Exhibitions

Do you want to intrigue your visitors with art made by people with blended UK and South Asian personal histories?  Do you want to give those from the Indian continent a sense…

Heath Robinson trained as an artist at the Royal Academy Schools and always saw himself as an artist. He earned his living as an illustrator and cartoonist, but he would spend much…

In 2016 the first special exhibition in the Heath Robinson Museum was ‘Heath Robinson at War’. In each World War Heath Robinson demonstrated his ability to counter, by the application of gentle irony…

The exhibition draws from about 150 pieces of original art works that represent the full range of Heath Robinson’s art. These cover his work as an illustrator of books and magazines, a…

This exhibition examines the art of the four Scottish Colourists, SJ Peploe, JD Fergusson, FCB Cadell and Leslie Hunter from the excellent holdings of the Fleming Collection, the finest collection of Scottish…

This exhibition offers visitors a fascinating opportunity to explore the world of the Japanese doll (Ningyō) and how the culture surrounding it was nurtured amidst the history and folklore of Japan. The…

Crash! Bang! Kapow! COMICS tells the story of comic art in Britain – from the famous to the forgotten. Discover the birth of the comic strip, travel through the anarchic worlds of Beano,…

A unique exhibition exploring the British Royal Family’s relationship with the camera. The exhibition brings together over 110 of the most iconic images ever taken of the Royal Family and explores their enduring…

Poster and other graphic works can provide valuable resources for learning the culture and society of the time when these works were created. The poster created immediately after the previous war for…

The Garden of Earthly Delights, through the artworks of Colección SOLO is an invitation to revisit and reconnect from the present-day with Hieronymus Bosch’s masterpiece. Artificial intelligence, sound art, digital animation, painting,…

This exhibition celebrates the lives, courage and strength of character, across so many human endeavours, of extraordinary women artists from the Ben Uri Collection. A selection of artists in the exhibition include: Lily…

Aaron Wolmark was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw in 1877, and moved to England with his family in 1883, first to Devon and then to the East End of London.…

Finchleystrasse: German artists in exile in Great Britain and beyond 1933-45 is curated by Ben Uri with the generous support of the German Embassy London. It brings together paintings, drawings and graphics…

Works by ‘Whitechapel Boy’ Bernard Meninsky from the Ben Uri Collection Bernard Meninsky (née Menushkin) was born in 1891 in Karotopin, Ukraine and came to England with his family when he was just…

A Farewell to Art: Chagall, Shakespeare and Prospero is the first UK exhibition of a rare limited edition portfolio by Marc Chagall. Produced at the age of 88, it features 50 illustrations…

Eva Frankfurther was born into an assimilated Jewish family in Berlin in 1930. Following the rise of National Socialism in Germany, she escaped to London with her family in 1939. From 1946–51…

This major exhibition highlights the immigrant Polish artistic tradition and contribution to 20th century British art. It is the second in Ben Uri’s series on refugee and migrant artists, highlighting the Polish contribution…

David Bomberg was born to Polish-Jewish parents in Birmingham, England, in 1890. The family moved to Whitechapel in 1895, where he became prominent among the ‘Whitechapel Boys’ – a group of young,…

This exhibition marks the 80th anniversary of the artist’s death and showcases five important paintings from the estate of the artist’s son, Luke Gertler (1932–2017), on loan with Art Fund support: The…

Czech Routes is the fourth in Ben Uri’s series of exhibitions highlighting the contribution of émigré artists to Britain since 1900, succeeding previous exhibitions on German, Polish and Austrian artists (2017-18). A selection…