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Portland Gallery is an
art gallery An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The long ...
in central
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
, England. Founded in 1984 by Tom Hewlett, Portland Gallery is one of London's commercial art galleries dealing in modern British and contemporary paintings. Following Hewlett's retirement in 2022, the gallery has since been run by Jamie Anderson who continues to maintain and develop a programme of exhibitions and events at the gallery. The gallery supports its artists and estates by participating at art fairs, including the London Art Fair., the Masterpiece Fair, and the British Art Fair, where the gallery has presented works from its inventory of modern British art. The gallery has a particular association with the Scottish Colourist artists. The gallery is located at 3 Bennet Street in
St James's St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End of London, West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St. James's Palace and much of ...
, central London, on the corner with
St James's Street St James's Street is the principal street in the district of St James's, central London. It runs from Piccadilly downhill to St James's Palace and Pall Mall. The main gatehouse of the Palace is at the southern end of the road; in the 17th centu ...
, and close to The Ritz Hotel. It is open from Monday to Friday (10am–6pm) or by appointment. Portland Gallery runs around 14 exhibitions a year. The gallery's exhibitions have included artists such as Francis Cadell, Jeremy Gardiner, Martin Greenland, John Piper, and Tom Wood.


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