessibility: Fully accessible for all

Many refugees, especially German speaking Jews fleeing the Holocaust, have made a distinctive and transformative impression on the art world. A number of these have had a significant influence in East Anglia, including Willi Guttsman and Peter Lasko, founding University Librarian and Professor of Fine Art. Join Dr. Veronica Sekules, herself from a refugee family, to trace stories of some influential refugees and their works of art.