Art galleries in Bengaluru
Galleries are best taken slowly. Bengaluru, Karnataka has 26 mapped right now. That's 26 galleries mapped around Bengaluru. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Opening nights are the cheat code — free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that actually wants to talk about the work.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Bengaluru (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Sree Balaji Art Gallery and Apaulogy, plus Peepletree. If a gallery's missing from Bengaluru's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Bengaluru gallery lineup
26 mapped within about 40 km:
Sree Balaji Art Gallery
Art gallery
Sree Balaji Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Apaulogy
Art gallery
Apaulogy is Art gallery on Pottery Road, Bangalore. Apaulogy also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Pottery Road, Bangalore, 560005
Peepletree
Art gallery
Peepletree is Art gallery on 269 17th Cross Road, Bangalore. Peepletree also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
269 17th Cross Road, Bangalore, 560080
Mahua - The Art Gallery
Art gallery
Mahua - The Art Gallery — Art gallery, found on 344/8 4th Main Road in Bangalore. Also worth knowing about Mahua - The Art Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
344/8 4th Main Road, Bangalore, 560080
MKF Museum of Art
Art gallery
MKF Museum of Art — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about MKF Museum of Art: it has a website with more detail.
Wilson Car Museum
Art gallery
Wilson Car Museum is Art gallery.
Gallery G
Art gallery
Gallery G — Art gallery, found on 38 Lavelle Road in Bangalore. Also worth knowing about Gallery G: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
38 Lavelle Road, Bangalore, 560001
Phone: +91 70224 43338
Rumale Art House
Art gallery
Rumale Art House — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Rumale Art House: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: 9535678111
The Prestige Story
Art gallery
The Prestige Story is Art gallery.
Studio 2700
Art gallery
Studio 2700 — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Studio 2700: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +91 96638 74870
Gallery Time & Space
Art gallery
Gallery Time & Space — Art gallery, found on 55 Lavelle Road in Bengaluru. Also worth knowing about Gallery Time & Space: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
55 Lavelle Road, Bengaluru, 560001
Phone: +91 080 42184116
NIFT College Art Gallery
Art gallery
NIFT College Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath
Art gallery
Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath is Art gallery.
Bangalore Art Hub
Art gallery
Bangalore Art Hub is Art gallery on 784 15th Cross, JP Nagar 1st Phase. Bangalore Art Hub also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
784 15th Cross, JP Nagar 1st Phase
BLR Design Centre
Art galleryRun by Mod Foundation
Run by Mod Foundation, BLR Design Centre is Art gallery, found on 46/1 Church Street in Bengaluru. Also worth knowing about BLR Design Centre: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
46/1 Church Street, Bengaluru, 560001
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00
Dwija Art Gallery
Art galleryRun by Dwija Conservation Society of Art and Cultural Heritage
Dwija Art Gallery is Art gallery run by Dwija Conservation Society of Art and Cultural Heritage. Dwija Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 12:00-18:00.
Hours: 12:00-18:00
Raman Archival Gallery
Art gallery
Raman Archival Gallery is Art gallery.
Archives at NCBS
Art gallery
Archives at NCBS — Art gallery.
Bengaluru Art Gallery
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Bengaluru Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park
Art galleryRun by BWSSB
Run by BWSSB, Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park is Art gallery.
The Evening Post Office
Art gallery
The Evening Post Office — Art gallery.
Sublime Galleria
Art gallery
Sublime Galleria — Art gallery.
Dr. NG Pavanje Art Gallery
Art gallery
Dr. NG Pavanje Art Gallery is Art gallery. Dr. NG Pavanje Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-17:00.
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
National Gallery of Modern Arts
Art galleryRun by NGMA
Run by NGMA, National Gallery of Modern Arts is Art gallery, found on 49 Manikyavelu Mansion, Palace Rd, Vasanth Nagar in Bengaluru.
49 Manikyavelu Mansion, Palace Rd, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, 560052
Manora
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Manora — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Manora: it has a website with more detail.
Venkatappa Art Gallery
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Venkatappa Art Gallery — Art gallery on Kasturba Road.
Kasturba Road
What the map tells us about art galleries in Bengaluru
3 of the 26 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
10 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
10 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Bengaluru gallery walk
The efficient Bengaluru gallery walk strings these together: Sree Balaji Art Gallery, Apaulogy on Pottery Road, Peepletree on 269 17th Cross Road, Mahua - The Art Gallery on 344/8 4th Main Road, MKF Museum of Art, Wilson Car Museum, Gallery G on 38 Lavelle Road, and Rumale Art House — 26 stops, one logical order. 18 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Bengaluru
A few things worth knowing before you work through Bengaluru's art galleries:
- The café is part of the visit at Sree Balaji Art Gallery. If the gallery has a café, use it. Lingering over coffee after the show is half the experience.
- Check for artist talks at Apaulogy. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Ask about the price list. It's normal to ask, even if you're not buying. It tells you how the market values the work.
- The bookshop corner is curated. Gallery bookshops stock the art books the big stores don't. Worth ten minutes on the way out.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Bengaluru — 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 Bengaluru can take a while to appear. The 26 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 26 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 Bengaluru: 26 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.