Guildhall Art Gallery
Guildhall Yard
London
EC2V 5AE
T: 020 7332 3700
E: guildhall.artgallery@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Visitor Information
10am-5pm Mon-Sat
Noon-4pm Sun
Free entry; special exhibitions charged
Recently re-hung, the Guildhall Art Gallery is located next to the medieval Guildhall, the gallery is home to well-known Victorian paintings and sculpture and fascinating London subjects, past and present. The gallery's collection spans 400 years and ranges from portraits of kings and queens to the work of contemporary London artists. John Singleton Copley's enormous painting, The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar (also known as The Siege of Gibraltar), is one of the largest in the country and spans two floors of the gallery. A changing selection of works by Sir Matthew Smith can also always be found on display.
Below the gallery lie the remains of a Roman amphitheatre, discovered in 1988. Here visitors can step into the arena of Roman London's Amphitheatre for the first time in 2,000 years, where evocative light and sound effects bring the age of the gladiators alive. There is also a programme of temporary exhibitions throughout the year.