Art GalleriesBethnal Green

The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect the likeness of famous British men and women, today the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.Above the entrance of the Gallery are the busts of the three men ‐ all biographers and…
Distance: 2.6 miles away

Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to present day. Tate Britain is showing Collections 2002‐1500: BP Displays at Tate Britain, an entirely new presentation of the national collection of British art featuring masterpieces by the key figures of British art including Van Dyck,…
Distance: 3.2 miles away

Tate Modern stands at the heart of London, linked to St Paul's Cathedral by the new millennium footbridge. The building is a remarkable combination of the old and the new.Tate Modern hosts a permanent collection of contemporary and modern art from around the world, and also holds regular…
Distance: 1.6 miles away

The Mall Galleries is one of the few London venues to show the work of well‐established British artists alongside that of up‐and‐coming students and young unknown painters. Throughout the year the Mall Galleries are host to numerous art competitions, such as the Singer & FriedlanderSunday Times Water…
Distance: 2.8 miles away

The Royal Collection contains one of the world's finest groups of Dutch 17th‐century paintings. Among the most enduringly popular images in Western Art, these pictures have for centuries been admired for their harmonious compositions, close observation of detail, subtle light effects and meticulous finish. The 51 outstanding examples…
Distance: 3.4 miles away

Bankside Gallery is the home of two historic art societies; the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. We run a changing programme of exhibitions of contemporary watercolours and original prints by Members of the two Societies. Members are elected by their peers in…
Distance: 1.6 miles away

Located on London's vibrant South Bank with a waterfront vista overlooking the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, County Hall Gallery makes its home in the historic County Hall, next to the BA London Eye. Join us for the Dali centenary in 2004 as the Dali universe…
Distance: 2.5 miles away

The Courtauld Institute of Art is one of the world's leading institutes for teaching and research in the history of art and conservation and was awarded a 5 grade in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. Uniquely it houses world famous collections of paintings, prints and drawings in…
Distance: 2.1 miles away

Dulwich Picture Gallery is the greatest find in London: a magnificent collection of old masters, including works by Poussin, Claude, Rubens, Murillo, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, Watteau, Gainsborough and many others, was originally assembled for the King of Poland in the 1790s. When Poland was partitioned, an alternative home…
Distance: 5.2 miles away

The Gilbert Collection was formed over four decades by the late Sir Arthur Gilbert who first started to collect English silver, attracted by its historical and decorative qualities. The magnificent galleries of the Gilbert Collection occupy two levels of the South Building and the adjacent Embankment Building.The…
Distance: 2.1 miles away

We are an independent fine arts institution which supports contemporary artists and promotes interest in the arts through a comprehensive and ambitious exhibition programme. Our education work, and the RA Schools, ensure that the skills and knowledge of today's most talented artists are passed on to the next…
Distance: 3.1 miles away

TWith beautiful high ceilings in the freshly re‐furbished Victorian main gallery, period architecture mixed with modern new facilities throughout the building, and a garden retreat the South London Gallery presents a programme of up to 8 exhibitions every year of cutting edge visual arts. The South London…
Distance: 3.3 miles away

The Gallery, Ground Floor, Barking Learning Centre, is the first Art Gallery in Barking and Dagenham to open and establish itself within the community. The Gallery aims to produce a diverse and interesting collection of art for the public to view throughout the year and provides a platform…
Distance: 6.5 miles away

Three floors of art in Hampstead. We exhibit paintings by contemporary figurative and abstract European artists. They includie Mychael Barrat, Jane MacLean, Anna Nightingale, Andreas Charalamabides, Boris Lauffer, Stathis Vatanidis, Maria Filopoulou and many others.Greek artists are especially well represented, they are well‐known painters who depict the…
Distance: 5.4 miles away

Hogarth House is a gallery where most of Hogarth's well known engravings are on display, including 'Harlot's Progress', 'Rake's Progress', 'Marriage la Mode', and also 'Gin Lane' and 'Beer Street'.Hogarth lived here with his wife, sister and mother‐in‐law. After his death his widow Jane continued to live…
Distance: 8.3 miles away

Mary Evans Picture Library began life in 1964, and its core philosophy has remained unchanged for over 40 years: to make available and accessible all the wonderful images created for people to enjoy over the centuries which were originally published in books, on posters, in advertisements, or as…
Distance: 5 miles away

Oc‐Eo Art, the UK's leading specialist in contemporary and modern painting from Vietnam, opens its first permanent gallery in London.Less than three years after launching as an Internet based fine art business, Oc‐Eo Art, now the UK's leading specialist in contemporary and modern painting from Vietnam, have opened…
Distance: 1.9 miles away

WILLIAM MORRIS ‐ Designer, Craftsman, Writer and Socialist ‐ was born at Elm House, Walthamstow, on 24th March 1834. He died, 'having done more work than most ten men', at Hammersmith on 3rd October 1896. The WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY, opened by Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1950,…
Distance: 5.3 miles away