‘This groundbreaking volume critically engages with debates on art and displacement, while also advancing vital reflections on ethical practices in museums working with artists of refugee backgrounds – offering rich insights for scholars and students in the intersecting fields of cultural history, art history, and curatorial studies.’
—Professor Anne Ring Petersen, University of Copenhagen

‘With a sharp focus on the multiple and contested meanings of displacement, the authors have engaged with artists and curators to produce an informative and timely book that deserves a broad readership.’
—Professor Peter Gatrell, University of Manchester

Professor Ana Carden-Coyne is Director of the Centre for the Cultural History of War at the University of Manchester

Chrisoula Lionis is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and co-Director of Artists for Artists (AfA)

Angeliki Roussou is Teaching Fellow in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh

Charles Green is Professor of Contemporary Art in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne

Introduction
1 Displacement aesthetics: visualising ‘refugees’ in the twentieth century
2 From representation to lived experience: displaced artists and intersectional barriers
3 The ‘problem’ of language: identifications, definitions, and translations
4 Labour and displacement aesthetics: participation, authorship, and institutional care
5 Displacement aesthetics: collaboration, co-curation and collections
Conclusion
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