Best galleries in Charleston

City Gallery

Waterfront city-owned gallery at Joe Riley Waterfront Park showing rotating works by local and regional artists, free admission.

The Miller Gallery

Contemporary fine art gallery on the upper stretch of Meeting Street, showing works by regional and national artists.

Reinert Fine Art and Sculpture Garden Gallery

Indoor-outdoor gallery on King Street showing contemporary fine art and sculpture across two connected storefronts.

Lowcountry Artists Gallery

Worker-owned cooperative gallery on East Bay Street showing original Lowcountry paintings, prints, and sculpture by local artists since 1978.

Charleston Artist Guild

Member-run gallery on East Bay showcasing and selling work by local artists across mediums.

Simpatico Gallery

Contemporary art gallery on Broad Street's gallery row, showing regional and national artists in a compact, well-curated street-level space.

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston

University arts center showcasing emerging & established modern artists, films, lectures & more.

Perspective Gallery

Contemporary art gallery tucked into a Mount Pleasant strip mall, showing local and regional work across painting, photography, and mixed media.

Principle Gallery Charleston

Contemporary fine art gallery on Meeting Street showing established and emerging painters and sculptors in a polished, accessible space.

Images Charleston

Fine art gallery on King Street carrying paintings, sculpture, and photography from regional and national artists.

Anglin Smith Fine Art

Longstanding Queen Street gallery dealing in contemporary Southern painting, sculpture, and works on paper since 1980.

Charleston Artist Collective

Rotating works from local painters, sculptors, and printmakers in a cooperative gallery off Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant.

Albert Simons Center for the Arts - College of Charleston

College of Charleston's arts hub on St. Philip, hosting student and faculty galleries in a restored historic building.

Rick Reinert - Contemporary Impressionist Painter

Meyer Vogl Gallery

Contemporary fine art gallery on Meeting Street, representing established and emerging painters with a focus on representational work.

Gallery Chuma Inc

Gullah and African American art gallery on Meeting Street, representing local and regional artists for over three decades.