Top 10 London

Every Sunday, artists set up stalls all along the railings on Bayswater Road, running along the north of Hyde Park. Bayswater Rd W2. www.byswater-road-artists.com

Old Masters, Impressionist and post-Impressionist greats form this collection, with classics by Renoir and Degas. Somerset Houe, Strand WC2. 020 7848 2526. www.courtauld.ac.uk

A small patch of Catelonia in all its melted, surrealist glory. Boasts more than 500 works by the genius Salvador Dali. Riverside Building, County Hall SE1. 0870 744 7485. www.countyhallgallery.com

Internationall known for its core of Futurist works, as well as figurative art and sculpture. 39A Canonbury Sq N1. 020 7703 9522. www.estorickcollection.com

Brought together by Sir Arthur Gilbert during the last century, this collection reflects his love of silverware. Somerset House, Strand WC2. 020 7420 9400. www.gilbert-collection.org.uk

Exhibitions from classical art, Victorian work and modern documentary photography. Guildhall Yard EC2. 020 7332 3700. www.guildhall-art-gallery.org.uk

A Tudor house with a history steeped in the Civil War - a great place for fine art and ceramics to be displayed. Ham St, Ham, Richmond-upon-Thames TW10. 020 8940 1950. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/places/hamhouse

This gallery has a focus on 20th century art - from sculpture to photography. South Bank Centre, Belevedere Rd SE1. 020 7921 0813. www.haywards.org.uk

Works of art on loan from the celebrated Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg in Russia. Somerset House, Strand WC2. 020 7420 9400. www.hermitagerooms.com

This permanent collection features Europeans paintings from 1250 to 1900, including Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Trafalgar Sq WC2. 020 7747 2885. www.nationalgallery.org.uk