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Refuse/Refuge


© Ina Lounguine, Staring Quietly at the Backwash, 2016. Video still courtesy of the artist

  • Friday 20 July to Sunday 16 September, 10.00am to 5.00pm
  • Free admission
    No booking required
  • Project Space, York Art Gallery, Exhibition Square (map)
  • Wheelchair accessible

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Refuse/Refuge is an exhibition of contemporary art exploring the role of visual politics in shaping the public's reactions to the 21st-century refugee crisis. Curated by University of York PhD students Kyveli Lignou-Tsamantani and Martha Cattell, the exhibition is supported by the University’s History of Art Department, York Festival of Ideas, the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

 

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