Arts & Culture in Central London · Page 5

Clever cycling scheme

Popular but pricey-for-some cycle hire covering all of central London, with about 6,000 Santander-red vehicles...

Central London · London

Gays love alleyways

London's allegedly narrowest alleyway (15" wide at its leanest) runs from St Martin's Lane to...

Central London · Brydges Place, London

Concert hall with excellent church acoustics

Reconstructed following a Second World War hit, Thomas Archer's 1728 Baroque gem retains its place as one of London's...

Central London · Smith Square, Westminster, London

Paintings worth looking at if you happen to be in the neighbourhood

Tucked away to one side of Buckingham Palace you'll find this 1962 art gallery accessed by an adorable...

Central London · Buckingham Palace, London

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1970s art-house cinema made modern

Opened in 1972 as a single-screen cinema and split in two in the late 70s, the Curzon Bloomsbury has never veered...

Central London · Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury, London

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Cool hot spot of contemporary art

The minimalist but generous-sized domain of English gallerist Sadie Coles, who stages exhibitions by major English...

Central London · 62 Kingly St, London

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London outpost of serious German art gallery

Named after the two Cologne-based women gallerists who pooled their art-world resources in the 1990s, Sprüth...

Central London · 7A Grafton St, London

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Mecca of art hipness

In the 1990s the contemporary art scene — previously lumped in with the Mayfair/Cork St-area establishment —...

Central London · 25–26 Mason's Yard, off Duke St, St James's, London

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