Serpentine Gallery

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Lonely Planet review

The Serpentine Gallery may be a gentle-looking 1930s tea pavilion in the midst of the leafy Kensington Gardens, but it's one of London's edgiest contemporary art galleries. Artists including Damien Hirst, Andreas Gursky, Louise Bourgeois, Gabriel Orozco and Tomoko Takahashi have all exhibited here, and the gallery's huge windows beam natural light onto the pieces, making the space perfect for sculpture and interactive displays.

Every year a leading architect (who has never built in the UK) is commissioned to build a new pavilion between May and September, which makes it the perfect time to visit. Past architects included Alvaro Siza, Oscar Niemeyer, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid. Reading, talks and open-air screenings take place here.