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Marc Chagall

Image of Apocalypse en Lilas, Capriccio by Marc Chagall
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Image of Lydia by Jacob Epstein
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A new era: a pioneering virtual museum with a physical presence in London

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum

Welcome to Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, the first full-scale digital museum and research centre
Why is Ben Uri different?

Our three principle and distinctive areas of public benefit are:
- Research and digitally record the Jewish and immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900 - including the current;
- Research and commission collection inspired art interventions for the over 70s to enrich their quality of life through digital channels;
- Develop our pioneering first full scale virtual museum and research centre to maximise engagement across a global digital audience.
Ben Uri was founded in 1915 in Whitechapel in the Jewish East End of London, and this new concept — virtual museum and research centre — represents our future in our second century of engagement. From here, we will fulfil our charity objects and generate valuable relationships with you through innovative sharing of our scholarship and research projects, collections, archives, exhibitions, digital catalogues, films, podcasts, schools and family learning, as well as our important, pioneering arts and health institute.

All our programming initiatives and ingredients stem from the imaginative use of our distinctive and growing museum collection, which uniquely represents the Jewish and immigrant contribution to British visual art since 1900.

We invite you to explore this virtual museum regularly, as it constantly evolves, with new research, exhibitions, films and much more being regularly added, so you can share in the many unexpected and quality experiences.

Please spend a few minutes looking at these three short films to give you a flavour of who we are and why we have transformed into a digital insititution with a physical presence.
Destination masterpiece: 75 great artworks to see across the UK

Distinguished Guardian critics Jonathan Jones, Skye Sherwin and Nicholas Wroe have compiled a list of 75 ‘great artworks’ to see across the UK by region published on Saturday 18 June, 2022.

Ben Uri’s Mornington Crescent, Summer Morning II by Frank Auerbach, is listed within the London region and we are delighted and honoured for our diverse collection by Jewish and immigrant artists to be nationally recognised.

Ben Uri acquired this important painting in 2006 and we remain incredibly grateful for the generous assistance of Art Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Daniel and Paul Auerbach, Marlborough Fine Art and the artist for making this important work accessible to the public at large.

To explore this and all 12 artworks by Frank Auerbach in the Ben Uri Collection please visit the Ben Uri Collection website.

Don’t forget you can explore Ben Uri’s extensive digital presence whenever suits you best:

All 14 departments at benuri.org; the 100 strong Pre-eminent Collection and Core Collection of some 780 works' by Jewish and immigrant artists at www.benuricollection.org.uk; and the Research Unit for the recording of the Jewish and immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900 at www.buru.org

Click on our wide menu offer to see 'What’s On' to discover our exciting summer season led by Phillipe Garner’s unique perspective on one of the worlds leading, most famous and highly provocative, photographers, Helmut Newton on Tuesday evening, 12 July. Book here

From July to September we are zooming live from the USA with an extraordinary programme presenting for the first time Lewis Kruger revealing the life and career of Man Ray on the 3 August followed by Dr Jennifer McComas from the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indian University presenting a fascinating and revealing study over 3 weeks in September on ‘Emigre Artists and Art Dealers in World War II, America’.

Please see full details on the What’s On page.

We are very optimistic our refurbishment works will be completed by October and we will be able to welcome you back in November if not before to our exciting physical exhibition programme, launching with our recent acquisitions show titled ‘From Chagall to Wolmark’. Please sign up for our email updates to ensure you get all our news and events first delivered direct into your inbox.
Helmut Newton, Saint Laurent suit, Rue Aubriot, Paris, 1975

© Helmut Newton Foundation

Helmut Newton: Living to make pictures
Tuesday 12th July 2022, 6.30 pm BST / In conversation with Philippe Garner
Helmut Newton (1920-2004) was one of the most singular and successful photographers of his generation, known for his provocative fusion of fashion, portrait, and erotic subjects.

Philippe Garner, a fifty-plus years veteran of the art auction world, has admired Newton's work since he first discovered it in the late Sixties. He met Newton in 1975 and enjoyed his friendship until the photographer's death in 2004. Now Vice-President of the Helmut Newton Foundation, he looks back on Newton's life and work in response to questions from David Breuer, Chief Executive of the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum.
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