Gallery hopping list

Priya Chandaria

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A running tally of the galleries I keep circling back to, scribbled between chapters of whatever proof I'm meant to be reading and squeezed in on the walk home from Orford Road (because apparently I can't just go to the pub like a normal person). Mostly East London, with a few excuses to cross the river when the show demands it. Tip: check each gallery's current exhibition before you go, because the room you fall in love with today might be a totally different show by the time you drag a friend back.

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Gallery hopping list — 9 items
Name	Address	City	Best for	My take
1William Morris Gallery	Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4PP	London	Arts and Crafts design, textiles, quiet Georgian rooms	My actual local, and free, which still feels like a trick they're going to take back one day
2Whitechapel Gallery	77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX	London	Major contemporary shows and emerging artist commissions	The gallery that made me fall for this whole habit in the first place, bring a notebook
3Studio Voltaire	1a Nelsons Row, London SW4 7JR	London	Artist-led exhibitions in a converted chapel	The building alone is worth the trek south of the river, the garden café doesn't hurt either
4Victoria Miro	16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW	London	Big-name contemporary artists and a proper canal-side garden	Go on a sunny afternoon and pretend the garden is yours, nobody checks
5South London Gallery	65 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH	London	Ambitious contemporary art without the West End queues	Free, unpretentious, and the fire station building next door gives it extra character
6Hales Gallery	7 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA	London	Painting-heavy shows in a converted Shoreditch space	Small enough to see properly in one lunch break, which I have definitely tested
7Camden Art Centre	Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG	London	Experimental contemporary art and a genuinely good bookshop	I always plan to just look at the show and always end up spending twenty minutes in the shop
8Autograph	Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA	London	Photography and work exploring identity and race	Consistently the shows that stay with me longest after I've left the building
9Tate Modern	Bankside, London SE1 9TG	London	Modern and contemporary art on an enormous scale	Obvious, yes, but the Turbine Hall still gets me every single time, tip is go on a weekday morning before the queues build

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