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DIGITAL ARCHIVE & LIVE EXHIBITIONS
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700 exhibitions
3 different platforms
Whether you just want to meander or are looking to research, we have developed 3 different ways you can engage with over 700 exhibitions covering a century of Ben Uri in London.
To explore our century of exhibitions in whichever format you prefer, please click on the links below.
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3D DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS
Ben Uri is excited to launch new 3D exhibition presentations in a range of elegant gallery settings. They are designed to give you greater accessibility and insight to the art and stories behind them.
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CLASSIC ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
Below are over 80 exhibitions to choose from. Please keep checking as we continue to curate and add new exhibitions. -
EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK
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Further exhibitions
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Franciszka Themerson: Stories from the Life
Early Drawings and Paintings from Warsaw and London 21 February - 23 May 2025The Ben Uri Research Unit (BURU) is honoured to present the exhibition Franciszka Themerson: Stories from the Life, which consists of her paintings and drawings of 1929 during her time... -
Sorrow and Light
Ukrainian Women War Refugees in Britain by Marissa RothIn the first months after the full invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, there was significant media coverage showing primarily women and children leaving in droves, crossing at... -
Domesticity: In Turmoil
A Traumatic Journey Expressed Through ArtDomesticity: In Turmoil tells the true story of Naomi Alexander ROI’s abusive relationship with her late husband, Leo. A Holocaust survivor and immigrant from Russia, Leo represented adventure and excitement,... -
Cosmopolis
The Impact of Refugee Art Dealers in London 26 June - 6 September 2024Following the rise of Nazism and chaos of global warfare in the 1930s–40s, over 50 art dealers, largely but not exclusively Jewish, were driven out of Continental Europe to seek... -
US: From there to here
Britain’s Gain 10 April - 14 June 2024This exhibition brings together 1st and 2nd generation refugee and immigrant artists who were 'From there to here - Britain's Gain'. Special features are artists born in Austria, Germany, Hungary,... -
Uncharted Streets
Photographers from the Hyman Collection 17 January - 8 March 2024Kurt Hutton, Bill Brandt, Edith Tudor-Hart, Charlie Phillips, Markéta Luskačová Curated by Ben Uri and The Centre for British Photography, Uncharted Streets: Photographers from the Hyman Collection presents five photographers... -
Clara Klinghoffer
Clara Klinghoffer moved as a child to England from Polish Galicia (modern-day Ukraine) in 1903 and grew up in London’s East End. She was never given the same recognition, until... -
"Sheer Verve"
The Women's International Art Club (1898–1978) 13 September - 15 December 2023The Women’s International Art Club (WIAC) was founded in Paris in 1898 to give female artists a platform at a time when it was difficult for them to exhibit their... -
Alderney: The Holocaust on British Soil
Artworks by Piers SecundaWith the help of researchers in the United States, Russia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, the U.K. and Spain, the exhibition Alderney: The Holocaust on British Soil presents works of art... -
Laura Knight at the Nuremberg Trials, 1946
A Brush with Evil II 25 July - 1 September 2023Ben Uri Gallery presents the second of two linked exhibitions under the umbrella title A Brush with Evil. Following Peter Howson’s stark, monumental depiction of the horrors of war in... -
A Brush with Evil: Peter Howson
A Brush with Evil showcases contemporary Scottish artist Peter Howson's devastating painting, Holocaust Crowd Scene II (2011), acquired for the Ben Uri Collection in 2020, a visceral and haunting representation... -
Borders
Artworks by Helen de SybelIn 2015 I felt a need to create a body of work in response to the distressing images emanating from countries with large numbers of refugees seeking an escape from... -
Obscurity in the Ruth Borchard Portrait Collection
Curated by Rachel SchultzI am looking at writer Ruth Borchard’s (1910-2000) personal collection through the perspective of an undergraduate, American student spending her first time living and working in another country. I hope... -
Shaping the Future
New arrivals from Chagall to RibeiroThe first exhibition of its kind since the pandemic and the reopening of the gallery following flooding, Shaping the Future – New Arrivals at the Ben Uri Collection, presents an... -
Joy
Ben Uri is delighted to be one of the National Gallery’s nine regional collection partners for the virtual exhibition Fruits of the Spirit: Art from the Heart , curated by... -
Painting with an Accent: German-Jewish Émigré Stories
in cooperation with the German Embassy LondonIt is a privilege for the German Embassy to be working in partnership with the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum again on the digital exhibition Painting with an Accent: German-Jewish... -
Motherlands - Angels - Country - Bengal
Selected works by Gerry JudahA tiny, perfectly made metal rickshaw supports a billowing, cloud-like structure; another holds aloft a branching, spired form. Is it meant to suggest a burnt-out cathedral? No, it’s the skeleton... -
A Survivor relives her memories
Edith Birkin (1927-2018) visualising her memories from Auschwitz and Bergen-BelsenEdith Birkin (née Hoffmann) was born into a Jewish family in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 13 November 1927. As a girl of 14, she entered the Lodz ghetto in Poland and... -
Jankel Adler
A 'Degenerate' Artist in Britain, 1940-49Marking the 70th anniversary of the artist's death, Jankel Adler: A 'Degenerate' Artist in Britain, 1940-49 is the first museum exhibition of Adler's works in Britain since the Arts Council... -
Yiddish: the language, people, and heritage
From the Art and Archives of the Ben Uri CollectionThis online exhibition, Yiddish: the language, people and heritage , explores Ben Uri's extensive collections of artworks and archives, both more than a century old, with unique pieces reflecting the... -
Liberators
Thirteen Extraordinary Women Artists from the Ben Uri CollectionThis exhibition celebrates the lives, courage and strength of character, across so many human endeavours, of extraordinary women artists from the Ben Uri Collection. Liberators explores the lives and works... -
Rothenstein's Relevance
Artist, writer, teacher and consummate networker, Sir William Rothenstein was a leading British artist in the years before the First World War and a highly influential and well-connected figure throughout... -
Jacob Kramer (1892 - 1962)
Works from the Ben Uri CollectionA Russian-Jewish immigrant, Kramer arrived in Britain in 1900. He studied at Leeds School of Art and briefly at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, supported by modernist... -
Mark Gertler and the Whitechapel Boys
Paintings from the Luke Gertler Bequest & Selected Important UK CollectionsBURU (the Ben Uri Research Unit) is delighted to present the exhibition, Mark Gertler: Paintings from the Luke Gertler Bequest & Selected Important UK Collections , curated by Sarah MacDougall,... -
David Bomberg
A Pioneer of ModernismDespite scandallous critical neglect within his own lifetime David Bomberg (1890-1957) is now recognised as one of the twentieth-century's leading British artists. This major reassessment of his life and career... -
Becoming Gustav Metzger
Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering the Early Years, 1945–59 The Ben Uri Research Unit (BURU), in partnership with The Gustav Metzger Foundation, is delighted to present the first museum exhibition to... -
Teacher and Pupil
David Bomberg and Frank AuerbachThe credit lines reflect the ownership of artworks at the time of the original display. -
Frank Auerbach
Works from the Ben Uri CollectionFrank Auerbach was born in Berlin to Jewish parents in 1931 and immigrated to England in 1939 (naturalised in 1947); his parents, who remained behind, subsequently perished in concentration camps.... -
Friends and Influences
Auerbach, Kossoff, Kitaj, FreudBURU (the Ben Uri Research Unit) presents Friends and Influences , the third in our series of snapshot survey exhibitions exploring a particular aspect of the Jewish and immigrant contribution... -
Self Portraits from the Ben Uri Collection
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Midnight's Family
70 years of Indian Artists in BritainThis timely exhibition, which coincides with the date of Indian Independence (declared at midnight on 15 August 1947), addresses the representation of Indian immigrant artists (both first and second generation)... -
Shanti Panchal
A Personal Language of Painting 2007-2018Shanti Panchal: A Personal Language of Painting is Ben Uri Research Unit’s first digital show devoted to a contemporary émigré. Born in the mid-1950s (exact date unknown) in rural Gujarat,... -
Chaïm Soutine and his Contemporaries
From Russia to ParisTo celebrate the museum’s acquisition of Soutine’s La Soubrette , c. 1933, the exhibition, Chaïm Soutine and his Contemporaries: from Russia to Paris , unveils this important portrait, together with... -
A Farewell to Art
Chagall, Shakespeare and ProsperoA Farewell to Art: Chagall, Shakespeare and Prospero is the first UK exhibition of a rare limited edition portfolio by Marc Chagall, which features 50 illustrations created to reflect his... -
100 for 100
Ben Uri: Past, Present and FutureFrom 21 May until 9 June 2016, at the generous invitation of Christie's, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum presents a unique exhibition celebrating its past, present and future sharing the... -
Uproar!
The first 50 years of the London Group 1913-1963Ben Uri is honoured to present 'Uproar!': The first 50 Years of The London Group 1913‒63 , showcasing 50 works by 50 artists during this half century. The exhibition marks... -
Out of Chaos
Ben Uri: 100 Years in LondonOut of Chaos traces the remarkable first century of Ben Uri Gallery and Museum from Jewish émigré beginnings in London’s East End to mainstream art museum operating under the banner... -
Biblical Stories
Photographs by Adi NesBen Uri Gallery and Museum is honoured to launch an exhibition of Israeli born artist Adi Nes’ seminal Biblical Stories series from 2006. Born of Iranian parents and raised in... -
Interstices
Discovering the Ben Uri Collection, Curated by René GimpelInterstices Curated by René Gimpel 'The Ben Uri collection is a treasure trove. It’s an honour and a privilege to be invited to delve into it, with carte blanche as... -
Reinvesting in New Acquisitions and Long-term Loans
The exhibition showcases key recent new acquisitions and long-term loans to the Ben Uri Collection, arranged to reflect both Ben Uri's own history and three principal waves of migration to... -
Alfred Cohen
An American Artist in Europe - Between Figuration and AbstractionThis is an online version of the recent Alfred Cohen exhibition at Bush House, London, co-curated by Max Saunders and Sarah MacDougall. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Alfred... -
Golden Drawings and the Coviad
David Breuer-WeilDrawing is like breathing, the most natural form of making a work of art and the beginning of any painting or sculpture. A sketchbook is an extra limb, always there,... -
Refiguring the 50s
Joan Eardley, Sheila Fell, Eva Frankfurther, Josef Herman and L S LowryRefiguring the 50s featured works by Joan Eardley, Sheila Fell, Eva Frankfurther, Josef Herman and L.S. Lowry: five figurative artists working in Britain in the 1950s, whom each had a... -
Selected Works by Eva Frankfurther (1930-1959)
Two contexts inform the life and work of Eva Frankfurther: the decade through which she lived and worked in 1950s Britain and its concern with the realist tradition; and the... -
Portraits - Expressionist and Surreal
Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59Portraits — Expressionist and Surreal features 23 paintings and drawings, including an experimental series of portrait heads, surreal figures and large-scale thematic works, the majority probably completed as a result... -
Frank Auerbach's Portrait Etchings
From the Ben Uri CollectionAn online exhibition showcasing Frank Auerbach's series of Seven Portrait etchings from the Ben Uri Collection. -
Antwerp Models
Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59The second in the Becoming Gustav Metzger online exhibition series, Antwerp Models features 33 drawings in pencil, crayon and ink, the majority of which are thought to have been executed... -
Towards Abstraction and Beyond
Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59Towards Abstraction and Beyond is the fourth and final instalment in a series of exhibitions designed to showcase the breadth of Gustav Metzger’s early work, as he moved towards the... -
British Museum and Architectural Studies
Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59The third instalment of the Becoming Gustav Metzger online exhibition series features 19 British Museum and architectural studies, as well as Belgian landscapes dating from the late 1940s and early... -
Yalta 1945 by Komar & Melamid
Ben Uri is honoured to launch the world tour of this seminal monumental installation of Yalta 1945 from 1986-87, previously exhibited at D ocumenta 8 in 1987 and at Brooklyn... -
Thirty-six Pounds and Ninety-five Pence
Artworks by Contemporary Migrant ArtistsIn honour of Refugee Week, Ben Uri Gallery and New Art Studio celebrate “our shared future” through a partnership of refugee and asylum seekers' artwork. Contrary to common belief, asylum... -
Art-exit 1939: A Very Different Europe
Adler, Chagall, Bloch, Auerbach, Daghani, Feibusch and otherThis exhibition shines a spotlight on a very different Europe in 1939 and the forced journeys made by many of Central Europe’s most distinguished, talented and pioneering artists, who escaped... -
From Adler to Zulawski
A Century of Polish Artists in BritainThis exhibition is the first in Ben Uri’s series on refugee and migrant artists, highlighting the Polish contribution in Britain over the last century. This focus is particularly apt as... -
Czech Routes
Selected Czechoslovak Artists in Britain from the Ben Uri and private collectionsCzech Routes is the fourth in Ben Uri’s series of exhibitions designed to highlight the contribution of émigré artists to Britain since 1900. Featuring the work of 21 painters, printmakers... -
Out of Austria
Austrian Artists in Exile in Great Britain, 1933-45Marking the 80 th anniversary of the Anschluss (annexation of Austria), the exhibition Out of Austria brings together around 40 works by more than 20 Austrian artists who fled to... -
German Refugee Artists to Britain since 1900
This exhibition brings together art works and archival material by an array of both celebrated and lesser-known German-born refugee artists, principally from the Ben Uri Collection, supplemented by important external... -
Migrations
Masterworks from the Ben Uri CollectionBen Uri is delighted to be working in partnership with GARAS and Gloucester Museum and Gloucester City Council to present the exhibition Migrations: Masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection (3rd... -
Art and the Holocaust
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Interned Artists
Ben Uri and the 80th Anniversary of InternmentIn memory of Eva Aldbrook 1925-2020 On the 80th anniversary of internment in Britain, Ben Uri is celebrating the many artist internees who are represented within its permanent collection through... -
Finchleystrasse
German artists in exile in Great Britain and Beyond, 1933–45Between 1933 and 1945, whether for religious, political or artistic reasons, over 300 painters, sculptors and graphic artists fled into exile or immigrated to Great Britain from Nazi Germany. This... -
Immigrant Artists and Stories from the Ruth Borchard Collection
Curated by Rachel SchultzBen Uri presents an online exhibition curated by Rachel Schultz, an American intern spending a semester in London at Ben Uri, that focuses on 20 immigrant artists through their self-portraits.... -
Exodus & Exile
Migration themes in Biblical imagesCurated by Revd Jonathan Evens Themes of identity and migration feature significantly in both the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and images from these Bibles are a substantive element of the... -
Art, Identity, Migration
Ben Uri at the 2023 London Art FairBen Uri Gallery and Museum is delighted to present Art, Identity, Migration, a display of highlights from the permanent collection featuring paintings, drawings, collage, and sculpture by 32 artists of... -
Downside up
Have you ever stood on your head and looked at artworks upside down? Probably not. So to save you trying that have a look at this exhibition, which allows you... -
13 Ukrainian artists
Who migrated or were displaced not so many years agoPlease think of Ukraine as you review 20 artworks by past generations of émigré artists from this country. -
Josef Herman
Painter and draughtsman Josef Herman was born into a working-class Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland in 1911. He studied at Warsaw School of Art and Decoration (1930-31), and first exhibited... -
Emmanuel Levy
Emmanuel Levy was born in Hightown, Manchester, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, in 1900. Like his contemporary Jacob Kramer, he was one of a small group of Jewish artists, whose... -
Bernard Meninsky
Bernard Meninsky (née Menushkin) was born in 1891 in Karotopin, Ukraine and came to England when he was six weeks old, settling with his family in Liverpool. In 1906, he... -
Rediscovering Wolmark
A Pioneer of British ModernismAlfred Aaron Wolmark was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland in 1877, and moved to England in 1883, first to Devon and then to the East End of... -
Homeless & Hidden
A World Class Collection Homeless and Hidden
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BEN URI ARCHIVE FROM 1925 TO DATE
Since 2015, we have researched and chronicled our century of archives and listed every recorded Ben Uri exhibition since our first in 1925 which celebrated the opening of our original gallery in Great Russell Street in Bloomsbury, just by the British Museum. There are over 700 exhibitions to survey. This extraordinary research resource is an ongoing project and is being continually updated, so please keep checking.
Visit Ben Uri exhibition archive on benuricollection.org.uk
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