Sanctuary in the City: Public Art of Immigrants & Refugees

Wind your way through the City streets, discover these monuments and delve into the tales of the figures who shaped them.

We will discover the first official public sculpture, the Monument which was carved by Caius Gabriel Cibber a Danish immigrant; a drinking fountain by French refugee, Aimé-Jules Dalou; mosaics by Russian born Boris Anrep and perhaps the most significant contribution of sculptures by a number of Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who settled in the UK such as Naomi Blake, Frank Meisler, Oscar Nemon and Georg Ehrlich.

Marilyn Greene is a museum curator and educator. She was Curator of Hampstead Museum, Burgh House between 1998 & 2006 and worked in adult and community initiatives at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 2000-2013, primarily with faith and intercultural groups.

In 2019/20 she assisted with administration for the Insiders Outsiders Festival which organises events about refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to the arts. She has worked on organisational and curatorial projects at London Transport Museum and is currently a Hidden London Guide for them. She is a qualified City of London Guide and Westminster Guide and also leads mudlarking tours on the Thames foreshore and school tours for the Charles Dickens Museum.