The South London Gallery, with its Victorian picturegallery proportions, has long been one of the best architectural spaces in London for contemporary art, and a favourite with artists. Its programme, recently including Omer Fast, Ryan Gander, Tatiana Trouvé and Alfredo Jaar, has been consistently strong, and now, following a major extension and refurbishment by 6a, the London art scene’s architectural practice of the moment, it has added several new strings to its bow. With a major residency programme that will involve artists living in an artist’s flat above the gallery, and new domesticscale gallery spaces, this is sure to cement up-andcoming Peckham as a locus for contemporary art production and energy. You might argue that South London Gallery is equal to any number of European kunsthalles, but Heller’s inclusion represents a larger paradigm shift in a scene that has, up until now, been dominated by the Tates and Whitechapel in London, towards artistcentric activity south of the Thames.