Cork Street

The Cork Street is a street in the West End of London, England with a number of small commercial art galleries, for which it is also known. It is located north behind the Royal Academy, in the extension of the Burlington Arcade, which begins west of this.

The nearest underground station is Green Park.

The Cork Street belongs to the district of Burlington Estate, which was built in the 18th century. The first Earl of Burlington was Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork and hence the district also bears the name of the southern Irish city of Cork. The road was like the entire region connected with tailor shops, such as Beau Brummel had, which significantly shaped the English fashion to the early 19th century, there several tailors. Still applies to the nearby Savile Rowe as the first address for high quality clothing by English gentleman art.

In the 20th century the history of Cork Street began as a home to art galleries. First she -based, inter alia, Victoria Miro Gallery and the Messum's Gallery, later, several more of them in the Cork Street Gallery were summarized.

In Cork Street exhibited, among other already Francis Bacon, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, from his paintings. Furthermore, Edward Piper and John Piper, Francis Cotes and Roland Penrose were issued.

In 2012 Cork Street galleries and the threatened demolition of various buildings and the construction of luxury apartments and fashion shops, through which they were in danger of being displaced.

Trivia

• The satirist and physician John Arbuthnot died on 27 February 1735 in his house in Cork Street.
• Brownlow Bertie, 5th Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven married his first wife on November 11, 1762 also in Cork Street.