Art galleries in Beijing
Looking for art in Beijing, Beijing? There are 31 galleries mapped here. That's 31 galleries mapped around Beijing. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Ask the gallerist what's on — they're usually delighted someone asked.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Beijing (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Lumin Art Space and Mountain Art Beijing Frank Lin Art Center, plus The First Sound Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Beijing's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Beijing gallery lineup
31 mapped within about 40 km:
Lumin Art Space
Art gallery
Lumin Art Space — Art gallery.
Mountain Art Beijing Frank Lin Art Center
Art gallery
Mountain Art Beijing Frank Lin Art Center — Art gallery.
The First Sound Gallery
Art gallery
The First Sound Gallery is Art gallery. The First Sound Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-18:00.
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00
Polar Bear Gallery
Art gallery
Polar Bear Gallery is Art gallery.

Tabula Rasa Gallery
Art gallery
Tabula Rasa Gallery — Art gallery.
今日美术馆
Art gallery
今日美术馆 — Art gallery on 32 32 Baiziwan Rd, ShuangJing, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100022. Also worth knowing about 今日美术馆: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-10:00, 18:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
32 32 Baiziwan Rd, ShuangJing, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100022, 100022
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-10:00, 18:00-18:00
隆福美术馆
Art gallery
隆福美术馆 — Art gallery.
筑中美术馆
Art gallery
筑中美术馆 — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about 筑中美术馆: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-17:00

中国国家画院美术馆
Art gallery
中国国家画院美术馆 is Art gallery. 中国国家画院美术馆 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Art·Des艺术空间
Art gallery
Art·Des艺术空间 is Art gallery.
北京民生现代美术馆
Art galleryRun by 民生银行
Run by 民生银行, 北京民生现代美术馆 is Art gallery.
751普辣斯巨幕光影馆
Art gallery
751普辣斯巨幕光影馆 is Art gallery.

悦·美术馆
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悦·美术馆 is Art gallery.
白盒子艺术馆
Art gallery
白盒子艺术馆 — Art gallery.
恒甫视界
Art gallery
恒甫视界 is Art gallery.
现代汽车文化中心
Art gallery
现代汽车文化中心 is Art gallery.
铁匠营艺术馆
Art gallery
铁匠营艺术馆 is Art gallery.
勒木画廊
Art gallery
勒木画廊 is Art gallery.
书法室
Art gallery
书法室 — Art gallery.
绘画室
Art gallery
绘画室 is Art gallery.
Run-BO Jade Gallery
Art gallery
Run-BO Jade Gallery — Art gallery.
红砖美术馆
Art gallery
红砖美术馆 is Art gallery on 顺白路.
顺白路
中国工艺美术馆
Art gallery
中国工艺美术馆 is Art gallery.
中间美术馆
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中间美术馆 — Art gallery.
寺上美术馆
Art gallery
寺上美术馆 is Art gallery.
美术馆
Art galleryRun by 首都师范大学
Run by 首都师范大学, 美术馆 is Art gallery.
时代美术馆
Art gallery
时代美术馆 — Art gallery.
门头沟古道兰亭艺术馆
Art gallery
门头沟古道兰亭艺术馆 is Art gallery.
宋庄美术馆
Art gallery
宋庄美术馆 is Art gallery.
宋庄当代艺术文献馆
Art gallery
宋庄当代艺术文献馆 — Art gallery.
松美术馆
Art gallery
松美术馆 is Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Beijing
3 of the 31 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
3 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
3 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Beijing gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Lumin Art Space, Mountain Art Beijing Frank Lin Art Center, The First Sound Gallery, Polar Bear Gallery, Tabula Rasa Gallery, 今日美术馆 on 32 32 Baiziwan Rd, ShuangJing, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100022, 隆福美术馆, and 筑中美术馆. That's 31 stops on the Beijing gallery walk. 23 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Beijing
A few things worth knowing before you work through Beijing's art galleries:
- Look at the building too at Lumin Art Space. Galleries often live in the most interesting architecture in town — converted warehouses, old banks, heritage houses.
- Buy the catalogue at Mountain Art Beijing Frank Lin Art Center. Exhibition catalogues are the affordable art book. They sell out after the show closes.
- Go to opening nights. Free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that wants to talk about the work. The best gallery experience there is.
- Buy local art if you can. An original from a local artist costs less than you think and means more than any print. Start with works on paper.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Beijing — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Beijing can take a while to appear. The 31 above are only as current as the community map. A art gallery that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 31 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Art gallery listings for Beijing: 31 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.