Look Again: Strangers

Writer Ismail Einashe offers a poignant exploration into the themes of migration and belonging – and the plight of finding shelter in a foreign land.

Embarking on dangerous journeys to flee violence and persecution, migrants and refugees arrive on shores of Britain to seek aid. And yet, they have become scapegoats, vilified as an invasion.
Examining works from Britain’s national collection of art, Look Again: Strangers revisits this narrative to reveal the experience of the refugee, stranded from their home and loved ones in strange lands.

Look Again is a new series of short books from Tate Publishing, opening up the conversation about British art over the last 500 years, and exploring what art has to tell us about our lives today. Written by leading voices from the worlds of literature, art and culture, each book sheds new light on some of the most well-known, best-loved and thought-provoking artworks in the national collection, and asks us to look again.