Tomorrow, a major new exhibition opens at Sotheby’s called London: An Artistic Crossroads, with the Evening Standard as media partner. It brings masterpieces from around the UK to celebrate artists who have been inspired by London and who have left their mark on the capital.
Here, leaders in a range of creative fields from design to art and performance, pick their favourite works from the show, and try to answer the question why London attracts so many creative minds and how the capital inspires them...