Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery opened on the South Bank in 1968. The Brutalist building has no permanent collection and stages three or four major exhibitions a year.
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts was founded in London in 1946 and has worked from Nash House on The Mall since 1968, with galleries, cinemas and a theatre.
White Cube
White Cube opened in 1993 in a single room on Duke Street, St James's. In London it now runs Mason's Yard and the Bermondsey Street gallery, opened in 2011.
Camden Art Centre
Camden Art Centre began in 1965 in the former Hampstead Central Library on Arkwright Road, a Grade II listed building of 1897, with exhibitions and residencies.
Saatchi Gallery
Saatchi Gallery opened in 1985 in a former paint factory in St John's Wood. Since 2008 it has filled the Duke of York's HQ on the King's Road, Chelsea.
Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles HQ opened in London in 1997 and now runs three West End spaces: 17 Savile Row in Mayfair, Kingly Street in Soho and Bury Street in St James's.
Timothy Taylor
Timothy Taylor opened in Mayfair in 1996. Its London gallery now fills a five-storey Georgian townhouse on Bolton Street, with a second space in Tribeca.
The Photographers’ Gallery
The Photographers' Gallery opened in 1971 as the UK's first public gallery for photography and has worked from Ramillies Street in Soho since 2012.
Frith Street Gallery
Frith Street Gallery, founded by Jane Hamlyn in Soho in 1989, now holds most of its exhibitions in a purpose-built space on Golden Square.
Victoria Miro
Victoria Miro, opened on Cork Street in 1985, has occupied a restored furniture factory on Wharf Road in north London since 2000.
Annely Juda Fine Art
Annely Juda Fine Art, founded in 1968, moved in 2025 to a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse on Hanover Square, opening with David Hockney.
greengrassi
greengrassi, founded by Cornelia Grassi in 1997, has shown contemporary art from Kempsford Road in Kennington, south London, since 2004.
Modern Art
Modern Art, founded by Stuart Shave in 1998, moved to a building on Bennet Street in St James's in 2025 and also runs a space in Paris.
Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road
Flowers Gallery Kingsland Road fills a 19th-century Shoreditch warehouse, the gallery's East London home since its move from Hackney in 2002.
The Approach
The Approach, founded in 1997 above a pub in Bethnal Green, shows contemporary art in its main gallery and The Annexe in east London.
Chisenhale Gallery
Chisenhale Gallery in Bow, east London, commissions new work by artists inside a former factory shared with dance and studio spaces.
Matt’s Gallery
Matt's Gallery, founded by Robin Klassnik in 1979 and now based in Nine Elms, London, works closely with artists on new projects.
Nunnery Gallery
Nunnery Gallery in Bow, east London, is run by Bow Arts and presents Bow Open, Visions in the Nunnery and work rooted in local history.