Art galleries in Birmingham
Looking for art in Birmingham, England? There are 23 galleries mapped here. That's 23 galleries mapped around Birmingham. 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 Birmingham (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Art Box and Castle Fine Art, plus Dudley Art Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Birmingham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Birmingham gallery lineup
23 mapped within about 40 km:
Art Box
Art galleryRun by Leamington Town Council
Run by Leamington Town Council, Art Box is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Art Box: the map lists its hours as 24/7.
Hours: 24/7
Castle Fine Art
Art gallery
Castle Fine Art — Art gallery.
Dudley Art Gallery
Art gallery
Dudley Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Mr Pickwick's
Art gallery
Mr Pickwick's is Art gallery on 38 High Street, Leamington Spa.
38 High Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 1NH
Art Room
Art gallery
Art Room — Art gallery, found on Parade in Leamington Spa.
Parade, Leamington Spa
Direct Art Action
Art gallery
Direct Art Action — Art gallery.
Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery
Art gallery
Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Solihull Art Gallery
Art gallery
Solihull Art Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Solihull Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-17:30.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-17:30
Biffa Award Gallery
Art gallery
Biffa Award Gallery — Art gallery.
Waterside Gallery
Art gallery
Waterside Gallery is Art gallery.
Rose Paterson Art Gallery
Art gallery
Rose Paterson Art Gallery — Art gallery on Shrewsbury Drive. Also worth knowing about Rose Paterson Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-16:00.
Shrewsbury Drive
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-16:00
Artisan Alchemy Gallery
Art gallery
Artisan Alchemy Gallery is Art gallery.
China Expression
Art gallery
China Expression — Art gallery.
Forward Gallery
Art gallery
Forward Gallery — Art gallery, found on 4 Cannon Street in Birmingham. Also worth knowing about Forward Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
4 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-16:00
Phone: +44 121 236 0920
The Pre-Raphaelites Gallery
Art gallery
The Pre-Raphaelites Gallery — Art gallery.
Ikon Gallery
Art gallery
Ikon Gallery is Art gallery on 1 Oozells Square, Birmingham. Ikon Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Su 11:00-17:00; PH 11:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
1 Oozells Square, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Hours: We-Su 11:00-17:00; PH 11:00-17:00
The New Art Gallery
Art gallery
The New Art Gallery — Art gallery.
Cross Synnott
Art gallery
Cross Synnott — Art gallery, found on 28 Saint Paul's Square in Birmingham.
28 Saint Paul's Square, Birmingham, B3 1QZ
WaterHall
Art galleryRun by Birmingham City Council
Run by Birmingham City Council, WaterHall is Art gallery.
Traditions of Britain
Art gallery
Traditions of Britain — Art gallery, found on 22 Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon. Also worth knowing about Traditions of Britain: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
22 Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6QW
Phone: +44 1789 268758
Gas Hall
Art galleryRun by Birmingham City Council
Run by Birmingham City Council, Gas Hall is Art gallery.
Leamington Studio Artists
Art gallery
Leamington Studio Artists is Art gallery. Leamington Studio Artists also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Sa 10:30-16:30; Su 11:00-16:30.
Hours: We-Sa 10:30-16:30; Su 11:00-16:30
Clarendon Fine Art
Art gallery
Clarendon Fine Art — Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Birmingham
6 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
2 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Birmingham gallery walk
The efficient Birmingham gallery walk strings these together: Art Box, Castle Fine Art, Dudley Art Gallery, Mr Pickwick's on 38 High Street, Art Room on Parade, Direct Art Action, Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery, and Solihull Art Gallery — 23 stops, one logical order. 15 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Birmingham
A few things worth knowing before you work through Birmingham's art galleries:
- Check for artist talks at Art Box. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Trust your own reaction at Castle Fine Art. You don't need the wall text's permission to love or hate a piece. Your honest reaction is the whole point of going.
- Ask what's coming next. Gallerists love talking about the next show. It also tells you when to come back.
- First Fridays and art walks. Many towns run a monthly evening when galleries open late together. The easiest way to see everything at once.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Birmingham — 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 Birmingham can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 23 that's closed, or a great art gallery we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
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 23 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 Birmingham: 23 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.