Featured images: Eva Frankfurther: Workers’ Tea Break, c. 1955; Woman with Two Children, c. 1955. Collection: Family of Eva Frankfurther. Photos: Miki Slingsby. West Indian Waitresses, c. 1955. Ben Uri Collection, London. Presented by the artist’s sister Beate Planskoy, 2015. Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum. Self-Portrait in Headscarf, c. 1957. Collection: Family of Eva Frankfurther. © Eva Frankfurther Estate. Design: Yevheniia Havrylenko.
The exhibition on Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959) is dedicated to the remarkable work of the Berlin-born Jewish artist, who emigrated with her family to London in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution. Featuring more than 40 paintings and works on paper, the exhibition presents her sensitive portraits and social studies of immigrant and working-class communities in London’s East End. Marked by empathy and keen observation, Frankfurther’s work offers a nuanced perspective on migration, exile, and cultural diversity in postwar Europe.
Opening: 22 October 2026, 7 pm
Featured image: Antonio Peña, Untitled, 2026 (detail). © Antonio Peña.
The cabinet exhibition by the Mexican artist Antonio Peña engages in a dialogue with the exhibition Eva Frankfurther – Drawn from Life. In his drawings, the artist explores racist and stereotypical visual traditions and their impact right up to the present day. He revisits well-known visual motifs, exaggerates and distorts them and uses humour and irony to examine how images shape notions of belonging and identity.
Opening: 22 October 2026, 7 pm