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Czech Routes features the work of 21 painters, printmakers and sculptors, many of whom fled to Britain as racial and political refugees from National Socialism in the 1930s. These include sculptor Anita Mandl and painter-printmaker Käthe Strenitz, just two of the 669 Kindertransportees rescued by British humanitarian Nicholas Winton. Also represented are works by subsequent generations of Czechoslovakian artists, including Irena Sedlecká, who fled her country’s totalitarian Communist regime in the 60s, as well as those who, between the 1970s and 1990s, have made the positive decision to immigrate to Britain to study and develop professionally. The exhibition showcases work drawn primarily from the Ben Uri Collection alongside external loans from important private collections.

By Judi Herman

Czech Routes runs daily until 21 April and then on Mondays only until 20 May or by appointment. Ben Uri Gallery, NW8 0RH. 020 7604 3991. www.benuri.org.uk

Listen to an interview with Harry Heber as he discusses his memories of the Anschluss, fleeing Austria on the Kindertransport and settling in the UK. 

Artist Gerta Regensburger discusses her escape to Belgium on the Kindertransport in 1939, eventually arriving in the UK later that year. Listen to her childhood memories and her reflections on her early career.

Daisy Hoffner - Kindertransport child - reflects on her memories of leaving Germany before the war and her life afterwards.

David Bomberg was one of the great artists of the 20th century, 60 years on from the artist's death and as an exhibition of his work opened at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, Richard Cork explains Bomberg's significance.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang.

Art therapists and artists came together with members of the public including refugees to explore the role art can and should play in combating trauma, and the responsibilities of galleries like Ben Uri to help. Panel: Tania Kaczynski and Shan Rixon, art therapists from New Art Studio and practising artist Cedoux Kadima. The event was chaired by Ed Dickenson, Wellbeing Officer at Ben Uri Gallery.