Ben Uri future strategy Strategy document | Page 3

Long Term Strategic Initiatives
Ben Uri Research Unit – BURU
To develop the first online digital dictionary, comprehensively recording the
immigrant contribution since 1900, of artists across all disciplines, patrons,
dealers, teachers, critics and scholars to Britain’s visual arts culture.
This consolidates and expands the museum’s original academic and ongoing
focus on Jewish émigré artists, first launched in 2003, and expanded in 2011
through a sponsored research post on the wider context of immigrant artists.
Inspired by Ben Uri’s Jewish heritage, its immigrant founding fathers and the Ben
Uri Collection (BUC).
Ben Uri Collection – BUC
Refine and redefine in parallel with BURU.
Establish the country’s most comprehensive body of works by immigrant
artists who found refuge in Great Britain since 1900. Build on our already
pre-eminent Collection by 281 artists, 215 of who were/are immigrants from 34
different countries.
Ben Uri Arts and Dementia Institute – BUAD
Develop the first national accredited programme of fully researched, cost effective
arts interventions for those with, or at risk of, Dementia.
This consolidates, formalises and expands the museum’s focus and commitment
to this important and growing area of mental health need first launched in 2008.
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
BURU, BUC & BUAD
Sustaining and Maximising Public Benefit
1915: Founded Whitechapel, London  2002: Re-opened St John’s Wood, North West London  2019: Maximising Public Benefit
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