The Estorick Collection Reviews

Wonderful collection of Italian contemporary art including a fascinating first world war exhibition with works by British war artist and pilot Sydney Carline

Exhibition of high artistic level, magnificent works of art

Delicious food homemade and kind honest staff lovely setting

Lovely staff, cute building, but simply isn't worth paying for. The gallery is very small which would be fine should there be a bit more going on. Good for a quick visit, but not really worth paying for..

A Beautiful small gallery, set up in a townhouse, that is easy to pass if you are not looking for it, as it almost feels hidden. Wonderful pieces of Italian art in a calm and serene setting. The time that we went was not busy so it was a great opportunity to study the art at leisure and without distractions.

There is a cafe and shop to enjoy and a conservatory along with a small garden area.

Stunning gallery over three floors of a beautiful Georgian house. The permanent exhibition is worth the trip, but the two recent temporary exhibitions: Mogdiliani drawings and War in in the Sunshine have been truly exceptional. Welcoming staff and a great little cafe with garden. Just 5 minutes walk from Highbury & Islington tube.

Really nice museum. Good staff and excellent cafe/ restaurant with real Italian food.

Absolutely beautiful and bright building. A collection of art works that are fantastic too but not an incredibly exciting exhibition.

A real gem. Fine 20th century Italian Art Foundation. The passion seeps through the walls. Exhibitions are always of a high quality and usually show work rarely seen in the UK. Thoroughly recommended for art lovers.

Splendid exhibition by Fausto Melotti in balance between poetry, geometry and movement with slender lines that seem to support the space. The Collection includes Futurist works of Modern Italian Art. To see.

Lovely little gallery, fell madly in love with one piece in particular however they didnt have a little post card of it which was disappointing.

Exceptional traditional, fresh, high quality produce, Italian food. As good as being in Italy with ridiculously cheap cost.

Lovely small gallery ...if you are wanting to spend a short time looking at an interesting collection. Good coffee and Portuguese Nata,Yum!

Small gallery devoted to Italian comtempry art. At the moment you have to book tickets in advance for a time slot.

the location and the choice of paintings and drawings make this small Museum a must see. Mr. Estorik was certainly a visionnaire.

Small exhibition but full of information that helps you to understand Italian art during first half XX Century specially Futurism.

A delightful gem of a Gallery in Islington. Some great works from contemporary Italian artists and informative guide to the pieces. Well worth a visit.

Ok. Thought provoking and well presented. Cafe overpriced.

A nice little museum in a converted Georgian house, devoted to italian modern art, including futurist paintings and sculptures. They also have some regular special exhibitions. For instance, I just went to The Years of the Dolce Vita More

Always great to visit. A great showcase for Futurism, a fascinating movement.

Adore this intimate spot filled with Italian art and agood caffe

Nice little gallery of Italian art with special exhibitions and a cafe serving Italian food off Upper St . Nice option for a an hour or so.

Outstanding collection in a beautiful Regency mansion. Highly recommended.

Small museum dedicated to Italian artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Very nice and cared for. Definitely worth visiting

Lovely gallery.
Truly interesting artwork.
Tulio Cralli exhibition at the moment, outstanding.

Fine Art Gallery with a permanent collection of Italian works from twentieth century. Regular special exhibitions of themed Italian works. All beautifully curated and presented. The current exhibition is of modern works from the Pinscoteca do Brera gallery in Italy. The Estorick presents its exhibitions with more information about the artists and background to exhibited works than most galleries.

Free lockers for coats and bags.

Really nice little gallery hosting interesting exhibitions

brilliant for 20th century Italian art .. and a nice restaurant too

Lovely cozy venue where has unique architecture. You will spend time with admiring great Italian artists works and people from this gallery are kind. Plus there are various plants in the garden, will visit again for coffee and food:)

Very interesting. Good exhibition, well curated. The notes and information boards were very helpful. We went for the temporary exhibition of Russian Art, which was brilliant. All the art on display was hugely impressive. The place itself is a converted house. Lots of small rooms spread over four creaky floors. Some of the people browsing when we were there were total bloody poseurs, casually chatting in very loud voices so that everyone could hear just how sophisticated they were. It is a shame that interesting places are such magnets for painfully loud people. All the hard surfaces amplify every sound. And the small scale of the rooms put us all too close together. Still, it takes all sorts...

A lovely spot for a bit of modern art via Italy and good cafe too!

Tucked away between busy Highbury & Islington and Essex Rd - such a wonderful collection and building. I went for the Lithographs of Leningrad which left you wanting to see more. Very friendly staff and I loved the fact it was small and quiet. Cafe looked so inviting after cycling in the cold rain and offered tasty looking Italian food aswell as the usual! Am looking forward to going again to see the Futurist exhibition.

Quiet unusual art gallery modern Italian speciality.

Cute local gallery with great exhibitions. Have been about 3 times in the past year (as its near home). The recent campari exhibition was great

We went to see the special exhibition - works from the Giuseppe Iannaccone collection - I was unfamiliar with the Arts but the exhibition was informative and compelling

In over five years of visiting I've yet to be disappointed. War in the Air was a highlight of 2017. The Modigliani drawings were perfection.

Great small museum in Islington, a short walk from the Tube station. You can find beautiful paintings from the Estorick Collection - mostly Italian futurists, you have all the masters with representative pieces - and very good temporary exhibitions.

A really interesting collection focusing on the Futurism movement. Building v interesting too.

Stunning collection of Italian contemporary art with delish coffee

Unfortunately I came all the way from central London on 29 Dec. and it was closed until 8 Jan. But it is not mentioned anywhere....

The Estorick, besides it's art collection, has a jewel of a garden, perfect for a quiet moment to read the papers, have a delicious coffee and even a simple, fresh, light lunch.

Absolutely delightful experience exploring this hidden gem

Love the Estorick. Wonderful building, interesting well curated art, very active engagement team, it's a little haven.

Charming gallery specialising in Futurism and other 20th century Italian art

Had a great CPD session here about teaching drawing for STEAM. Knowledgeable teachers, a calming and inspiring space to draw, lots of ideas to take away and use in class. Recommended.

One of the great hidden gems of London insofar as such a thing is still possible. Permanent collection is solid and the special exhibitions are often exceptional.

How can you have an entire museum without a single female artist on display? What century are you living in? And how can you present futurism without even mentioning the movement's openly stated misogyny? It's as if the two are perchance related...

A pity, because otherwise both permanent and temporary collections were fascinating.

A wonderful gallery hidden in plain sight at the centre of Islington.

Visited the Estorick Collection to see the Tullio Crali exhibition yesterday. Absolutely brilliant. Well laid out and informative but also small and friendly. A really wonderful hour or so, I was fully absorbed. I have been to the Estorick once before and had an equally enjoyable time.

This is a lovely little gallery showing excellent exhibitions. It also has a great coffee shop.

If you are interested in twentieth century and contemporary European art then the Estorick Collection is a must-see. There are some amazing works of art here of great cultural significance. The futurist works, in particular, and some of the other paintings in the permanent exhibits are well-worth visiting again and again. Although an entry fee is taken, bear in mind that there are various concessions and entry is free for students. The temporary exhibits are also great and the building as a whole is surprisingly spacious. The food, atmosphere and service in the cafe is excellent, with a wide range of Italian food, drinks and coffee, with garden and conservatory seating available. Always an enriching experience to visit

Small but very interesting gallery of modern Italian art. It houses exhibitions and a permanent collection

Really interesting exhibition on Futurist artist Crali, setting out his career from late 1920 s till late 1980 s. Also, the gallery is small and friendly- no one to stop you taking photos, and there s plenty of space and time to sit down and reflect. Little shop and a licensed cafe which looks like it will be brilliant in warm weather when they can open the doors onto the garden. A little oasis in Islington.

A small gallery with 6 rooms concentrating.on 20th century Italian art. It has collection and temporary exhibitions.

Wonderful gallery with a lovely Italian cafe. When I went, there was a lovely exhibition of English artists who were posted to the Italian-Austrian front in 1918.

A gorgeous little gallery spread over three floors of a Georgian town house. Their permanent collection on the top two floors is free and definitely worth checking out. The ground floor exhibitions have yet to disappoint and are a fantastic More

Charming gallery, great staff, lovely food and drink in a great setting.

Pleasant building but the art collection is sloppy and a bit ugly. I'm so not into a lot of modernism for those reasons.

Lovely gallery, cool, quiet, a perfect place for me to see some art. Always well organised and a great cafe in the garden

Monday evening drawing classes are a very good value option to chill and get the practise going! Good ambiance, confortable space and very well connected location! It will definitely repeat!

A lovely little gallery. Well worth a visit.
Some very interesting exhibits.

This is a gem I always enjoy visiting the Estorick. This is my second year as a member

Found this wonderful gallery by pure serendipity, a lady asked me for the directions to get there. The current Tullio Crali exhibition is fabulous, I didn't know the artist and as I love the Futurist Movement, it was a real treat. All the staff are really friendly and helpful. Top marks.

The Estorick Collection of Modern Art situated in a Georgian building just off Canonbury Square is one of my favourite art galleries. Although small I never tire of the ever-changing permanent collection which runs the entire gamut of 20th century Italian art from the futurists such as Balla, Severini (his pointillistic Boulevard of 1910-11 is one of the true highlights of Italian art) and Boccioni to the supreme equine sculptures of Marino Marini, the (literally) potty female forms of Campigli or the still-lives of Morandi. But there are also temporary exhibitions which rarely fail to prove enlightening such as the resurrected survey of the life and works of Tulio Crali, a sort of futurist born in Zadar, Croatia whose mesmerising vision of a pilot descending into a whirlwind of skyscrapers is one of the many high points of this exhibition. A sort of earlier Italian version of Peter Lanyon perhaps? Collages of machinery, a flurry of bits of human anatomy in a mask and a room of bizarre sculptures made out of found objects also feature.

My dream comes true! I've wanted to see one of my favourite sculptors for a long time after seeing a picture of Umberto Boccioni's Continuity in Space. For those who are obsessed with Art like me this is a lovely museum to visit. It is in a small beautiful Georgian house in Islington and holds mainly Italian and Russian art and has a shop selling mostly art books and an Italian cafe where you can have coffee and cake etc. Very easy to get to from Highbury and Islington station, 5mins walk. Recommended for art lovers.

Georgian building displaying 20th-century Italian art, from futurist to figurative works.