Serpentine Gallery

Since 1970, the Serpentine Gallery has gained an international reputation for excellence, working with a diverse range of artists, architects and designers over 44 years. The Gallery, a Grade II listed former tea pavilion underwent a major renovation in 1998 under the Patronage of Diana Princess of Wales.

The new Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Zaha Hadid, opened to the public in September 2013. Situated a five minute walk from the original Serpentine Gallery, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery brings this 1805 Grade II listed former gunpowder store into public use for the first time in its 208 year history. The restoration and extension of this building offers nearly 900 square metres of expanded galleries and social space as well as the new permanent restaurant, The Magazine, run by K&K Limited London.

The Serpentine Sackler Gallery is named after Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler, whose Foundation made the gallery possible thanks to the largest single gift ever received by the Serpentine in its 44 years.

Image copyright © John Offenbach 2007