Out of Chaos, Ben Uri Gallery

Amazingly, it’s been 100 hundred years since a group of Jewish artists living in Whitechapel’s ghetto in east London founded the Ben Uri Gallery, now the oldest Jewish cultural organisation in the UK. It also claims to be the only art museum in Europe whose sole purpose is to address issues of identity and migration through the visual arts.
Ben Uri Gallery exhibition
In those 100 years, the gallery has amassed a fascinating collection of works by mostly Jewish émigré artists. This centenary exhibition is a rare chance to see works by some of the most famous names in the stellar Ben Uri Gallery collection, including  Jacob Epstein, Max Liebermann, Frank Auerbach, Marc Chagall. Out of Chaos tells the stories of the immigration and citizenship of the Jewish community, and also provides an interesting insight into the topical subject émigré experiences in London.
The works on show spend most of their time in storage, given that the gallery is currently based in a temporary space in St John’s Wood, so this is an excellent opportunity to see them in the flesh at Somerset House.