Simone Rocha

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Starting in South London, in Peckham, where Hannah Barry Gallery is showing new paintings by the young Spanish artist Natalia Gonzalez Martin. The space is right by the station, so you can go by train to Victoria and walk up, through Green Park, into Mayfair. [Read my full route description below]
- Hannah Barry Gallery
  South
  
  Hannah Barry Gallery 4 Holly Grove London SE15 5DF ChIJhVElBaEDdkgRNyZYXIZVGR8 51.46994,-0.07139 Opening in 2008 Hannah Barry Gallery grew out of a series of temporary exhibition projects. The gallery also started Bold Tendencies, a not-for-profit arts commissioning organisation with an annual season... View gallery
- Ben Hunter
  Central
  
  Ben Hunter 44 Duke Street London SW1Y 6DD ChIJy80_dAUFdkgREmIGFMlVAQY 51.50733,-0.13777 Ben Hunter mounts exhibitions of Modern and Contemporary artwork. View gallery
- White Cube Mason's Yard
  Central
  
  White Cube Mason's Yard 25 -26 Mason's Yard London SW1Y 6BU ChIJj18fOtAEdkgRroT7k7wG8kI 51.50743,-0.13744 White Cube's gallery in St James's, Central London View gallery
- Marlborough
  Central
  
  Marlborough 6 Albemarle Street London W1S 4BY ChIJ6zBQ4CkFdkgRt794fBqHD2o 51.50832,-0.1408 Founded in 1946, Marlborough is an art gallery showcasing modern and contemporary artworks and exhibitions with locations in London, New York, Madrid and Barcelona. View gallery
- Timothy Taylor
  Central
  
  Timothy Taylor 15 Bolton Street London W1J 8BG ChIJF5GpAykFdkgR7sVeknjg4Dg 51.5071,-0.14438 Timothy Taylor is a modern and contemporary art gallery in Mayfair, London, owned and founded by the art dealer Timothy Taylor. View gallery
- Sadie Coles HQ - Davies Street
  Central
  
  Sadie Coles HQ 1 Davies Street London W1K 3DB ChIJcSUFEiwFdkgRnP3KPDYn7ik 51.510578,-0.147565 Focused on three gallery spaces across central London, Sadie Coles HQ has been presenting exhibitions of new and established artists for twenty-five years. View gallery
- Alison Jacques
  Central
  
  Alison Jacques 16–18 Berners Street London W1T 3LN ChIJNXZ4CysbdkgRU49vwfO68Jo 51.51772060193529,-0.13633410824312203 Established in 2004, Alison Jacques has built a reputation for its curatorial approach and pioneering commitment to under-acknowledged artists View gallery
- Soft Opening
  East
  
  Soft Opening 6 Minerva Street London E2 9EH ChIJdXlCRMMcdkgRlwKZgO6dGBU 51.531520,-0.059530 EMERGING CONTEMPORARY IN EAST LONDON View gallery
- Maureen Paley
  East
  
  Maureen Paley 60 Three Colts Lane London E2 6GQ ChIJa0FEfNAcdkgRKrbjLXiIpwk 51.524380,-0.057650 Maureen Paley is a long established art gallery and was amongst the first to present contemporary art in London’s East End. The gallery has been a pioneer of the current art scene, promoting a diverse range of established and emerging international artists. View gallery
- Project Native Informant
  East
  
  Project Native Informant 48 Three Colts Ln, London E2 6GQ ChIJB4ndfysFdkgRcV6CyO1hc6A 51.52495101804457,-0.056010077243879255 Contemporary art gallery established in 2013 with a strong interest in expanded institutional critique View gallery
Starting in South London, in Peckham, where Hannah Barry Gallery is showing new paintings by the young Spanish artist Natalia Gonzalez Martin. The space is right by the station, so you can go by train to Victoria and walk up, through Green Park, into Mayfair. I'm interested to see the artists in Ben Hunter's new group show. Then by contrast to see Jeff Wall's photographs in the White Cube, Masons Yard. Just off Piccadilly is...

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Starting in South London, in Peckham, where Hannah Barry Gallery is showing new paintings by the young Spanish artist Natalia Gonzalez Martin. The space is right by the station, so you can go by train to Victoria and walk up, through Green Park, into Mayfair. I'm interested to see the artists in Ben Hunter's new group show. Then by contrast to see Jeff Wall's photographs in the White Cube, Masons Yard. Just off Piccadilly is Marlborough, where an exhibition of 1930-70s photographs by Bill Brandt, Irving Penn and Brassaï.

The next stop is to see Alex Katz' new works exploring abstraction at Timothy Taylor, before heading to Sadie Coles HQ Davies Street space which, in the spirit of collaboration, is hosting four of India's most prominent galleries who are presenting a nuanced picture of art from South Asia and its diaspora. On the other side of Oxford Circus is the Fitzrovia Chapel, showing fascinating photographs of wartime nurses shot by the surrealist icon, Lee Miller. As a designer I am drawn to Nicola L.'s Pénétrables; wearable fabrics that transform a group of individuals into a singular organism. Fifty years of the artist's work is being presented at Alison Jacques for what is, unbelievably, her first ever exhibition in the UK. A quick 20 minutes from Oxford Circus to Bethnal Green and then on to Soft Opening to see the artist and poet Rhea Dillon's poignant and cerebral exhibition about Caribbean diaspora culture. Then galleries Maureen Paley and Project Native Informant are neighbours - showing new work by Jane and Louise Wilson, and sculptures by Dozie Kanu, respectively. The final stop is Public Gallery, in Whitechapel, where two concurrent exhibitions are the final of the day. Ufuoma Essi's experimental film looks at Black female singers and performers, while Anousha Payne & Laila Tara H's duo show includes reptilian ceramics and serene Iranian miniature paintings.

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