The Best Art Galleries in Old Street

This charity is devoted to showcasing and supporting talented photographers who might otherwise be marginalised by the mainstream. The gallery spaceon Rivington Place presents exhibitions that explore race, cultural identity, human rights and politics and also offers a range of talks and educational activities.

Using the guiding concept of “liquid modernity” (a theory in which the modern individual flows through his own life as a tourist), l’étrangère presents emerging and mid-career artists that reflect London’s multicultural, urban and experimental ethos.

Maintaining its old shopfront since opening in 2008, Arcade promotes the work of modern masters and represents a handful of artists from across the world, such as Kit Craig and John Wallbank.

Modern Art, which is in a converted pre-war factory, has shown a huge range of influential contemporary artists during the last few years, including sculptors Karla Black and Eva Rothschild, as well as punk collagist Linder.

Launched by writer and curator Carl Freedman, who was instrumental in helping the Young British Artists, also known as the YBAs, gain fame, this contemporary gallery represents well established artists, such as Billy Childish and John McAllister. The white cube space is housed in a beautiful brick terrace on one of the most fashionable streets, which borders Old Street and Shoreditch.

This dedicated gallery on Finsbury Square sits within Bloomberg’s European headquarters, but it is much more than a space devoted to showing a corporate collection. Bloomberg Space has collaborated with and commissioned contemporary artists for more than a decade, with an impressive selection of well-known talent, including Anthea Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi. The building also features a permanent installation by Tobias Rehberger called NEST, which consists of 888 spheres that light up in correlation with the number of workers logged into the network at that moment.

This not-for-profit contemporary art foundation shares a building and a garden with contemporary mover-and-shaker Victoria Miro. The space is moments from the sprawl of Old Street, but offers tranquillity with four exhibitions a year, as well as other collateral projects.

With a focus on thematic concepts that cover politics and aesthetics, Beers London presents artists from all over the world, as far away as Albania and Australia. They also offer an array of limited-edition prints from contemporary artists.

Don’t forget to look up when searching for this gallery, hidden on the second floor, moments away from Hoxton Square. Charlie Smith predominantly represents painters, but also programmes a range of shows from artists across multiple disciplines. The gallery hosts an open competition called Anthology, in which a panel of expert judges selects a winner, who receives a cash prize.

Launched by Francesca Fiumano in 2013, Fiumano Projects offers an experimental approach to art production, as opposed to the more traditional focus of painting and sculpture held by Fiumano Fine Art. In addition to providing the chance for artists to realise unusual or unorthodox visions, this organisation also offers arts consultation services.

Ceviche doubles up as an art gallery, with exhibitions from Lima and beyond and featuring mediums from painting, illustration and drawing to the odd piece of sculpture. The idea is the brainchild of restauranteur Martin Morales, who realised that London lacked a dedicated space for Peruvian art. There is even an app you can even download while enjoying lunch that will give full background and pricing information about everything on display.