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The crown jewels, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market…in London, history collides with art, fashion, food, and good British ale. A perfect day is different for everyone: culture aficionados shouldn't miss the Tate Modern and the Royal Opera House. If you love fashion, Oxford Street has shopping galore. For foodies, cream tea at Harrod’s or crispy fish from a proper chippy offers classic London flavor. Music and book buffs will love seeing Abbey Road and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (at 221B Baker Street, of course).
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1. Graffik Gallery
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5.0 based on 133 reviews
Graffik Gallery has a reputation for being the capitals prime street art destination. The gallery has carved a master status in the movements and trends of the urban art genre. The gallery has an unparalleled ability to foresee emerging talent and exhibits the elite within the realm of street art. Industry recognized Banksy specialists with a continuous inventory of the most recent or sought after works staples Graffik as the go-to gallery for urban art. Graffik Gallery has full exclusivity with a number of artists that they represent. On display you can view works by Banksy, Dotmaster, Stik, Alec Monopoly, Clet and Robin Coleman. Private viewings can be arranged for secondary market works from Warhol to Basquiat. Graffik Gallery does not cater purely for the art collector they open up their doors to the art world by offering tailored graffiti workshop events which allows anyone to submerge themselves in this amazing culture. To date Graffik Gallery is proud to have hosted an extraordinary client list of internationally renowned companies. The expertise of Graffik and its team is down to its insight and being at the forefront of this industry, they were the first street art gallery in West London and the first to bring the graffiti workshops to the world.
2. Hang-Up Gallery
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5.0 based on 21 reviews
Hang-Up is a contemporary art gallery located on the Regents Canal in Hoxton East London. The gallery specialises in Banksy sales to an international collector base and is also major dealers in works by Harland Miller, David Shrigley, Invader, KAWS and Takashi Murakami and buying and selling artworks by leveraging their extensive networks developed over the past decade. The gallery is also proud to work with a roster of young forward-thinking artists in selling and presenting artworks through their dynamic exhibition programme. They have an impressive core stable of artists with whom they have been integral in developing their artistic careers. Artists include Tim Fishlock, Dave White, The Connor Brothers, Magnus Gjoen and Lauren Baker. To book an appointment or viewing please call the gallery.
3. Walton Fine Arts
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5.0 based on 15 reviews
Walton Fine Arts is a Contemporary Art Gallery in London and Online, specialized in Modern, Contemporary, Pop and Street Art. We deal in original paintings, lithographs, fine art prints and sculptures by international artists including Bacon, Banksy, Chagall, Hirst, Indiana, Lichtenstein, Miro, Picasso, Warhol, as well as emerging artists including Bambi, E$COBAR and Van Donna...
4. Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries
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5.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By KentChris - Manchester, United Kingdom
I cannot recommend strongly enough paying the extra £5 to visit this gallery, high up within the abbey. The exhibits are fascinating. There before you, for example, is one of the few extant copies of the Magna Carta, beautifully illuminated medieval religious texts and stained glass and so many more fascinating objects. Add to that the magnificent views down into the abbey and it makes for a wonderful experience. I spent well over an hour there, and that's even before exploring the abbey proper.
5. Genius Treasure Museum
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
The museum has had to close until further notice due to building works. Hopefully open again in June.
6. Victoria Miro Gallery
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4.5 based on 46 reviews
Visit this art emporium considered to be "the most beautiful commercial gallery in London," by Time Out magazine.
Reviewed By SadekMario - London, United Kingdom
I live next door, and used to be a Art and design student and London was my base throughout those very formative years and during that time - 1997 / early 2000 I visited a lot of museums and art galleries and Victoria Miro was already a well known name in the art scene then. I was very impressed by their absolutely sturdy, wavy concrete structure with smart and wide glass walls facing the courtyard in which there is a magnificent installation that could be disguised as a “submerged” and decrepit ruins of an old and rusted house or dwelling of sorts, complete with ferns and shrubs growing on / in it. Loved it and reminded me of Milan or Palermo even. Collections and exhibitions change constantly you will find those listed in any magazine or website about London Art galleries
7. Dulwich Picture Gallery
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4.5 based on 461 reviews
Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”. Located in 3 acres of private gardens, today the Gallery is a vibrant cultural hub hosting some of the UK’s leading exhibitions alongside its Permanent Collection of Baroque masterpieces while staging a wide-ranging programme of public events, practical art and community engagement.
Reviewed By futtock21 - London, United Kingdom
Dulwich Picture Gallery is a tale of two halves: the permanent collection of European masterpieces particularly from the 17th and 18th centuries - think the likes of Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Watteau; then a cluster of small rooms to the rear housing a temporary exhibition space. The most recent exhibition entitled English Surrealism is almost a contradiction in terms as surrealism was a mainly continental movement and its adherents in this country only appear to have contributed to it fitfully; and, after World War II only by two women Eileen Agar and Leonore Carrington unless one also includes Desmond Morris still more known as a zoologist than an artist. The architecture of the gallery, the first purpose built art gallery anywhere in the world to a design by Sir John Soane is of considerable interest in itself. There is a bookshop and cafe.
8. Guildhall Art Gallery
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4.5 based on 419 reviews
Pre-booking required. Visit guildhall-art-gallery.arttickets.org.uk. The Gallery shows a changing display of about 250 artworks from its collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture, in addition to a programme of temporary exhibitions. The Gallery is also responsible for significant works of art held elsewhere including the monuments in the Guildhall, statues in the Old Bailey and further sculptures and the Harold Samuel Collection of 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings at Mansion House, the Lord Mayor's residence. A rich variety of Victorian paintings can be seen as you enter the Gallery, displayed in original 19th century style. The collections illustrate the key artistic movements and influences of the Victorian period, from the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Orientalism, Classicism and narrative painting. The Gallery's collection of London paintings opens a window onto unusual, memorable and colourful scenes from the city's history.
Reviewed By 178ivorm - London, United Kingdom
To be frank I rarely write reviews of anything in London since I live here and keep my reviews for my travels, However, in this peculiar year my travels are restricted to London so it seems reasonable to write reviews. I regularly visit the Guildhall Gallery and had wanted to see the temporary exhibition before lockdown. So I am pleased to see it now. Limited opening. Book on-line. Controlled numbers. Toilets. Hand sanitizer. Very nice temporary exhibition-Enchanted Interiors. Limited part opening of the permanent galleries. You can see many of the great Victorian paintings but the many of London not yet back. Go again.
9. Cecil Court
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4.5 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By Judycrook - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Old fashioned street with book stores and small art stores. Collectors books available from Alice in Wonderland. My favourite shop with two floors was the holistic and religious book shop. Sadly on a Saturday it appears that about 8 of the shops were closed. But worth a visit and imagine you are in Harry Potter or living a century ago
10. Halcyon Gallery
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By 517elaines - London, United Kingdom
Having seen Warhol at The Tate already I must admit I was blown away more Warhol and other artists at this beautiful, very covid friendly gallery. The staff could do with spending less time face down into their laptops but definitely worth a visit!
