Dorian believes artwork, including people, should be appropriately displayed. This is very important to the theme of the book of how art is displayed. Lord Henry is referring to The Royal Academy of Arts or Burlington House in Piccadilly, London when he says “The Academy.” According to Lord Henry, The Grosvenor Gallery is better suited to display the painting of Dorian by Basil. 19 Grosvenor Square, Gallery, staircase and stables in 1919).
Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was worse. “You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. “It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done,” said Lord Henry languidly. Lord Henry enters the studio where Basil is admiring his greatest work on an easel and says, It is referred to in the first chapter of the book by Lord Henry.
However, the history on the building is plentiful. The Grosvenor Gallery is mentioned only once in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
