Martin Tinney Gallery

Carry a briefcase, learn some posh art lingo and leave the scruffy trainers far behind you at home if you want to come even close to passing unnoticed by the eagle-eyed staff with their money-radar when you visit this upmarket art gallery, one of the largest private galleries in Britain. The snooty staff frown upon anyone not willing to sell their right arm, half a liver, or even their first born child just to be able to afford one of their paintings, with a particularly strong emphasis on figurative work as well as landscapes. Just off Queen Street, this modern art gallery will make you feel all cultured and wipe away any residual guilt from spending all day in Topshop.

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