Ben Uri Gallery & Museum

Name: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
Address: 108 Boundary Road, London, NW80RH, GB
Telephone: +442076043991
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Benuri.org - is the first full scale virtual Gallery/Museum and Research Centre addressing the universal issues of identity and migration through art.

It includes 80 exhibitions, 150 films, 125 podcasts, 1000 artworks and much more. Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, engaging as benuri.org, is the first full scale virtual museum and research centre. Conceived in 2018 and published within the 2019 Sustainability and Public Benefit Strategic Plan benuri.org was ‘soft’ launched in September 2020. The future is digital - our future is benuri.org

28/08/2026

Kurt Schwitters fled N**i Germany in 1937, eventually settling in Britain where he continued to push the boundaries of collage, sculpture, and modern art.

His journey reflects innovation, exile, and artistic reinvention.

Want to know more?

Discover his full profile on the Ben Uri Research Unit:

https://bit.ly/3NNcPLp

27/08/2026

Looking for your next great art read?

Discover publications that explore the lives, stories, and legacies of immigrant artists through the Ben Uri Bookshop.

https://bit.ly/3ic4di3

25/08/2026

First exhibited at The London Group in December 1915, The Creation of Eve
is one of the most controversial and criticized work of polish-british artist
Mark Gertler. The painting was described by the press as indecent and
blasphemic, fueled by antiemigrant and antimodernist sentiments.

Discover more of Gertler’s revealing letters in our Library.

You can find us at 108a Boundary Road, St John’s Wood, London NW8 0RH.

21/08/2026

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky escaped N**i-occupied Austria and made Britain her home. Her deeply personal paintings explored family, identity, and the emotional realities of exile.

Her journey reflects courage, memory, and artistic expression.

Want to know more?

Discover her full profile on the Ben Uri Research Unit:

https://bit.ly/3NNcPLp

20/08/2026

In Woman Seated at a Table (c. 1934), made shortly after his arrival to the UK from Germany, Alfred Lomnitz shows a vivid interplay between printed material, the page of the ‘Evening Standard’, paint and collage, continuing the avant-garde practices in which everyday fragments like newspapers are drawn into the picture.

This work is featured in Disruptors: Fractured Images and Migrant Wordl.

14th May - 4th September ⠀
Wed-Fri 10am-5:30pm

18/08/2026

In Auto-Destructive Art (1961), Gustav Metzger presents a textual manifesto that ‘became a core and instantly recognisable visual form. Continuing the legacy of Dada as a response to the absurdity of the First World War, Auto-destructive Art responded to the brutality of the industrial-military complex and weapons manufacturing by casting the artist as destructor rather than creator.’

This work is featured in Disruptors: Fractured Images and Migrant Wordl.

14th May - 4th September ⠀
Wed-Fri 10am-5:30pm

15/08/2026

Happy birthday to Hans Feibusch! ✨

Today we celebrate an artist whose remarkable journey embodies resilience, reinvention, and artistic excellence. Born in Frankfurt and exiled from Germany after the rise of the N**i regime, Feibusch found refuge in Britain, where he established himself as one of the nation's foremost mural painters.

Drawing inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, his monumental murals brought new life to sacred and public spaces, combining technical mastery with deeply expressive storytelling. Alongside his paintings and sculptures, his writings on mural painting helped shape the appreciation of the medium for future generations.

His work is held in leading collections including the Tate, Pallant House Gallery, and the Ben Uri Collection, reflecting a legacy that bridges European modernism, public art, and Britain's cultural history.

Learn more about the artist at the link in bio: https://bit.ly/4pg8WR8

13/08/2026

In Spaghetti Decorated Ltd. (1974), the typographic marks of Henri Chopin’s work ‘are no longer semantic signs but graphic units woven together to suggest spaghetti-like strands about to plop onto the figure below.’

This work is featured in Disruptors: Fractured Images
and Migrant Wordl.

14th May - 4th September ⠀
Wed-Fri 10am-5:30pm

11/08/2026

In Henri Chopin’s Flic Flac Floc (1965), ‘scattered words assemble into a stylised human figure. The onomatopoeic bursts mimic splashing footsteps through puddles, each flic, flac, and floc landing with playful insistence while also hinting at a more ominous history. The red, white, and blue fields bring to mind the French and Czechoslovak flags, linking the image to Chopin’s wartime detention in labour camps in Olomouc and the forced westward marches of prisoners of war through the cold and wet winter of 1944–45.’

This work is featured in Disruptors: Fractured Images and Migrant Wordl.

14th May - 4th September ⠀
Wed-Fri 10am-5:30pm

10/08/2026

Happy birthday to Clare Winsten! ✨

Today we celebrate an artist whose practice spanned painting, sculpture, and drawing, and whose work was shaped by both artistic experimentation and a profound commitment to humanitarian ideals. As the only woman among the influential "Whitechapel Boys," Winsten played an important role in the development of British modernism while forging a distinct artistic voice of her own.

From expressive portraits and literary illustrations to sculptural commissions, her work reflected a lifelong engagement with culture, literature, and social justice. Alongside her husband Stephen Winsten, she was an outspoken pacifist and advocate for human rights, beliefs that deeply informed her creative practice.

Today, her work is held in major collections including the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Ben Uri Collection, and UCL, where the Clare Winsten Memorial Prize continues to champion the next generation of women artists.

Learn more about the artist at the link in bio: https://bit.ly/4pwE2Ep

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https://benuri.org/

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