Ben Uri videos about exhibitions, events, education programmes and history.
David Glasser, Ben Uri's Chair and Chief Executive: introducing Ben Uri
Judy Chicago and Louise Borgeois, Helen Chadwick, Tracey Emin:
Touring the Ben Uri exhibition with Judy Chicago
Soutine and his contemporaries: Opening the Soutine exhibition
Ben Uri art museum's learning and outreach officer Alix Smith, demonstrates the online Ben Uri gallery developed in partnership with the London Grid for Learning for design teachers and learners. Visit the Holocaust Education through the Ben Uri Art Collection site.
Artists Siona Benjamin and Shanti Panchal discuss the role of mythology in contemporary transcultural art
Josef Herman RA exhibiiton: Sir Jeremy Isaacs talks about the artist Josef Herman
Josef Herman RA exhibition: Ben Uri curator, Sarah MacDougall, talks about the artist Josef Herman
Josef Herman RA exhibition: Peter Rossiter talks about expressionist painter Martin Bloch and Josef Herman
Josef Herman RA exhibition: David Herman talks about his father Josef Herman
Cross Purposes exhibition: David Glasser on art and censorship and the Crucifixion motif in contemporary art
Summer in the City exhibition: Fermin Rocker discussion part three
Summer in the City exhibition: Fermin Rocker discussion part two
Summer in the City exhibition: Fermin Rocker discussion part one
Summer in the City exhibition: Seven young artists, including Miriam Elia and Sarah Maple, respond to works from the Ben Uri Collection
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.