Ben Uri

Ben Uri is an Art Museum and educational charity, founded in July 1915 in Whitechapel in London’s East End by a Russian émigré Jewish artist Lazar Berson.

The museum pioneered a Digital First strategy in 2018 led by a reinforced and formalised Research Unit recording the Jewish, Refugee and wide Immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900. It has four websites: benuri.org linking to benuricollection.org.uk, buru.org.uk and diaspora-artists.net and today is recognized as the pre-eminent digital research resource on the immigrant experience in modern British art.

The Ben Uri Collection is renowned and encompasses some 1,000 works, principally from the start of the 20th century, by some 400 artists originating from 35 different countries. Important examples by international masters including Chagall, Enwonwu, Liebermann, Pissarro, Soutine, Ury sit alongside British born or adopted artists Auerbach, Bomberg, Epstein, Gertler, Herman, Kitaj, Kossoff, Solomon and Wolmark. 67% of the artists are émigré, 33% are contemporary and 29% women.

Benuri.org provides an unparalleled range of digital programming including over 80 online exhibitions, over 400 essays and academic dissertations, over 150 audio adventures, over 100 films, access to the Collection’s 1000 works and much more.

The Gallery is open every Wednesday to Friday during exhibitions and Benuri.org is open 24/7.