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Lending weight to the idea that the best things come in small packages, this (relatively) bijou building is the oldest public art gallery in the UK and its bright spaces house a brilliant collection including Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin and Gainsborough. It has recently branched out with an annual pavilion commission, just to give the Serpentine a run for its money, and its temporary shows are more than worth a trip across town for.
For centuries, artists have been hellbent on painting women in windows. Just stood there, looking wistfully out at the world. It's a very odd, but very real, trope, that pops up over and over again the work of artists ranging from David Hockney to Rembrandt. And now, the Dulwich Picture Gallery is dedicating a whole exhibition to asking: 'errr...why?'