Below is just a selection of past exhibitions that have been held by Ben Uri. We will shortly be adding more information on all exhibitions held in the nearly 100 years since Ben Uri was founded.
Ben Uri recent exhibitions
- Sir Jacob Epstein (1980)
- Mark Gertler (1982)
- Jacob Kramer (1984)
- Solomon J Solomon RA (1990)
- Abram Games (1991)
- Claude Rogers (1992)
- Bernard Cohen (1994)
- The Ben Uri Story (2001)
- Bernard Meninsky (2001)
- Ludwig and Else Meidner (2002)
- Mark Gertler (2002)
- Making Waves (2003)
- The Tortoise and the Hare (2003)
- Director's Choice (2003)
- A Storm in Europe: Béla Kádár, Hugó Scheiber and Der Sturm Gallery in Berlin (2003)
- The Modern and the New (2004)
- Rediscovering Wolmark: a pioneer of British modernism (2004)
- Abram Games (2005)
- Chagall and his Circle (2005)
- Joash Woodrow (2005)
- Embracing the Exotic: Jacob Epstein and Dora Gordine (2006)
- Dora Holzhandler (2006)
- Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the pre-Raphaelites (2006)
- Regard and Ritual (2007)
- David Breuer Weil Project 3 (2007)
- Bomberg's Relevance (2007)
- Auktion 392 (2007)
- Isaac Rosenberg (2008)
- Israel and Art: Tribute to Teddy Kollek (2008)
- Robert Lenkiewicz: Self Portraits (2008)
- Forced Journeys: Artists in Exile in Britain c. 1933-45 (2009)
- Jacques Lipchitz: Master Drawings, Anatomy of a Scultor (2009)
- Apocalypse:Unveiling a Lost Masterpiece by Marc Chagall (2010)
- Cross Purposes: Shock and Contemplation in Images of the Crucifixion (2010)
You can now find some of the works that were included in these exhibitions in the Collection.
10 Days: Young People's Photographic Project
A transatlantic dialogue21st March 2013 - 7th April 2013
From Russia to Paris
Chaim Soutine and his contemporaries4th October 2012 - 28th October 2012
Judy Chicago and Louise Bourgeois,
Helen Chadwick, Tracey Emin
A Transatlantic dialogue14th November 2012 - 10th March 2013
The Inspiration of Decadence: Dodo rediscovered
Berlin 1920-30s: Fashion, jazz, sex, Jung, art, politics and migration22nd June 2012 - 9th September 2012
History of Ben Uri
Ben Uri is nearly a century old. It was founded in 1915, in Gradel's restaurant in Whitechapel, in the East End of London. The name echoes that of the legendary biblical craftsman who created the tabernacle in the Temple of Jerusalem.
The histories of Ben Uri and that of 20th century British art are intertwined; the blossoming of the immigrant generations of Jewish artists was mirrored by the development of modern painting in Britain. It was immigrant Jewish artists who founded Ben Uri and made a significant contribution to its development over its nearly 100 years.
Although Ben Uri’s roots are in the East End of London, the winds of change have taken it on a journey across London in search of a permanent home. From Bloomsbury, through to Soho and now to a temporary location in north London, Ben Uri is still looking for a home. Read more about Ben Uri's history.