Saatchi Gallery, County Hall, South Bank.

©Neil Setchfield/Lonely Planet

Saatchi Gallery

Kensington & Hyde Park


This grandly housed gallery In the Duke of York's Headquarters hosts temporary exhibitions of experimental and thought-provoking work across a variety of media, much of it international in nature. The white and sanded bare-floorboard galleries are magnificently presented, while a cool shop chips in on the 1st floor. Check the (weirdly dated) website for details of current and forthcoming exhibitions. Exhibitions have also included non-contemporary and historic material, such as 2020's Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh.

Transportation

  • underground: Sloane Sq

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kensington & Hyde Park attractions

1. King’s Road

0.21 MILES

At the counter-cultural forefront of London fashion during the technicolour '60s and anarchic '70s (Ian Fleming's fictional spy James Bond had a flat in a…

2. Royal Hospital Chelsea

0.3 MILES

Designed by Christopher Wren, this superb structure was built in 1692 to provide shelter for ex-servicemen. Since the reign of Charles II, it has housed…

3. National Army Museum

0.35 MILES

This inventively redesigned museum vibrantly relates the history of the British Army, from the perspective of its servicemen and servicewomen. Reopening a…

4. Michelin House

0.44 MILES

Built for Michelin between 1905 and 1911 by François Espinasse, and completely restored in 1985, the building blurs the stylish line between art nouveau…

5. Chelsea Physic Garden

0.47 MILES

You may bump into a wandering duck or two as you enter this walled pocket of botanical enchantment, established by the Apothecaries’ Society in 1673 for…

6. Brompton Oratory

0.6 MILES

The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the London Oratory and the Oratory of St Philip Neri, is a Roman Catholic church that in London…

7. Peace Pagoda

0.64 MILES

Erected in 1985 by a group of Japanese Buddhists to commemorate Hiroshima Day (6 August), the pagoda in Battersea Park displays the Buddha in the four…

8. Carlyle’s House

0.67 MILES

From 1834 until his death in 1881, the eminent Victorian essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle dwelt in this three-storey terrace house, bought by his…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "england/london/kensington-and-hyde-park/attractions/saatchi-gallery/a/poi-sig/1265706/1324204",
      "destination": "Kensington-&-Hyde-Park",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "country": "England",
      "city": "London",
      "neighborhood": "Kensington-&-Hyde-Park",
      "position": "superzone"
    }