Art galleries in Dortmund
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia has 15 art galleries on the map. That's 15 galleries mapped around Dortmund. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Many are free to enter, so the only cost of a gallery afternoon is your time.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Dortmund (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Galerie Lamers and Lensing Carrée, plus Superraum. If a gallery's missing from Dortmund's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Dortmund gallery lineup
15 in Dortmund, plus 35 more around Dortmund below:
Galerie Lamers
Art gallery0.2 km from Dortmund
Galerie Lamers — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galerie Lamers: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Lensing Carrée
Art gallery0.4 km from Dortmund
Lensing Carrée — Art gallery.
Superraum
Art gallery0.4 km from Dortmund
Superraum is Art gallery on 64 Brückstraße, Dortmund. Superraum also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
64 Brückstraße, Dortmund, 44135
Kunstbonbon
Art gallery0.6 km from DortmundRun by Karin Schmidt und Jörg Gerlings
Kunstbonbon is Art gallery run by Karin Schmidt und Jörg Gerlings on 11 Chemnitzer Straße, Dortmund. Kunstbonbon also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu 13:00-18:00; Fr 15:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-15:00; it has a website with more detail.
11 Chemnitzer Straße, Dortmund, 44139
Hours: Tu 13:00-18:00; Fr 15:00-20:00; Sa 12:00-15:00
Art Gallery & Studio by Masou
Art gallery0.8 km from Dortmund
Art Gallery & Studio by Masou is Art gallery on 25 Hohe Straße, Dortmund.
25 Hohe Straße, Dortmund, 44139
Kunst im Kreuzviertel
Art gallery1.3 km from Dortmund
Kunst im Kreuzviertel — Art gallery.
der kunstbetrieb
Art gallery1.4 km from Dortmund
der kunstbetrieb is Art gallery. der kunstbetrieb also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Atelier 91
Art gallery1.6 km from Dortmund
Atelier 91 is Art gallery.
Galerie Torfhaus
Art gallery2.3 km from Dortmund
Galerie Torfhaus — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galerie Torfhaus: the map lists its hours as Apr-Oct PH,Mo-Su 11:00-18:00.
Hours: Apr-Oct PH,Mo-Su 11:00-18:00
Phoenix des Lumières
Art gallery3.2 km from Dortmund
Phoenix des Lumières — Art gallery, found on 4 Phoenixplatz in Dortmund. Also worth knowing about Phoenix des Lumières: it has a website with more detail.
4 Phoenixplatz, Dortmund, 44263
Friedrich 7 Kulturladen Hörde
Art gallery3.6 km from Dortmund
Friedrich 7 Kulturladen Hörde is Art gallery on 7 Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, Dortmund.
7 Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, Dortmund, 44263
Kulturladen Hörde
Art gallery3.6 km from Dortmund
Kulturladen Hörde is Art gallery. Kulturladen Hörde also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-14:00
Galerie Ermlinghofen
Art gallery3.9 km from Dortmund
Galerie Ermlinghofen is Art gallery.
Art Dortmund
Art gallery4.7 km from Dortmund
Art Dortmund is Art gallery. Art Dortmund also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 10:30-15:00.
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 10:30-15:00
Tribal Art Kortmann
Art gallery5.1 km from Dortmund
Tribal Art Kortmann — Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Dortmund
5 of the 15 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
4 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
4 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Dortmund gallery walk
Making a day of it in Dortmund? Work this order: Galerie Lamers, Lensing Carrée, Superraum on 64 Brückstraße, Kunstbonbon on 11 Chemnitzer Straße, Art Gallery & Studio by Masou on 25 Hohe Straße, Kunst im Kreuzviertel, der kunstbetrieb, and Atelier 91. That's the gallery walk in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 7 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Dortmund
A few things worth knowing before you work through Dortmund's art galleries:
- Ask about the price list at Galerie Lamers. It's normal to ask, even if you're not buying. It tells you how the market values the work.
- Don't skip the project room at Lensing Carrée. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Check the exhibition schedule first. A gallery is only as good as its current show. Two minutes on the website saves a wasted trip between exhibitions.
- The café is part of the visit. If the gallery has a café, use it. Lingering over coffee after the show is half the experience.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Dortmund — 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 Dortmund can take a while to appear. The 15 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 15 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.
Worth the trip: more art galleries around Dortmund
35 more within about 25 km of Dortmund — here are the 15 nearest:
Galerie Januar
Art gallery12.1 km from Dortmund
Galerie Januar — Art gallery, found on 9 Eislebener Straße in Bochum. Also worth knowing about Galerie Januar: it has a website with more detail.
9 Eislebener Straße, Bochum, 44892
Atelier Weibsbilder
Art gallery12.2 km from Dortmund
Atelier Weibsbilder — Art gallery, found on 20a Münsterstraße in Lünen.
20a Münsterstraße, Lünen, 44534
Dr. Carl Dörken Galerie
Art gallery12.7 km from DortmundRun by Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken Stiftung
Dr. Carl Dörken Galerie is Art gallery run by Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken Stiftung. Dr. Carl Dörken Galerie also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Su 11:00-18:00; Mo-Sa off.
Hours: Su 11:00-18:00; Mo-Sa off
Galerie Hahmann
Art gallery13.5 km from Dortmund
Galerie Hahmann — Art gallery, found on 306-308 Castroper Straße in Herne. Also worth knowing about Galerie Hahmann: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
306-308 Castroper Straße, Herne, 44627
Phone: +49 2323 957969
Galerie Kunstpunkt
Art gallery14.4 km from DortmundRun by Herner Künstlerbund
Run by Herner Künstlerbund, Galerie Kunstpunkt is Art gallery, found on 296 Mont-Cenis-Straße in Herne. Also worth knowing about Galerie Kunstpunkt: the map lists its hours as "wechselnd je nach Ausstellung"; it has a website with more detail.
296 Mont-Cenis-Straße, Herne, 44627
Hours: "wechselnd je nach Ausstellung"
Galerie Anders
Art gallery14.5 km from Dortmund
Galerie Anders — Art gallery, found on 290 Münsterstraße in Lünen. Also worth knowing about Galerie Anders: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
290 Münsterstraße, Lünen, 44534
Phone: +49 2306 55080
Zentrum für internationale Lichtkunst
Art gallery15.4 km from Dortmund
Zentrum für internationale Lichtkunst is Art gallery.
Tanja Leifeld Art
Art gallery16.6 km from DortmundRun by Tanja Leifeld
Tanja Leifeld Art is Art gallery run by Tanja Leifeld on 96 Wasserstraße, Bochum. Tanja Leifeld Art also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
96 Wasserstraße, Bochum, 44803
Phone: +49 176 57680411
Kunsthaus Pinx
Art gallery16.9 km from Dortmund
Kunsthaus Pinx — Art gallery, found on 38 Castroper Straße in Bochum. Also worth knowing about Kunsthaus Pinx: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
38 Castroper Straße, Bochum, 44791
Phone: +49 234 583899
SCHWANENMARKT 1
Art gallery17.2 km from Dortmund
SCHWANENMARKT 1 is Art gallery on 1 Schwanenmarkt, Bochum. SCHWANENMARKT 1 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "wechselnde Öffnungszeiten"; it has a website with more detail.
1 Schwanenmarkt, Bochum, 44787
Hours: "wechselnde Öffnungszeiten"
Kunst-Schaufenster
Art gallery17.4 km from Dortmund
Kunst-Schaufenster — Art gallery.
Showroom Kunst
Art gallery17.6 km from Dortmund
Showroom Kunst is Art gallery on 46 Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße, Bochum. Showroom Kunst also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr 16:00-19:00; Sa 16:00-18:00; Su 15:00-19:00; Mo-Th off; it has a website with more detail.
46 Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße, Bochum, 44789
Hours: Fr 16:00-19:00; Sa 16:00-18:00; Su 15:00-19:00; Mo-Th off
a design collective
Art gallery17.7 km from Dortmund
a design collective is Art gallery on 38 Lange Straße, Hagen.
38 Lange Straße, Hagen, 58089
Atelier Rang Haider
Art gallery17.9 km from Dortmund
Atelier Rang Haider — Art gallery.
Provinz
Art gallery17.9 km from Dortmund
Provinz is Art gallery on 38 Schmechtingstraße, Bochum. Provinz also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as "nach Vereinbarung".
38 Schmechtingstraße, Bochum, 44809
Hours: "nach Vereinbarung"
Art gallery listings for Dortmund: 15 in Dortmund and 35 more nearby 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.