The White Cube, 48 Hoxton Square , N1 6PB
T: +44 (0) 20 7930 5373
E: enquiries@whitecube.com
W: www.whitecube.com/

In April 2000, White Cube was set up as a second, larger gallery space in London’s East End. Housed in a 1920s light industrial building, and designed by architects MRJ Rundell and Associates, White Cube Hoxton Square has 2000 square feet of uninterrupted exhibition space.

Having matured from its early renaissance set in motion by artists who homed in on a dowdy East End district, Shoreditch, in the early 90s looking for cheap studio space it is now a recognised East London Arts Centre.

Studio 1.1 Art Gallery, 57a Redchurch Street, E2 7DJ
T: +44 (0) 7952 986 696
E: studio1-1.gallery@virgin.net
W: www.naimad.co.uk/studio1-1/index.htm

An artist-run space - an arena for ideas in every contemporary form. Here the show, the work, the dialogue, the creative force of the art takes precedence.Previously a sex-aid shop run by an amateur artist, Studio 1.1’s transformation to an art gallery was largely accidental, starting out as a rent-saving initiative.

Since then Studio 1.1 has come to characterise the free artistic and individual approach to art which makes art galleries in and around the Shoreditch area so exciting.

Run by three artists, the space display’s work that speaks personally rather than commercially to the owners. In the three years they have been open the gallery has so far displayed art, photography and installations including the acclaimed artist Phyllida Barlow who exhibited the installation labelled, “untitled: Demo”.

Trolley , 73A, Redchurch St, E2 7DJ
T: 020 7729 6591
E: info@trolleybooks.com
W: www.trolleybooks.com/

This one's for the politically minded. Since its opening in 2001, Trolley Books has been publishing a wide range of photography and art books focusing unflinchingly on hard-hitting and gruelling subjects.

Envisioned by Gigi Giannuzzi, Trolley, as well as being a publisher and outlet, also holds art and photography exhibitions having already held thirty to date. One of the latest of these is an exhibition of photographs donated by Patti Smith in order to raise awareness and money for the release of a forthcoming book that deals with the 2006 war in Lebanon and features photographs by Magnum, photographer Paolo Pellegrin. Entitled, ‘Sur les Traces’.

Trolley fits snugly into the vibrant, bohemian and youthful atmosphere of Shoreditch, Gigi himself saying that he, “likes a bit of roughness, of rawness and the fact that our work is seen and appreciated by a younger public.”

NoMoreGrey , 73A, Redchurch St, E2 7DJ
T: 07769 977 660
E: Luke@nomoregrey.co.uk
W: www.nomoregrey.co.uk

At home in a converted factory, ‘NoMoreGrey’ is an amalgamation of art work and furniture design, which opened in March 2006 led by the up and coming 29 year old Luke Carson.

On the art side, ‘NoMoreGrey’ is project led, hosting regular art shows by established as well as emerging artists and curators. Encapsulating ‘NoMoreGrey’s’ free and culturally aware approach to art, the exhibition is featuring artists such as, Natasha Newton, Edward Ward, Harry Pye, n Rowland Smith and Peter Davies.

Besides being a gallery ‘NoMoreGrey’ serves as a space and outlet for the owner, Luke Carson’s own individual furniture designed using industrial lightweight material. Coming from a surprising background of finance and medicine Luke Carson is enthusiastic about the prospects not just of his gallery but of the area in general, describing the area as similar to, “Camden Town twenty or even ten years ago, it’s a place where things are beginning to happen.”