Atlanta’s art community is dispersed throughout Georgia’s largest city and features a lively mix of traditional and contemporary art galleries, robust studio cooperatives, and DIY spaces, anchored by institutions such as the High Museum of Art and Atlanta Contemporary.
Print SelectionsTo have your space considered for this Art Guide, please email [email protected]

High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. With more than 13,000 works of art in its permanent collection Website Address 1280 Peachtree St NE -84.38607583200621,33.78981266223943
FEATURED IN
Making A Photograph of Mystery: In Conversation with Alex Harris
A Lifelong Practice: Susan Cofer’s Draw Near at High Museum
Proverb Boxes: Paa Joe at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Atlanta Contemporary
Atlanta Contemporary engages the public through the creation, presentation and advancement of contemporary art. We're free admission, every day. Website Address 535 Means St NW -84.40516896560786,33.772920428260576
FEATURED IN
She is Here at Atlanta Contemporary
William J. O’ Brien at Atlanta Contemporary

MOCA GA
Atlanta-based museum featuring works by Georgia artists in painting, print, sculpture and photography. Website Address 75 Bennett St NW -84.39514354232546,33.81184060178337
FEATURED IN
Residual Delicacy: Krista Clark in Atlanta
Michi Meko at MOCA GA in Atlanta
A Stitch in Time: Elizabeth Lide at MOCA GA

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
The only museum in the nation emphasizing art by and about women of the African Diaspora. Website Address 350 Spelman Ln SW -84.41132252513876,33.74522915757804
FEATURED IN
How Things Are Measured: Two Paintings by Amy Sherald
Beverly Buchanan: Ruins and Rituals at Spelman Museum
Black Angels: Mickalene Thomas at the Spelman Museum of Fine Art

Whitespace Gallery
This contemporary art gallery features varied mediums in a converted 1893 carriage house. Website Address 814 Edgewood Ave NE -84.36078481351552,33.755634479339534
FEATURED IN
Parallel at Whitespace, Atlanta
A Curious Vexation: Sarah Emerson at Whitespace Gallery
(Un)Sacred Geometries: Pete Schulte’s “The Lamplighter” at Whitespace

Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
CAUAM's purpose is to collect, preserve, research, and exhibit fine art works that document the role of African Americans in American history and culture. Website Address 223 James P. Brawley Dr SW, Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Level -84.41435708465764,33.74683277638796
FEATURED IN
John Wilson’s Lost Mural: Remembering The Incident

Marcia Wood Gallery
Marcia Wood Gallery presents a diverse program of media including video, installation, digital media, sculpture and photography with an ongoing emphasis on painting. Website Address 764 Miami Cricle NE Ste 150 -84.36198800000363,33.83188299998277
FEATURED IN
3-Sided Square at Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Pillow Talk: Bed at Marcia Wood Gallery
Alan Loehle’s Recent Rome Series at Marcia Wood Gallery is Refreshing
Babble On: Marcus Kenney at Marcia Wood

Jackson Fine Art
Jackson Fine Art has a near 30-year history in supporting fine art photography artists and collectors. Website Address 3115 E Shadowlawn Ave NE -84.37384600001076,33.83990307632624
FEATURED IN
What Liberation Looks Like: Sheila Pree Bright and Davion Alston in Conversation
Meghann Riepenhoff at Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, GA

Sandler Hudson Gallery
With a commitment to the arts for 30 years, Sandler Hudson Gallery stands as one of the foremost contemporary art galleries in Atlanta, dedicated to promoting innovative and provocative works. Website Address 739 Trabert Ave NW, Suite B -84.4119391872627,33.79574556280389
FEATURED IN
Recent Drawings at Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta

Swan Coach House Gallery
The Swan Coach House Gallery seeks to engage the Atlanta community through art exhibitions and educational programs. We support and promote primarily Southern artists and curators in a friendly gallery atmosphere. Website Address 3130 Slaton Dr NW -84.3860888134941,33.84000798771183
FEATURED IN
Paint Like Dreaming at Swan Coach House in Atlanta

Hathaway Contemporary
Hathaway Contemporary seeks to foster and expand the contemporary art collector base in the Southeast by working with emerging to established artists whose work represents a variety of media. Website Address 887 Howell Mill Rd NW Suite 200 -84.40970870284832,33.77942274348439
FEATURED IN
Cult Classics: A Conversation with Craig Drennen
Everything and Nothing You Need: Sarah Hobbs at Hathaway Gallery

Take It Easy
take it easy is a contemporary art gallery in Atlanta, GA run by Jamie Steele, Corey Oberlander & Lindsey Stapleton. Website Address 546 Edgewood Ave SE -84.36965027672623,33.75443085059278

Arnika Dawkins Gallery
Arnika Dawkins Gallery is devoted to presenting fine art from both emerging and established photographers, specializing in images by African Americans and of African Americans. Website Address 4600 Cascade Rd -84.53906772883693,33.73340984908404
FEATURED IN
Searching for the Underground Railroad: Jeanine Michna-Bales at Arnika Dawkins Gallery

Poem 88
Since 2010, Poem88 represents emerging and mid-career artists, and presents thoughtful and innovative explorations in a new artistic frontier. Website Address 1123 Zonolite Rd NE, Suite 20A -84.34389654233127,33.80645288330416
FEATURED IN
PAPRIKA at Poem 88, Atlanta

MINT
In 2006, MINT was founded by undergraduate students at Atlanta universities. The organization was established to create a space for emerging artists and patrons to find their voices. Website Address 680 Murphy Ave SW #4150, inside the MET -84.4101782711461,33.73649192842379
FEATURED IN
Freeze the Ham Bone: A Conversation with Hasani Sahlehe

Mason Fine Art
Mason Fine Art's focus is a continually evolving selection of high quality contemporary works by regional, national, and international artists. Website Address 415 Plasters Ave NE -84.37657072884144,33.810373628366364
FEATURED IN
Stephen Hayes at Mason Fine Art, Atlanta
On Black Masculinity: Joshua Rashaad McFadden at Mason Fine Art

SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film celebrates fashion as a universal language, garments as important conduits of identity, and film as an immersive and memorable medium. Website Address 1600 Peachtree Rd NW -84.39103927116844,33.79670554207314

Westside Cultural Arts Center
The Gallery at Westside Cultural Arts Center features a rotating collection of local, national and international artists, cultural and community programming, and an artist in residence program. Website Address 760 10th St NW -84.41272254231387,33.781405000013805

Oglethorpe University Museum of Art
OUMA is the only small liberal arts university museum in the Southeast that regularly shows nationally and internationally recognized exhibitions. Website Address 4484 Peachtree Road NE, Lowry Hall, 3rd Floor -84.33396027115714,33.87534809235166

National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights harnesses Atlanta’s legacy of civil rights to strengthen the worldwide movement for human rights. Website Address 100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW -84.3929840000078,33.76421745959513

Auburn Avenue Research Library
The Auburn Avenue Research Library is the first public library in the Southeast to offer specialized reference and archival collections dedicated to the study and research of African American culture and history and of other peoples of African descent. Website Address 101 Auburn Ave NE -84.38394772882953,33.75528946007152

Brickworks Gallery
Brickworks Gallery is dedicated to showcasing the work of talented and inspired artists whose work tells compelling stories. Website Address 686-A Greenwood Ave NE -84.36451,33.776725541057445

Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
GSU's galleries present exhibitions featuring works by national and international artists, local and regional artists, as well as by Georgia State students, faculty and alumni artists. Website Address 10 Peachtree Center Ave NE -84.38686927115776,33.754105539861484

David J. Spencer CDC Museum
This unique museum features award-winning permanent and changing exhibitions that focus on a variety of public health topics, as well as the history of CDC. The museum is free and open to the public. Website Address 1600 Clifton Rd -84.3269889999836,33.79747862636191

Day & Night Projects
Day & Night Projects is an artist-run gallery which aims to provide opportunities for artists to exhibit in a non-commercial setting. Website Address 585 Wells St SW, #B1 -84.40743172884197,33.74023846085524
FEATURED IN
Collision at Day & Night Projects, Atlanta

Bill Lowe Gallery
The gallery's scope ranges from complex, narrative-driven, figurative works to those which skew to the extremes of meditative minimalism. Website Address 764 Miami Cir NE, #210 -84.3619879999863,33.83188300000771

Callanwolde Gallery
The Callanwolde Gallery, located in the historic Candler Mansion, emphasizing art by Atlanta area artists. Admission is free. Website Address 980 Briarcliff Rd. NE -84.3456509999811,33.78204199998842

ZuCot Gallery
ZuCot Gallery has grown to become the largest African American Fine Arts Gallery in the southeastern US; a place where like-minded individuals gather, network, and connect through the world of art. Website Address 100 Centennial Olympic Park Dr NW -84.39724899999987,33.75763245996349

Hi-Lo Press
Print studio providing design services, plus an exhibition space for emerging and established artists. Address Follow them on Instagram to get the location of their next show
Robert C. Wiliams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech
An internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology with more than 2,000 books, the museum features a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. Website Address 500 10th St NW -84.36928599999106,33.78218662396425

Hudgens Center for Art and Learning
The Hudgens Center showcases fine art exhibitions, arts enrichment classes, self-guided tours, a sculpture garden, and community outreach programs. Website Address 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, #300 -84.09394527115444,33.9916685522488
FEATURED IN
A Joyful Black Noise: Paul Stephen Benjamin at the Hudgens Center for Art

Alan Avery Art Company
Alan Avery Art Company, now the oldest sustained art gallery in Atlanta, represents works by exciting and technically proficient emerging, mid-career, and internationally established artists. Website Address 656 Miami Cir NE -84.36564427117355,33.82894108752764
FEATURED IN
Recollections: Romare Bearden at Alan Avery Art Company
In 200 Words: Harriet Leibowitz’s Southern Season at Alan Avery Art Company

September Gray Fine Art Gallery
SGAG is Atlanta’s premier gallery specializing in contemporary works by established, mid-career and emerging African American and African Diaspora artists. Website Address 75 Bennett St NW, Suite O-2 -84.395154271151,33.81221945710017

Thomas Deans Fine Art
The gallery specializes in contemporary paintings, contemporary and historical works on paper, and selected sculpture and photography by American and international artists, from emerging to highly established. Website Address 690 Miami Cir NE, #905 -84.36470023095364,33.8297888345173

Hammonds House Museum
Hammonds House Museum is a unique setting to explore the cultural diversity and legacy of artists of African descent. The Museum is the former residence of the late Dr. Otis Thrash Hammonds, a prominent Atlanta physician and a passionate arts patron. Website Address 503 Peeples St SW -84.42082927114927,33.741226382409394
FEATURED IN
“Dandy Lion” at Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta
Black Lips: Masud Olufani at Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta
Altered Altars: Albert Chong at Hammonds House

Maune Contemporary
Maune Contemporary was founded by Heidi and Ramsey Maune out of their love for contemporary and modern art. The gallery specializes in limited edition fine art prints and unique works by renowned international artists whose work has been exhibited and are in the collections of museums worldwide. Website Address 747-A Miami Circle NE -84.36236781350016,33.83040217533069

Blue Mark Studios
Blue Mark Gallery works with all skill levels of artists and artisans to assist with career development, marketing, and increasing productivity through Blue Mark Studios. Website Address 892 Jefferson St NW -84.41655899999648,33.775934622986995

Michael C. Carlos Museum
Established on Emory's campus, the museum holds a comprehensive collection from ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East; Greece and Rome; the Americas; Africa; and Asia as well as a collection of works on paper from the Renaissance to the present. Website Address 571 South Kilgo Cir NE -84.32417700000752,33.790435625255526

Chastain Art Center
Chastain Arts Center is an educational facility that offers classes, workshops, and exhibits in a variety of creative mediums. Website Address 135 Chastain Park Ave NW -84.38478530556677,33.86316863868694

THE END Project Space
THE END Project Space is a non-profit exhibition space committed to the presentation of new artwork by Atlanta artists, or artists with significant connection to Atlanta. Website Address 1870 Murphy Avenue SW -84.42689227116279,33.70358646277029

Atlanta Photography Group
APG hosts exhibitions, critiques, discussions, meetings, and workshops in its gallery space at the Tula Art Center. Website Address 75 Bennett St NW, B-1 -84.395164999994,33.81221054287086

Zuckerman Museum of Art
The Zuckerman presents significant works from Kennesaw State University’s permanent art collection and regularly exhibits contemporary works of various media by local and nationally-recognized artists. Website Address 492 Prillaman Way -84.58308800001521,34.04115444513609
FEATURED IN
Varieties of Black Abstraction at the Zuckerman Museum of Art
American Carnage: Sarah Emerson’s “Are We the Monsters” at the Zuckerman Museum of Art
“Hearsay” Casts Wide Net at Zuckerman Museum

Gallery 72
Gallery 72 is a municipally owned art gallery focused on serving local talent including individual artists, local galleries, arts organizations, and curators. Website Address 72 Marietta St NW -84.39293500001025,33.75575546005723
FEATURED IN
“Ghost Slavery” Unveils the Human Trafficking Around You, at Gallery 72

Kai Lin Art
Kai Lin Art is a modern and contemporary art gallery dedicated to promoting emerging and established artists in the Southeast and beyond. Website Address 999 Brady Ave NW, #7 -84.41312545766442,33.78201954132621
FEATURED IN
Living Off the Land: Carly Drew at Kai Lin Art
Merging Dualities: Elliston Roshi & Lela Brunet at Kai Lin Art

Reeves House Visual Arts Center
The Reeves House Visual Arts Center boasts an expansive open-plan exhibition space, a gallery dedicated to local history, a large studio space for art classes, and a coffee shop/wine bar. Website Address 734 Reeves St, Woodstock -84.5222001865065,34.100384999994816

Free Market Gallery
Free Market Gallery creates a space and a means to appreciate, interact with, and purchase art for a broad spectrum of art consumer. Website Address 1193 Howell Mill Rd NW -84.41124854234238,33.78728337523633

Arts Beacon Gallery
Arts Beacon Gallery is a small experimental art gallery and event space. Resident artists create, collaborate and experiment developing new ideas in a supportive community of artists. Website Address 1039 Grant St SE, Suite A-33 -84.37731923508494,33.7254909999843

Gallery 1740
Gallery 1740 is a nonprofit art gallery located inside ChristChurch Presbyterian in the Brookwood Hills Neighborhood of Atlanta. The gallery showcases emerging to established artists that demonstrate thought provoking concepts and technical craftsmanship. Website Address 1740 Peachtree St. NW -84.3936025365146,33.80156261002897

Jennifer Balcos Gallery
Atlanta's premier luxury art gallery, JENNIFER BALCOS GALLERY, showcases contemporary works by current artists making their mark on the American art scene. Website Address 1183 HOWELL MILL RD -84.41183826681882,33.78612393729048

eyedrum
Established in 1998, eyedrum is an art gallery, exhibition and performance venue, and community space supporting and presenting works of art covering a broad range of sensibilities with an emphasis on the experimental. Website Address 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd -84.41040025642639,33.73844674190052

Marietta Cobb Museum of Art
The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art is the only Metropolitan-Atlanta fine arts museum that solely focuses on American Art, presenting at least seven rotating exhibitions each year. MCMA's permanent collection houses hundreds of pieces of art, dating from the late 18th century to today. Website Address 30 Atlanta Street SE, Marietta -84.54933927116352,33.951369800942615

Wolfgang Gallery
Wolfgang Gallery is a contemporary art space that features mid-career and established artists. Their mission is to introduce a new foundation for discovering and supporting contemporary art by focusing on inclusivity and diversity, creating a community that connects exceptional emerging artists and collectors beyond the confines of gallery walls. Website Address 1240 Old Chattahoochee Ave NW Suite H -84.42659154914824,33.80004915685926