London Art Galleries

Banqueting House - Banqueting House is not actually an art gallery, but if you’re interested in art then you can’t come miss the huge Rubens that adorns its ceiling

Courtauld Gallery - Famous for its collection of French Impressionists and works by great painters such as Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Monet, Rubens and Van Gogh

Guildhall Art Gallery - Contains paintings of famous faces and scenes from London’s history, plus the remains of London’s Roman amphitheatre in the basement

Hayward Gallery - The Hayward Gallery has temporary exhibitions by contemporary artists, sculptors and photographers. It is part of the Southbank Centre complex

King’s Gallery - Built onto the side of Buckingham Palace, the King’s Gallery shows pieces from the Royal Collection in a series of temporary exhibitions

National Gallery - London’s best gallery contains art by the world’s greatest painters like Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Renoir, Raphael, Titian, Turner and Van Gogh

National Portrait Gallery - This tells the story of Britain’s history through portraits of our most famous kings, queens, politicians, artists and celebrities

Old Royal Naval College - There’s only one painting at the Old Royal Naval College but it stretches across the ceiling and over the walls of the Painted Hall

Queen’s House - Queen’s House is part of the National Maritime Museum and has a collection of naval-related art. It’s also an historic piece of architecture

Royal Academy of Arts - The RA started out as an art school teaching the likes of Turner and Gainsborough, who’s works can now be seen in the John Madejski Fine Rooms

Saatchi Gallery - Charles Saatchi’s gallery has free exhibitions by up-and-coming artists who rarely get the chance to exhibit their work in London’s larger galleries

Tate Britain - Tate Britain focuses solely on British art by the likes of Hockney, Bacon, Blake, Turner, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable and Millais

Tate Modern - Tate Modern is one of the most popular attractions in London with artworks by Dali, Matisse, Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol

Victoria & Albert Museum - The V&A contains British paintings by Turner, Constable and Gainsborough, plus some famous studies by Raphael

Wallace Collection - This hidden gem of a gallery contains works by the likes of Rembrandt, Rubens, Reynolds, Titian, Gainsborough and Delacroix