Along with it's sights and museums, London is famous for its art galleries. London has hundreds of public and commercial art galleries hosting regular exhibitions large and small. Many of these london art galleries are internationally famous, with collections that are unparalleled anywhere in the world.
There are art galleries in london to suit every taste, some of which require the best part of a day set aside to visit, others take an hour or two but are fascinating nonetheless.
If you are looking for an exhibition, we have a page of london's top art exhibitions according to the papers. Updated every week, find out what the papers pick as the top london art exhibitions.
The following links take you to a page with information on each london art gallery (the list is in alphabetical order):
Bankside Art Gallery
Courtauld Gallery (admission charge, but free Monday from 10am - 2pm, except Public Holidays)
Dulwich College Picture Gallery (admission charge for adults; children free)
Guildhall Art Gallery (admission charge, but free to all after 3.30 pm daily and all day Friday)
Kenwood House
National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Photographers Gallery
Political Cartoon Gallery
Royal Academy of Arts
Saatchi Gallery (admission charges)
96 Gillespie, N5
Angel Gallery, Islington Museum, N1
Atlas Gallery, W1
Architectural Association, WC1
Barbican Art Gallery, EC2
Blackheath Gallery, SE3
British Library Exhibition Galleries, NW1
The British Museum, WC1
Brixton Art Gallery, SW9
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, WC1
Cafe Gallery Projects, SE16
Camden Arts Centre, NW3
Canada House Art Gallery, WC2
Candid Gallery, EC1
Cell Project Space, E8
Centre of Attention, E2
Chisenhale Gallery, E3
Clapham Art Gallery, SW4
Contemporary Applied Arts, W1
Crafts Council Gallery, N1
County Hall Gallery, SE1
Cubitt Gallery, N1
Deluxe Gallery, N1
Design Museum, SE1
Diorama Gallery, NW1
Essor Gallery, SE1
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, N1
Frith Street Gallery, W1
Freud Museum, NW3
Gagosian gallery, W1
Gasworks Gallery, SE11
Gilbert Collection at Somerset House, WC2
Goethe Institute, SW7
Greenwich Printmakers Gallery, SE10
Hayward Gallery, SE1
Haunch of Venison, W1
Hellenic Centre, W1
Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House, WC2
Hulton Getty Images, SW3
ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), SW1
Imperial War Museum, SE1
James Hyman Fine Art, SW1
Jerwood Gallery, SE1
Annely Juda, W1
Lanternhouse, The Ellers, Ulverston
Laurent Delaye Gallery, W1
Lisson Gallery, London, NW1
London Institute Gallery, W1
London Print Studio, W10
Mall Galleries/Federation of British Artists, SW1
Marlborough Fine Art Gallery, W1
John Martin Gallery, SW3
Messum's Gallery, W1S
Mobile Home Gallery, E2
Modern Art, E2
Morley Gallery, SE1
Museum of Installation (MoI), SE8
Nancy Victor, W1
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, SE10
The Guardian Newsroom, EC1
The October Gallery, WC1
Orangery, W8
Oxo Tower, SE1
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, WC1
Photofusion Gallery, SW9
Queen's Gallery, SW1
RIBA Architecture Gallery, W1
Sadler's Wells, EC1
Serpentine Gallery, W2
Sesame Art, N1
Shine Gallery, SW3
Sir John Soane's Museum, WC2
Somerset House, WC2
South London Gallery, SE5
Space-TwoTenTwo, E2
Stables Gallery, NW2
Stephen Lacey Gallery, EC1
Studio Caparrelli, SW7
Tate Britain, SW1
Tate Modern, SE1
Thomas Dane, SW1
Victoria and Albert Museum, SW7
Victoria Miro Gallery, N1
Vilmagold, EC2
Waddington Galleries, W1
The Wallace Collection, W1
Whitechapel Gallery, E1
White Cube, N1