The Abbey Art Centre as Postwar Refuge, 1946-56

• 📅Wed 28 Oct 2026 · 10:00
• 📍Ben Uri Gallery 108a Boundary Road NW8 0RH London — All events
  108A Boundary Road, St John’s Wood, London NW8 ORH, NW8 0RH, Central London

Ben Uri's exhibition *The Abbey Art Centre as Postwar Refuge, 1946–56* explores the history of the Abbey Art Centre, a cosmopolitan art colony founded by William Ohly in New Barnet in 1946 that served as a postwar haven for stateless Jewish refugees and artists from Britain, Australia, and continental Europe. The exhibition highlights the Abbey's role as a crucible of cross-cultural, transnational