SERPENTINE GALLERY
Kensington Gardens, W2
020 7402 6075
www.serpentinegallery.org.
Daily 10.00-18.00.
Price:Free.

Approximately 20 minutes walk from The Abbey Court, Notting Hill in Pembridge Gardens.

This gem of a gallery in Kensington Gardens, formerly a 1934 tea pavilion, was founded in 1970 by the Arts Council and today is a stylish, minimalist space showing modern and contemporary art.

Serpentine Gallery is one of London’s best-loved galleries for modern and contemporary art. Its Exhibition, Architecture, Education and Public Programmes attract 590,000 visitors a year and admission is free.

In the grounds of the Gallery is a permanent work by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, dedicated to the Serpentine’s former Patron Diana, Princess of Wales. The work comprises eight benches, a tree-plaque, and a carved stone circle at the Gallery’s entrance.

The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London, close to the Abbey Court Notting Hill, which focuses on modern and contemporary art.

The Serpentine provides a platform for contemporary artists, both British and international, with changing exhibitions. The gallery is available for corporate hire for evening events. There is a bookshop on site.

Established in 1970 and housed in a classical 1934 tea pavilion, it takes its name from the nearby Serpentine Lake. 

Notable artists who have been exhibited there include Man Ray, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol, Bridget Riley, Allan McCollum and Damien Hirst.

The gallery was set up by the Arts Council of Great Britain and for its first years was only open on a limited basis during the summer months. In 1986, Julia Peyton Jones was appointed as Director and under her the gallery was extensively refurbished. Since 2001 each summer the gallery has commissioned a temporary pavilion by leading architects.

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