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Between the 1950s and the 1970s, Harold Norse became a key figure in a generation of American expatriate writers whose work was mainly published through a transatlantic network of little magazines. Referred to as the Mimeo, or Mimeograph Revolution, its publications were essential outlets for writing that was risk-taking in style and content. It also supported innovations such as the cut-up process, which Norse contributed to while living at the Beat Hotel in Paris. Norse’s sojourns in Europe–Italy, France, Greece and North Africa–saw his poetry and prose featured in a number of fugitive, now legendary magazines such as Gnaoua, My Own Mag, Ole, Residu and Big Table. Having at first sought success as an acclaimed mainstream poet, Norse’s recognition and literary destiny was found among avant-garde outsiders and in gay liberation.

The exhibition Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground (8 September 2016 to 5 March 2017) showcases the archive of Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), a painter, poet, editor, actor and novelist. As the exhibition illustrates, Nuttall was a central figure in the International Underground during the 1960s through to the early 1970s. During this time he collaborated with a vast network of avant-garde writers from across the globe, as well as editing the influential publication My Own Mag between 1963 and 1967.

The exhibition Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground (8 September 2016 to 5 March 2017) showcases the archive of Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), a painter, poet, editor, actor and novelist. As the exhibition illustrates, Nuttall was a central figure in the International Underground during the 1960s through to the early 1970s. During this time he collaborated with a vast network of avant-garde writers from across the globe, as well as editing the influential publication My Own Mag between 1963 and 1967.