Top Art-related places to visit in London.
From Hogarth's bawdy depictions of London slime to fine art and views of the Thames, London's always said cheese to every warts and all snapshot smiled for. Many great artists have spent some time in London, and many great works still exist. Be creative.
MORE ART SIGHTS:
11. Wheeler's Thursday Club @ 19-21 Old Compton Street, Soho
12. Girl with a Dolphin @ North East side of Tower Bridge
13. Queen's artist Cuneo lived here @ 205 Ember Lane, East Molesey
14. Sculptor Epstein lived here @ 50 Baldwins Hill, Loughton, Essex
15. Old Slaughter's Coffee House @ 77 St Martins Lane, London
16. Elizabeth Taylor was born here. @ 8 Wildwood Road, Hampstead
17. Sothebys @ 3435 New Bond Street
18. Rossetti's Grave Digging @ Highgate Cemetery, London
19. Indica Gallery @ 6 Masons Yard, St James, London
20. Birthplace of Alfred Hitchcock @ 517 High Road, Leytonstone, London
21. Marie Spartali Stillman @ The Shrubbery, 2 Lavender Gardens, Battersea
22. The Gargoyle Club @ 69 Dean Street, Soho, London
23. Dennis Severs House @ 18 Folgate Street, London
24. Sarum Chase and Cruella de Vil @ 23 West Heath Road, Hampstead
25. London Orphan Asylum @ Lower Clapton Road, London
26. Arty Langthorne Park @ Birch Grove, Leyton
27. Vincent Van Gogh lived here @ 87 Hackford Road, Lambeth, London
28. The Giant Plug @ Ganton Street, Soho, London
29. The Beatles Apple Shop @ 94 Baker Street, London
30. One Nation under CCTV @ Newman Street, London
31. Tottenham Court Road Tube @ Tottenham Court Road
32. David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust @ Heddon Street, Piccadilly, London
33. William Morris' House & Gallery @ Lloyd Park, Forest Road, London
34. Cat artist Louis Wain @ 41 Brondesbury Road, Willesden
35. The Soho Mural @ Noel Street, London
36. Notre Dame de France @ 5 Leicester Place, Leicester Square
37. William Morris' Birthplace @ Elm House, 341/343 Forest Road, Walthamstow
38. Stockwell War Memorial Mural @ Clapham Road
39. The Royal Academy of Arts @ Burlington House, Piccadilly
40. Boy with a Dolphin @ NW side of Albert Bridge
41. Artist William Etty lived here @ 14 Villiers Street, Charing Cross
42. Riders of the Apocalypse @ Sanford Street, Cold Blow Lane, Lewisham, London
43. Rossetti's Chelsea Menagerie @ 16 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
44. Royal Albert Hall @ Kensington Gore
45. Rubens Dartboard @ Denham Court, Denham Court Drive, Denham, Bucks
46. Cecil Sharp House @ Regents Park Road
47. Artist James Barry died here @ 36 Castle Street, Oxford Street, London
48. Ophelia's River @ off Church Road
49. Harrow College of Art @ Brookshill, Harrow Weald, Middlesex
50. JMW Turner lived here @ 23 Queen Anne Street West, Marylebone
51. Torrigiano's Henry VII tomb @ Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London
52. Banksy's Scrabble Makes You ... @ 19 Portobello Road, Notting Hill
53. The Fitzrovia Mural @ Whitfield Gardens, Fitzrovia, London
54. Art, Alcohol and a Lost Great @ Eyre Street Hill
55. Gilbert Bayes lived here @ 4 Greville Place, St Johns Wood, London
56. The Black Friar @ 174 Queen Victoria Street
57. William Morris' Red House @ Red House Lane
58. The home of Lucien Pissarro @ 27 Stamford Brook, Chiswick
59. John Sargent's Studio @ 33 Tite Street, Chelsea, London
60. Howard Carter's Birthplace @ Richmond Mansions, 252 Old Brompton Road
61. The Turks Head Literary Club @ 9 Gerrard Street, Soho, London
62. Pepe's Polka Dot House @ 99 Talbot Road, Notting Hill
63. JMW Turner died here @ 6 Davis's Place, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London
64. Muse Elizabeth Siddal born here @ 7 Greville Street, Holborn, London
65. Underground Art and Crime Free @ Leake Street, Lower Marsh
66. Joshua Reynolds lived here @ 10-11 Great Newport Street, London
67. The Foundling Museum @ 40 Brunswick Square, London
68. Artist Millais Lived & Died here @ 2 Palace Gate, Kensington, London
69. William Morris's Furniture @ 17 Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury, London
70. The Cable Street Mural @ 236 Cable Street, London
71. Contemporary Art On Tap @ Arkwright Road
72. Banksy's Bullet Proof Cherub @ Old Street, London
73. Comedy and Tragedy @ Gilbert Bridge, Barbican, London
74. Woolf and Shaw lived here @ 29 Fitzroy Square
75. Art, Ethics and Chilled Music @ Richmond Road, Dalston
76. Francis Bacon's Drug Bust @ 80 Narrow Street, Limehouse
77. Home to a Classic Animated TV @ Festing Road, Putney
78. The Bermondsey Tank @ Mandela Way, Bermondsey, London
79. The Mayor Gallery @ 22A Cork Street, Mayfair
80. London's only Antique Dept Store @ 150 Chiswick High Road
81. The Museum of the Home @ 136 Kingsland Road
82. Joseph-Rene Bellot's Obelisk @ Riverside Walk, Greenwich, London
83. London Glassblowing Company @ 66-66 Bermondsey Street
84. Brixton Train Station Murals @ 32 Brixton Station Road
85. Banksy Up the Wall @ Pollard Street, Bethnal Green, London
86. The Circus comes to Blythe House @ 23 Blythe Road, West Kensington
87. The Poets Circle @ The British Library, St Pancras, London
88. Byam Shaw School of Art @ 70 Campden Street, Kensington
89. Tate Britain, Sugar & Prison! @ Millbank, London
90. Hackney Peace Carnival Mural @ Dalston Lane, London
91. The Spirit of Soho @ Broadwick Street, Soho, London
92. Fairy Illustrator lived here @ 27 Albert Square, Kennington
93. Sergeant Pepper Covered @ 4 Chelsea Manor Studios, 1 Flood Street, Chelsea
94. Cyril Mann lived here @ Bevin Court, Islington
95. Thomas Rowlandson's studio @ 16 John Adam Street, Adelphi, London
96. Saucy Postcarder McGill's House @ 5 Bennett Park, Blackheath, London
97. Ardizzone's home of Inspiration @ 130 Elgin Avenue, Westminster
98. Young British Artists rule Here @ 48 Hoxton Square
99. Paddington Green Church @ Paddington Green, Paddington
100. Banksy Blur Crazy Beat @ Stoke Newington Church Street, London
101. The Mosaic House @ 4-6 Fairlawn Grove, Chiswick
102. Mauleverer Road Mural @ Mauleverer Road
103. Miller's Residence @ 111a Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London
104. The First Great Magician? @ Flat 1 Ornan Court, Ornan Road, Belsize Park
105. Mina Loys House @ 68 Compayne Gardens, Hampstead
106. Hogarth's Southwark Fair @ Borough High Street, Southwark
107. Free Foyer Music @ Belvedere Road
108. Painter Richard Dadd lived here @ 15 Suffolk Street, Westminster, London
109. The Courtauld Institute of Art @ Somerset House, Strand, London
110. Comic Shenanigans @ 35 Little Russell Street
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