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Smaller Galleries: London's art off the beaten track

By CW Contributor on 5/4/2017

First date? Overdue catch-up? Hour to kill? If you're looking for something off the beaten track, these gallery shows provide the perfect respite from museum crowds (not to mention the price-tag)

Detail: The Critical Edge, 2015 fabric, wood, nails, hand-sewn brown thread, graphite; four black MDF panels and four fabric elements

Richard Tuttle, Pace Gallery

New works by American artist Richard Tuttle: 'The Critical Edge' gathers pieces in fabric from the king of textiles

WHEN

13 Apr 2017 – 13 May 2017, Pace London is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE

Pace Gallery
6 Burlington Gardens , London, W1S 3ET

ISelf Collection: Pawel Althamer, Self-portrait as the Billy-Goat, 2011, Courtesy the artist and Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Photo: Bartosz Stawiarski

ISelf Collection, Whitechapel Gallery

As part of the Whitechapel Gallery's commitment to showcasing neglected artwork, Self-portrait as the Billy Goat is the first of four exhibitions from the ISelf Collection: an exploration of the art and interpretation

WHEN

27 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017, 11am - 6pm Tuesday to Sunday; closed Mondays

WHERE

Whitechapel Gallery
72-78 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 7QX

© 2017 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artsts Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Gagosian. Photo: Marc Domage

Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors, Gagosian Gallery

Bullfighting, mythology and a whole lot of strife: this London Picasso show holds Picasso up alongside his national identity

WHEN

28 Apr 2017 – 25 Aug 2017, Hours: Tue–Sat 10-6

WHERE

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill
20 Grosvenor Hill, London, W1K 3DL

Edgardo Antonio Vigo: Poemas Matemàticos (In)comestibiles [(In)edible Mathematical Poems], 1968

Edgardo Antonio Vigo: Un arte a realizar (An art in becoming), Richard Saltoun

Mail art and 'useless machines': avant-garde Argentinian artist Edgardo Antonio Vigo gets his first solo UK exhibition in retrospective Un arte a realizar

WHEN

03 Apr 2017 – 19 May 2017, Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm

WHERE

Richard Saltoun
111 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 6RY

Marc Quinn, 'Sculpture from the series "Drawn from Life" (detail)', 2016. Courtesy and © Marc Quinn studio.

Marc Quinn: Drawn from Life review

Sculptor and former YBA Marc Quinn's new works come to the Soane Museum for an erotic, saccharine and occasionally troubling exhibition

WHEN

28 Mar 2017 – 23 Sep 2017, Tues - Sat: 10am - 5pm, Last entry at 4:30pm, Sun - Mon: Closed

WHERE

Sir John Soane’s Museum
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3BP

Newport Street Gallery: Ashley Bickerton, Photo © Prudence Cuming

Ashley Bickerton, Newport Street Gallery

Whether he straddles the concrete jungle of NYC and the lush tropics of Indonesia, shapeshifting artist Ashley Bickerton is aways astute

WHEN

21 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017, Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 6pm

WHERE

Newport Street Gallery
Newport Street, London, SE11 6AJ

Secundino Hernandez, Victoria Miro: 'Untitled, 2017' image courtesy the artist

Secundino Hernández: Paso: Victoria Miro

Dynamic canvases come to both Victoria Miro galleries: Madrid artist Secundino Hernández continues his love affair with gesture and form

WHEN

01 Apr 2017 – 06 May 2017, Tuesday - Saturday: 10.00am - 6.00pm

WHERE

Victoria Miro
16 Wharf Road , London, N1 7RW

The Roof Garden Commission: Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) , 2016 Installation view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Photography by Hyla Skopitz, The Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Copyright 2016.

Cornelia Parker, Frith Street Gallery

Discover a new series of video works from one of our greatest artists at this Cornelia Parker

WHEN

28 Apr 2017 – 21 Jun 2017, Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Friday 10am-6pm; Saturday 11am-5pm, and by appointment

WHERE

48 Frith Street
W1D 4SF

Anish Kapoor exhibition, Lisson Gallery

One of our most prominent artists, sculptor Anish Kapoor, returns to the Lisson Gallery for a brand new show

WHEN

25 Mar 2017 – 09 May 2017, Open daily 10am–6pm, 11am–5pm om Sunda, Closed Monday 10am–6pm Tuesday 10am–6pm

WHERE

Lisson Gallery
52-54 Bell Street, London, NW1 5DA

Smaller Galleries: London's art off the beaten track

First date? Overdue catch-up? Hour to kill? If you're looking for something off the beaten track, these gallery shows provide the perfect respite from museum crowds (not to mention the price-tag)

Richard Tuttle, Pace Gallery

ISelf Collection, Whitechapel Gallery

Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors, Gagosian Gallery

Edgardo Antonio Vigo: Un arte a realizar (An art in becoming), Richard Saltoun

Marc Quinn: Drawn from Life review

Ashley Bickerton, Newport Street Gallery

Secundino Hernández: Paso: Victoria Miro

Cornelia Parker, Frith Street Gallery

Anish Kapoor exhibition, Lisson Gallery

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