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Ben Uri Gallery and Museum was founded 100 years ago in July 1915
in Whitechapel in London's East End by Russian-Jewish emigre Lazar
Berson and likeminded, mostly emigre, artists and craftsmen, who
were unable to access the cultural bastions of the British art
establishment. From its inception as an Art Society in 1915,
steeped in a vibrant Yiddish culture, to its position today as the
only specialist Jewish museum of art in Europe working wholly in
the mainstream, Ben Uri's unique international collection has grown
to more than 1,300 artworks across a wide range of subjects and
media, created by more than 380 artists, primarily (but not
exclusively) of Jewish origin and from 35 countries.
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