Art Special | Hogarth & Banksy
Clerkenwell, once home to Hogarth and a blank canvas to Banksy, is not just a creative centre for architecture and design – it’s a buzzing place for art too. It boasts galleries showing works of all types, as well as destination art shops and picture framers.
WHERE TO BROWSE
EC1 is full of art galleries, and there are new ones popping up all the time. They offer, right here on our doorstep, interesting (and free) exhibitions, as well as good buying opportunities if you’re in the market for a piece of art. There’s no need to wait for Frieze in October! Here, we pinpoint some of the best independent galleries in the area…
1) Rokeby Contemporary Art, 16 Rosebery Avenue EC1R 4TD, 020 7193 5034
www.rokebygallery.com
2) Clerkenwell Fine Art, 19th Century and Modern British Painting 2-3 Crawford Passage, EC1R 3DP, 07811 368863
www.clerkenwellfineart.com
3) dalla Rosa Gallery, Contemporary art 121 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5BY, 07865 452226
www.dallarosagallery.com
4) Lesley Craze Gallery, Contemporary jewellery and textiles, 33- 35a Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DU, 020 7608 0393
www.lesleycrazegallery.co.uk
5) Fold Abstract art, 15 Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0AA, 020 7253 3039
www.foldgallery.com
6) Frameless Gallery, Contemporary art, 20 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R ODP, 07974 976 736
www.framelessgallery.com
7) Craft Central, Craft and design exhibition, workshops and networking, 33- 35 St John’s Square, EC1M 4DS, 020 7251 0276
www.craftcentral.org.uk
8) Marsden Woo Gallery, Applied arts, 17 – 18 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DN, 020 7336 6396
www.marsdenwoo.com
9) Breese Little, Contemporary art, 30b Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DU, 07919 416290
www.breeselittle.com
10) Host, Photojournalism and documentary photography, 1 Honduras Street, EC1Y 0TH, 020 7253 2770
www.hostgallery.co.uk
11) Curious Duke Gallery, Contemporary surrealist and urban art, 173 Whitecross Street, EC1Y 8QP, 020 7251 6551
www.curiousdukegallery.com
12) Dreamspace, Architecture and design, 3 Dufferin St, EC1Y 8NA, 020 7562 8282
www.adremgroup.com/dreamspace-gallery
13) Barbican, Modern and contemporary art, design, photography and architecture, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS, 020 7638 4141
www.barbican.org.uk
