Shut in 1981, the monolithic Giles Gilbert Scott-designed mid-century power station Bankside re-opened in 2000...
Southeast London · Bankside, London
One of Britain's most vital and visited attractions is not, as the name suggests, British-specific. In fact very...
Central London · Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London
An impressive if infuriatingly convoluted brutalist-style arts complex, the Barbican Centre (opened in 1982) was...
East London · Silk St, London
The V&A, as it is commonly known, boasts the world's largest collection of decorative arts and design, with 4.5 million...
Southwest London · Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London
Stately but somehow not grand in its position perched above Trafalgar Square β and seemingly oblivious to the...
Central London · Trafalgar Square, London
Started in 1971 on Great Newport St as a space for photographers to display, discuss and sell their work and to promote...
Soho · 16β18 Ramillies St, London
Perched at the northern most tip of Hampstead Heath — the most northern part of London you need (and should)...
North London · Hampstead Lane, Hampstead, London
A privately funded artist-and-architect-led institution devoted to the visual arts through exhibitions, education...
Central London · Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
Less critical to the local Whitechapel community than it once was, the publicly funded Whitechapel Gallery nevertheless...
East London · 80 Whitechapel High St, London
Described by the Sunday Telegraph as "the most beautiful small art gallery in the world", this south-of-the-river jewel...
South London · Gallery Rd, Dulwich, London