Art and Culture

When Damien Hirst announced that he’d chosen a former factory in Vauxhall as the site for his new gallery, the art world took notice.

A Unique Film-Going Experience at Archlight Cinema

Battersea Power Station

A film-buffs’ three-screen cinema showing new releases and classic movies. Created by the people behind the Selfridges Cinema.

Horticultural Beauty at the Garden Museum

5 Lambeth Palace Road

Exhibitions, events and two artfully designed gardens at Britain’s only museum devoted to the art of gardening.

Bold New Plays and Innovative Revivals at The Turbine Theatre

Battersea Power Station

A new intimately scaled theatre that’s already an audience favourite for its imaginative productions of new and reinterpreted older plays.

Quantum Contemporary Art: Up-and-Coming Artists

87 Warriner Gardens

“Fun, hip and friendly” is how the FT describes Quantum Contemporary Art – a gallery in a converted Victorian laundry which represents a stable of 30 established and up-and-coming artists, with frequent exhibitions.

Modern Art in an Old School at Beaconsfield Gallery

22 Newport Street

Artist-run Beaconsfield is a cornerstone of the VauxhallNine Elms gallery scene, hosting exhibitions, events and a vegetarian café in a building that was once the Lambeth ragged school.

Lakeside Exhibitions at Pump House Gallery

Battersea Park

Originally built as a water tower to the lake cascades in Battersea Park, Pump House Gallery hosts a rotating programme of exhibitions and events, sometimes spilling out into the park itself.

Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery

Newport Street

From the moment it opened in 2015, Newport Street Gallery has been a must-see on the international art circuit. On view: art from Damien Hirst’s private art collection, including his own work.