London – Art Delights of South Kensington

We’ll meet at 10 AM at the Garden Cafe (outside), Victoria & Albert Museum for a “Welcome to South Kensington” meeting. You will be briefed about what to expect from this tour and how to make the best out of your visits. You can shoot your questions in the Q&A session that follows the briefing. Enjoy your coffee while you interact with the Curator/Tour Leader.

The V&A is an art lover’s paradise. From architecture to fine art and covering centuries of creativity, the museum has something for everyone’s taste. The V&A is also the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK’s national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Enjoy getting lost in the halls of artistic and historic treasures along with our Curator/Tour Leader, who will be at your disposal at every step of the visit.

The Museum Restaurant, has been skilfully developed to match its lavish surroundings in the Exhibition Road Quarter and uses innovative and unique influences from around the world to create fresh, healthy, natural and low-gluten dishes. Mealtime tarts, open sandwiches and salads will be a perfect setting for the afternoon.
Enjoy your lunch with your Curator/Tour Leader and indulge in some art discussions. If you wish to have some wine, it can be served on extra payment.

South Kensington is a cultural hub overflowing with art and design attractions. Post lunch, our Curator will lead you to three top Exhibitions in the district that will include galleries like Purdy Hicks, Cadogan Contemporary, Lisson gallery, Pontone gallery, Saatchi gallery. Most of these galleries are showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists, providing a place for them to experiment and an open platform for them to be seen and heard.

After the tour of the galleries of South Kensington, its time for some lighter stuff and a visit to the famous store Harrods in the nearby area of Knightsbridge. The day ends with summing up and feedback along with attractive offers for other art tours of London and other art destinations of the world.