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Galleries in London

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The Barbican Art Gallery

The Barbican Art Gallery shows various exhibitions of photography, art and design.

The Courtauld Institute Gallery

This gallery contains the finest collection of Impressionist paintings in Britain as well as masterpieces by Botticelli, Goya, Rubens and Tiepolo. Among the great works represented are Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergere and Van Gogh’s Self Portrait with a bandaged ear.

The Guildhall Art Gallery

Visit the Corporation of London's collection of 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century works of art. Includes works by Constable, Landseer, Rossetti, Tissot and Millais.

The Hayward Gallery

This galley is a part of the South Bank Centre, shows four exhibitions of international stature annually and specialising in the works of modern masters and the most exciting names in contemporary art.

The National Gallery

Displaying a collection of western paintings from about 1260-1900 and includes work by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Van Gogh.

The National Portrait Gallery

This gallery houses a permanent collection of portraits of famous men and women from the Tudors to the present day. The likenesses of poets and princesses, sportsmen and statesmen are all on display.

The Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts is world famous for the outstanding exhibitions it holds.

Tate Britain

See the national collection of British paintings from 1500 to the present day, from the Tudors to the Turner Collection. Tate Britain holds the greatest collection of British art in the world including works by Constable, Gainsborough, Hodgin, Hogarth, Moore, Rossetti and Turner.

Tate Modern

This is the largest and one of the foremost museums of modern and contemporary art in the world.Tate Modern houses the Tate’s collection of modern art with work ranging from Andy Warhol to Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse to Henry Moore, with displays arranged into four themes; landscape, still life, the nude and history paintings.

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