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Sotheby's

The New Bond Street salerooms, where the week's best pictures hang for a few days, free, before they are sold.

Auction previewsFree

Photo by Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Founded in 1744 as a book auctioneer, Sotheby's has been on New Bond Street since 1917, and its pre-sale exhibitions are the least-known free galleries in London: a Monet, a Bacon or a Basquiat on the wall for three or four days, hung as well as any museum would, with a specialist on hand who will talk. The galleries run through to St George Street at the back, and there is a café off the front hall.

Where
34-35 New Bond Street, W1A 2AA
Nearest station
Bond Street · 4 min walk

Hours

Monday10:00 – 17:00
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 17:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 5 September 2026.

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