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| 30 July 2010 |
Free daytime lecture by BU curator, Rachel Dickson, on 100 years of Jewish artists announced - Wednesday 15th September, 1pm at Museum of London. |
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| 4 July 2010 |
The Rt Rev Lord Harries of Pentregath talks about Cross Purposes and the controversy on Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4 on Friday 2 July.
Read the full transcript
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| 1 July 2010 |
Cross Purposes receives wave of support and Ben Uri wins the poll of the week: 63% of respondents in favour of a Jewish Museum of Art staging an exhibition of images of the crucifixion. Thank you!
Cue a follow up article in the Jewish Chronicle
Click here to read all letters of support for the exhibition.
Come and visit and see what all the fuss is about! |
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| 30 June 2010 |
Should a Jewish Museum of Art stage an exhibition of images of the crucifixion? Vote now on the homepage of the JC website and let us know what you think.
http://www.thejc.com/
Story reaches the Evening Standard.
Letters to the Editor of Jewish Chronicle:
"Sir,
A report in your columns on 24 June has moved me to write in defence of the Ben Uri Gallery which makes a unique contribution to the cultural life of this country. As a non-Jew, I am amazed at the excitement generated among some Jews by the exhibition 'Cross Purposes' at the Ben UriI Gallery. The 20th century works in the exhibition were not conceived as devotional objects, nor have they been viewed as such over the past 100 years. The Crucifixion as a theme for painting has long been absorbed into the wider canon of artistic iconography; to see it in any other terms is the worst kind of obscurantism
Yours faithfully
David Wyatt CBE"
(Reproduced with permission)
"The Ben Uri Gallery should be commended rather than castigated for its courageous and challenging crucifix exhibition. Its purpose is to make visitors reflect and ask difficult questions. As a teacher of Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations I also emphasise to my students the value of asking each other difficult questions. Judaism is a religion of questions and Ben Uri is fulfilling a task that Jews have undertaken from biblical times to the present day. It should not be prevented from doing so.
Dr Edward Kessler
Woolf Institute, Cambridge"
(Reproduced with permission) |
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| 27 June 2010 |
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| 27 June 2010 |
300 people attending the opening of Cross Purposes at Boundary Road and heard Sir Norman Rosenthal talk about this:
"extraordinary exhibition.... Allowing
us to understand how this most sacred of religious images has evolved over the past hundred years to become a widely used motif for all sorts of purposes in contemporary culture.... Intelligently, sensitively and
courageously curated...."
The exhibition was reviewed in the Jewish Chronicle on 24 June.
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| June 2010 |
Forced Journeys tours to Birkenhead
Following a successful stay at Sayle Gallery, Isle of Man, Forced Journeys opened at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead on 17 June. Read more. |
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| June 2010 |
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| 15 February 2010 |
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| 11 February 2010 |
SPECIAL EVENT BOOK NOW:
Private View of paintings by Robert Lenkiewicz from a private collection.
Thursday, 11th March, 5.00 - 8.00pm
Gallery 27 Cork Street, London, W1S 3NG
Please join us for this special event and an opportunity to see major paintings from this very controversial artist. Free to Registered Friends, Guests £10. Email info@benuri.org.uk |
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| 7 January 2010 |
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| December 2009 |
BU ACQUIRES LOST 1945 MASTERPIECE
OF CHAGALL'S WARTIME OEUVRE
To be unveiled on 8th January at Osborne Samuel. Click to find out more.... |
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| October 2009 |
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| September 2009 |
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| September 2009 |
ARTISTS PEER GROUP - 6 September
Join us on the final day of the Pop Up Studios Exhibition for a tour of the work led by the 4 award winning artists. Free but please RSVP to info@benuri.org.uk. Sunday 6th Sept, 2-4pm.
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August 2009 |
EPSTEIN DAY Weds 19 August.
Join us for a coach tour of Epstein's London sculptures and an evening reception at the Fleming Collection. Click for more info. |
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July 2009 |
We are recruiting!
Visit our recruitment page to find out about exciting opportunities to join our management team and help move BU to Central London |
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July 2009 |
16th July: Artists’ Peer Group
7-8pm: Lydia Goldblatt, fine art photographer, in conversation with The Reverend Graeme Napier, Westminster Abbey, discussing her recent series ‘And The Word Was God’
8-9pm: Artist to Artist critique: Grace O’Connor and Julie Major discuss their work. |
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June 2009 |
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May 2009 |
Announcing the Pauline & Daniel Auerbach
ARTISTS WITHOUT STUDIOS PRIZE
A residency and exhibition opportunity for young artists at Ben Uri |
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May 2009 |
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Ben Uri to present and chair
international seminar dedicated to Provenance Research for
Museums at MoMA, New York, 4 Feb 2009 |
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“Chain Reaction” An exceptional auction to benefit the British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel at Phillips de Pury & Company London.
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BEN URI ACQUIRES CELEBRATED WORK BY FRANK AUERBACH...
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Ben
Uri Gallery Acquires a Masterpiece ...
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IJAYA
Finalists Exhibition ...
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