| Barbican Artgallery Europe's largest multi-arts venue. Has exhibitions of photography, design and contemporary art. Barbican Centre, Silk Street, Tube : Barbican www.barbican.org.uk/gallery/ The British Museum Enormous collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures. Spanning two million years of human history. Great Russell Street, Tube : Russell Square www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ Courtauld Institute Gallery One of the most important collections in Britain, including world-famous Old Master and Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, Strand, Tube : Covent Garden http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/index.html Design Museum One of the world's leading Museums of design, fashion and architecture Shad Thames, Tube : Tower Hill www.designmuseum.org Hayward Gallery on the South Bank London Rolling programme provides a contemporary perspective on the art of our time and times past. South Bank, Belvedere road BR/Tube : Waterloo www.hayward.org.uk Institute of Contemporary Exhibitions London Arts Centre presenting contemporary exhibitions, film music, dance, new media. The Mall, BR/Tube : Charing Cross www.ica.org.uk The National Gallery One of the greatest collections of European painting in the world. Spans from 1250 to 1900 Trafalgar Square, BR/Tube : Charing Cross www.nationalgallery.org.uk National Portrait Gallery The most comprehensive collection of portraits in the world, St. Martins Place, BR/Tube : Charing Cross www.npg.org.uk Royal Academy of Arts British art from the 18th century to the present day. Piccadilly, Tube : Green Park, Piccadilly Circus http://www.royalacademy.org.uk The Saatchi Gallery Dedicated showcase for young British artists. Westminster Bridge Road, BR/Tube : Westminster www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/ Tate Modern Major gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art Bankside, Holland Street, BR/Tube : Blackfriars www.tate.org.uk/modern | V&A Museum Contains fine and applied arts from sculpture to costume Cromwell Road, Tube: South Kensington http://www.vam.ac.uk/ WHITE CUBE Jay Joplins gallery of contemporary art Hoxton Sq, BR/Tube :Old St. http://www.whitecube.com/ The Photographers' Gallery One of the UK's primary venues for Photography 5 & 8 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7HY Nearest Tube Leicester Square http://www.photonet.org.uk/ Michael Hoppen Gallery 3 Jubilee Place, London SW3 3TD Sunday & Monday: Closed Tuesday-Friday: 12noon - 6pm Saturday: 10.30am - 4pm http://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/ Tate Britain The world's largest display of British art - with over 600 years of work on show. Millbank, Tube : Pimlico www.tate.org.uk/britain Whitechapel Stages temporary exhibitions of international modern and contemporary art, Whitechapel High st, Tube : Algate East http://www.whitechapel.org/ Serpentine Gallery Pioneering exhibitions of modern and contemporary art Kensington Gardens, Tube: Knightsbidge http://www.serpentinegallery.org/ The Royal Photographic Society Fenton House, 122 Wells Road, Bath BA2 3AH, England http://www.rps.org/ Atlas fine art photography gallery, 19th century photography, contemporary fine art photographic prints and a fine art photo gallery. 49 Dorset Street, London, W1U 7NF Nearest Tube: Baker Street Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm, Sat 11am - 5pm http://www.atlasgallery.com/ |