Ben Uri Gallery

London | United Kingdom

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Ben Uri Gallery

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Dubbed the "Art Museum for Everyone", the Ben Uri Gallery transcends ethnic and religious barriers to address pressing issues of identity and migration, aiming to explore the cultural impact of migrant communities within their host cities. The museum primarily focuses on British and European artists of Jewish descent. Overall, its impressively diverse collection boast works by some 380 artists from 35 countries, of whom the majority are émigrés, produced over a 120-year period.

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Collection Highlights

  • Chaïm Soutine
    La Soubrette (Waiting Maid), c. 1925
  • David Bomberg
    Ghetto Theatre, 1920
  • Frank Auerbach
    Mornington Crescent, Summer Morning, 2004
  • Mark Gertler
    Rabbi and Rabbitzin, 1914
  • Marc Chagall
    Apocalypse en Lilas, Capriccio, 1945

Collection Highlights

  • Chaïm Soutine
    La Soubrette (Waiting Maid), c. 1925
    oil on canvas
    Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery. Acquired in 2012 with the assistance of the HLF, the Art Fund, the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Miriam and Richard Borchard, Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly, Patsy & David Franks, Morven and Michael Heller, Joan and Lawrence Kaye (USA), Laura and Lewis Kruger (USA), Agnes & Edward Lee, Simon Posen (USA), The Marc Rich Foundation (Switzerland), Anthony Rosenfelder & family in honour of Marilyn, Jayne Cohen and Howard Spiegler (USA), and Judit & George Weisz
  • David Bomberg
    Ghetto Theatre, 1920
    oil on canvas
    Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery. Purchased 1920.
  • Frank Auerbach
    Mornington Crescent, Summer Morning, 2004
    oil on board
    Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery. Acquired for the Ben Uri Collection through the support and generosity of the Art Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Daniel and Pauline Auerbach, Frank Auerbach and Marlborough Fine Art London
  • Mark Gertler
    Rabbi and Rabbitzin, 1914
    watercolour and pencil on paper
    Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery. Acquired in 2002 by private treaty through Sotheby's with the assistance of the Art Fund, HLF, V&A/MLA Purchase Grant Fund, Pauline and Daniel Auerbach, Morven and Michael Heller, Agnes and Edward Lee, Hannah and David Lewis, David Stern, Laura and Barry Townsley, Della and Fred Worms and anonymous donors
  • Marc Chagall
    Apocalypse en Lilas, Capriccio, 1945
    Gouache
    Courtesy of Ben Uri Gallery. Acquired in 2009 supported by Miriam and Richard Borchard, Sir Michael and Lady Morven Heller, and an anonymous donor, and benefitting from the advice of Lionel Pissarro and the Art Fund.
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