Domo Baal, a founder of London Gallery Day, says she decided to join ranks with her WC1 and EC1 chums after hearing the question ‘are you an East End or a West End gallery?’ one too many times. Strictly speaking, the answer is ‘neither’. But London’s often overlooked central zone – around Bloomsbury, King’s Cross and Clerkenwell – is home to 25 galleries. Baal’s Georgian townhouse is perhaps the most beautiful space of the lot. On Friday April 25, the gallery launches a show by Rachel Adams ( ‘Long Reach’, pictured). Saturday April 26 sees installations and happenings in the building’s former coal cellar.
3 John St, WC1N 2ES. www.domobaal.com
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Our pick of WC1 galleries taking part in London Gallery Day
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One of London's hottest contemporary art galleries, visitors flock to this vast space, part of US super-dealer Larry Gagosian's ever-expanding empire. Located off the usual gallery circuit in King's Cross, it attracts a select crowd of art buffs, students and the odd scenester. The layout is very visitor-friendly with one main room and two smaller ones. Despite its small size Gagosian has hosted shows by seriously big names such as Howard Hodgkin and Francesco Clemente, plus a second tier of fashionable US and European artists including Carsten Höller and Cecily Brown. There's another branch at 17-19 Davies Street, Mayfair, W1K 3DE (7493 3020).
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