Art galleries in Cincinnati
Galleries are best taken slowly. Cincinnati, Ohio has 24 mapped right now. That's 24 galleries mapped around Cincinnati. 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 Cincinnati (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Contemporary Arts Center and Weston Art Gallery, plus StudioKroner. If a gallery's missing from Cincinnati's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Cincinnati gallery lineup
24 mapped within about 40 km:
Contemporary Arts Center
Art gallery0.0 km from Cincinnati
Contemporary Arts Center — Art gallery, found on 44 East 6th Street in Cincinnati. Also worth knowing about Contemporary Arts Center: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa-Su 10:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
44 East 6th Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Hours: We-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa-Su 10:00-16:00
Phone: +1-513-345-8400
Weston Art Gallery
Art gallery0.1 km from CincinnatiRun by Cincinnati Arts Association
Weston Art Gallery is Art gallery run by Cincinnati Arts Association on 650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati. Weston Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00; Mo off.
650 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:30; Su 12:00-17:00; Mo off
StudioKroner
Art gallery0.5 km from Cincinnati
StudioKroner — Art gallery, found on 130 West Court Street in Cincinnati. Also worth knowing about StudioKroner: the map lists its hours as Th-Fr 12:00-17:00; Sa 12:00-16:00 || "by appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
130 West Court Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Hours: Th-Fr 12:00-17:00; Sa 12:00-16:00 || "by appointment"
Phone: +1-513-428-9830
Gallery at Gumbo
Art gallery0.8 km from Cincinnati
Gallery at Gumbo is Art gallery on 1300 Main Street, Cincinnati. Gallery at Gumbo also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1300 Main Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Wash Park Art
Art gallery0.8 km from Cincinnati
Wash Park Art is Art gallery on 1215 Elm Street, Cincinnati. Wash Park Art also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1215 Elm Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Art Beyond Boundaries
Art gallery0.9 km from Cincinnati
Art Beyond Boundaries is Art gallery on 1410 Main Street, Cincinnati. Art Beyond Boundaries also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1410 Main Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Phone: +1-513-421-8726
Mean Street Gallery
Art gallery1.0 km from Cincinnati
Mean Street Gallery is Art gallery on 1411 Main Street, Cincinnati. Mean Street Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1411 Main Street, Cincinnati, 45202
Phone: +1-513-818-3131
Solway Gallery
Art gallery1.8 km from Cincinnati
Solway Gallery — Art gallery, found on 424 Findlay Street in Cincinnati. Also worth knowing about Solway Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
424 Findlay Street, Cincinnati, 45214
Phone: +1-513-621-0069
Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop
Art gallery2.2 km from Cincinnati
Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop — Art gallery, found on 715 W 4th Street in Newport.
715 W 4th Street, Newport, 41011
Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop
Art gallery2.2 km from Cincinnati
Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop — Art gallery, found on 715 Scott Street in Covington. Also worth knowing about Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 10:00-17:00, Fr,Sa 10:00-18:00; Mo,Su closed; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
715 Scott Street, Covington, 41011
Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-17:00, Fr,Sa 10:00-18:00; Mo,Su closed
Phone: +1-513-232-5574
Leapin Lizard Gallery
Art gallery2.4 km from Cincinnati
Leapin Lizard Gallery — Art gallery, found on Main Street in Covington.
Main Street, Covington
The Carnegie
Art gallery2.6 km from Cincinnati
The Carnegie is Art gallery on 1028 Scott Boulevard, Covington. The Carnegie also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1028 Scott Boulevard, Covington, 41011
Philip Meyers Jr. Memorial Gallery
Art gallery3.3 km from CincinnatiRun by University of Cincinnati
Philip Meyers Jr. Memorial Gallery is Art gallery run by University of Cincinnati.
Dorothy and Lawson Reed Jr. Gallery
Art gallery3.5 km from Cincinnati
Dorothy and Lawson Reed Jr. Gallery is Art gallery.
Off Ludlow Art Gallery
Art gallery4.6 km from Cincinnati
Off Ludlow Art Gallery is Art gallery on 3408 Ormond Avenue, Cincinnati.
3408 Ormond Avenue, Cincinnati, 45220
Miller Gallery
Art gallery7.2 km from Cincinnati
Miller Gallery — Art gallery, found on 2715 Erie Avenue in Cincinnati. Also worth knowing about Miller Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
2715 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati, 45208
The Pines
Art gallery8.5 km from Cincinnati
The Pines is Art gallery on 3645 Linwood Avenue, Cincinnati. The Pines also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
3645 Linwood Avenue, Cincinnati, 45226
Mary Ran Gallery
Art gallery9.5 km from Cincinnati
Mary Ran Gallery — Art gallery, found on 3668 Erie Avenue in Cincinnati. Also worth knowing about Mary Ran Gallery: it has a website with more detail.
3668 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati, 45208
Eisele Gallery
Art gallery12.7 km from Cincinnati
Eisele Gallery is Art gallery on 6932 Madisonville Road, Mariemont. Eisele Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
6932 Madisonville Road, Mariemont, 45227
The Barn
Art gallery13.1 km from Cincinnati
The Barn is Art gallery on 6980 Cambridge Avenue, Mariemont. The Barn also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
6980 Cambridge Avenue, Mariemont, 45227
One Main Gallery
Art gallery20.1 km from Cincinnati
One Main Gallery — Art gallery, found on 1 Main Street in Milford.
1 Main Street, Milford, 45150
River Roots Plant Shop & Gallery
Art gallery25.8 km from Cincinnati
River Roots Plant Shop & Gallery is Art gallery on 400 Front Street, New Richmond. River Roots Plant Shop & Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
400 Front Street, New Richmond, 45157
William Schickel Gallery
Art gallery28.3 km from Cincinnati
William Schickel Gallery is Art gallery on 112 South Riverside Drive, Loveland. William Schickel Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "by appointment".
112 South Riverside Drive, Loveland, 45140
Hours: "by appointment"
Whistle Stop Clay Works
Art gallery28.7 km from Cincinnati
Whistle Stop Clay Works — Art gallery on 119 Harrison Avenue. Also worth knowing about Whistle Stop Clay Works: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
119 Harrison Avenue
Phone: +1-513-683-2529
What the map tells us about art galleries in Cincinnati
5 of the 24 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
16 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
16 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Cincinnati gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Contemporary Arts Center on 44 East 6th Street, Weston Art Gallery on 650 Walnut Street, StudioKroner on 130 West Court Street, Gallery at Gumbo on 1300 Main Street, Wash Park Art on 1215 Elm Street, Art Beyond Boundaries on 1410 Main Street, Mean Street Gallery on 1411 Main Street, and Solway Gallery on 424 Findlay Street. That's 24 stops on the Cincinnati gallery walk. 16 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Cincinnati
Gallery-going in Cincinnati? A few habits help:
- Don't skip the project room at Contemporary Arts Center. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Don't rush the video work at Weston Art Gallery. Video installations need their full runtime. Sit down, give it the minutes it asks for.
- Ask the gallerist. They know the work, the artists, and what's coming next. Most are delighted when someone asks a real question.
- 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 Cincinnati — 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 Cincinnati can take a while to appear. The 24 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 24 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 Cincinnati: 24 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.