Eden Gallery

Eden Gallery does not do restraint. The work here is built on colour, scale and mixed media, canvases that hold a room from the far end of it, and sculpture finished to a mirror rather than a patina.

The gallery was established in 1997 and now operates internationally, representing its artists directly rather than taking work on consignment from other dealers. That matters commercially, because it can speak to a whole body of work and to what will exist next year rather than only to what is on the wall today.

Where contemporary art Bond Street newcomers can start

This is among the most immediately legible galleries on the street, which is exactly why it works as a first stop. Large contemporary canvases, mixed media incorporating resin and metal, and sculpture designed to be seen from a distance before it is seen up close.

Looking without buying

The staff are used to visitors who have come to look, and nobody is moved along. It sits at the Oxford Street end of the run, so it folds easily into a walk that starts at the station rather than at Piccadilly.