2007-03-25 22:45:54 · 11 answers · asked by Neill 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
Below are considered the best in the Country
National Gallery (free) www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
Tate Britain (free/charge) www.tate.org.uk
Tate Modern (free) www.tate.org.uk/modern/
National Potrait Gallery (free) www.npg.org.uk
Royal Academy (charge) www.royalacademy.org.uk
Somerset House (small charge/free www.somerset-house.org.uk
For Modern art and new British talent I would recommend the Tate Modern www.tate.org.uk/modern/ Serpintine Gallery www.serpentinegallery.org and the fantastic Saachi Galleries www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/
Hope this helps
2007-03-25 23:05:30 · answer #1 · answered by daniel e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery within walking distance of each other, Trafalgar Square. Both are superb. Queens Gallery at the left hand end of Buckingham Palace is at the other end of The Mall (gallery misnamed: the items in it, eg Leonardo drawings, belong to the people and are looked after for them by Her Maj.). Royal Academy specials/blockbusters are always good value, Piccadilly. For real art these are the top four, in my estimation, and "tate" is short for potato where I come from, as it happens, an unattractive vegetable.
2007-03-26 12:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
County Hall Gallery -
Riverside Building, Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7PB
020 7450 7600
Category: Art Galleries – Public
Royal Society Of Portrait Painters -
17 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
020 7930 6844
Category: Art Galleries & Dealers
Proud Galleries -
5 Buckingham St, London, WC2N 6BP
020 7839 4942
Hayward Gallery -
South Bank Centre, Belvedere Rd, London, SE1 8XZ
0870 169 1000
Category: Art Galleries – Public
Viart Corporation -
4 Buckingham Place, London, SW1E 6HR
020 7798 9330
Category: Art Galleries & Dealers
Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd -
5 Pickering Place, SW1A 1EA
020 7839 8386
Category: Art Galleries & Dealers
IZO Russian Art Gallery - London
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Hope you will find one you like in this lot. Have a nice day and good luck!!!
2007-03-26 06:07:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tate and Tate Modern are the best, along with the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square.
2007-03-26 05:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by calvin o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tate modern and the National Portrait Gallery are brilliant :]
2007-03-26 13:48:53 · answer #5 · answered by cmrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favourite is the National Portrait Gallery
2007-03-26 05:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by Joanne T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them have been listed above, but you should also visit
The Wallace Collection
Sir John Soanes Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Dulwich Picture Gallery.
The main commercial galleries are around Cork Street, in Mayfair. You can get a copy of Galleries Guide at one of them (it's free) and work through the listings in it.
2007-03-26 22:59:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Went to see 'Face of Fashion' at The National Portrait Gallery yesterday and it was fantastic.
Also lots more to see in there for free.
Tate Modern is also a favourite of mine.
2007-03-26 19:48:17 · answer #8 · answered by bottomburps 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Begin with The National on Trafalgar Square.
Go to St Martin's in the Field's crypt for a really cheap and filling lunch. Then head next door to the National Portrait Gallery.
A good five hours worth of art. Free. (The lunch isn't)
2007-03-26 15:30:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
National gallery is the best for traditional art, and full of masterpieces of all centuries. There is an amazing collection of the old school.
For me, my favourite is Tate Britain, which is famous for contemporary art. It's so vibrant, full of life, and multi-dimentional. I like short films they show in small studios: some of them are black and white, some of them are silent, but they always make you think.
2007-03-26 19:58:41 · answer #10 · answered by Vicky 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋