This symposium explores how exile, migration, and displacement shaped the artistic and cultural landscape of London between the 1930s and the 1970s. Across two days, the presentations will examine the diverse trajectories of artists who arrived from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, and consider how their experiences of immigration and cultural negotiation transformed British art. Themes include diasporic solidarities, the politics of mobility, activism, institution-building and the role of curators and collectors, identity erasure, female agency and rebellion, design, and the impact of memory, mental health, and trauma on artistic practice. The programme highlights London as both a contested and generative space for forging new artistic networks and forms of expression.
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