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Strange Universe: Explorations of the Modern in Postwar Britain 1945-1965

An image of the Postwar Modern exhibition

A collaboration with the Barbican Art Gallery and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, exploring how art making and the art world was remade and reimagined after the Second World War. 

This one-day symposium uses the themes and objects included in the exhibition Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965 to explore the “strange universe” of British art in this period.

The event will bring together artists, scholars and curators in dialogue to think together about how artists envisioned new worlds through images, objects and the built environment. The day will begin with a tour of the exhibition, followed by four panel discussions. Full details will be confirmed shortly.

Programme and speakers to be announced. Please check back for further details.

Members: £7

Unwaged: £7

Students: £7

NHS staff: £7

Over 65s: £7

Young Barbican: £7

Frobisher Auditorium 2