Newport Street Gallery

Damien Hirst’s gallery puts on great shows of his fellow artists. Love him or hate him, Damien has done so much for modern British art, making it marketable and giving it a voice. Openings here are filled with artists, which is unusual. At the shop, you can buy the work of living artists for a few hundred quid, not thousands. Mark Hix’s restaurant, Pharmacy 2, a collaboration with Damien, is also in the building. It’s a factory conversion, and it looks really good. It’s not cheap, but the gallery is free.