Royal Academy of Arts, London / David ParryLondon has long been home to some of the world's leading art galleries — Tate Modern, Somerset House and the National Gallery are among the U.K.'s most visited attractions.
CNBC asked a mix of artists to name their favorite public and commercial galleries to visit in London — large or small.
Contemporary galleries — and an upscale hotelMultidisciplinary artist Lauren Baker, who is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale until November, named contemporary galleries — and a hotel — as her favorite places to see art in London.
Her top London galleries include the Royal Academy of Arts, for its "wonderful" exhibitions, she told CNBC by email.
Rob Stothard | Getty ImagesEdwards also likes major London galleries Tate Modern and Tate Britain.
Persons:
David Parry London, Lauren Baker, Alice, It's, Rachael Louise Bailey, Matthew Harris, Baker, Woolff, Apolline Bokkerink, Joanne Tinker, Jeff Greenberg, Matthew Flower, Amanda Wilkinson —, Maureen Paley, Gillian Wearing, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ratnam, Katharine Edwards, Mark Rothko's, Rothko, Rob Stothard, Edwards, Mark Rothko, Komal Madar, Kandinsky, Munter, Komal, Madar, Judy Chicago's, Modigliani, Gilbert Proesch, George Passmore, Gilbert, Joe Maher, Tom Oldham, Dave Grohl, Usain Bolt, Gilbert Prousch, Oldham, Queen Elizabeth II, Andy Warhol, Phillips, Dan Kitwood
Organizations:
Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy of Arts ,, Somerset House, CNBC, Venice Biennale, Alice Black Gallery, Universal, Getty, Turner, Tate Galleries, Cricket Fine, London's Tate, Tate, Tate Britain, Seagram, Gilbert & George Centre, Oldham, George Centre, .
Locations:
London, Royal Academy of Arts , London, Venice, London's Soho, Fitzrovia, Mayfair, Andalusia, Spain, London's Chelsea, New York, Serpentine, Hyde, London's Bermondsey, Islington, Soho, England