Galeries Bartoux

Galeries Bartoux will hang a spray-can artist beside a modern master and ask you to take both seriously, which very few dealers on this street would attempt. The London space is arranged so that the two argue with each other rather than sit politely apart.

The group is French, family-run, and was founded in 1993 before growing out of the south of France into galleries across several countries. That reach is why the London programme can draw on a far wider stable of artists than a single-city dealer could ever hold.

Finding a street art gallery New Bond Street takes seriously

Contemporary painting and sculpture, editions, and work descended from street art, hung densely rather than sparingly. This is a commercial dealer, not an exhibiting institution, so nearly everything on the wall is genuinely available and the staff will discuss a price without ceremony.

Come in without an appointment

Browsing is actively welcomed here, which is not true of every door on this street. Bring a phone with a photograph of the wall you are trying to fill and the conversation gets useful very quickly.