Art galleries in Fremantle
Fremantle, Western Australia has 12 art galleries on the map. That's 12 galleries mapped around Fremantle. 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 Fremantle (within about 20 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Moores Building Art Space and Japingka Gallery, plus David Giles Art Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Fremantle's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Fremantle gallery lineup
12 in Fremantle, plus 14 more around Fremantle below:
Moores Building Art Space
Art gallery0.1 km from Fremantle
Moores Building Art Space — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Moores Building Art Space: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +61 8 9432 9555
Japingka Gallery
Art gallery0.2 km from Fremantle
Japingka Gallery — Art gallery on 47 High Street.
47 High Street
David Giles Art Gallery
Art gallery0.2 km from Fremantle
David Giles Art Gallery — Art gallery.
DaRaw Nature
Art gallery0.2 km from Fremantle
DaRaw Nature — Art gallery on 5 Henry Street.
5 Henry Street
Recess
Art gallery0.4 km from Fremantle
Recess — Art gallery on 1B Pakenham Street.
1B Pakenham Street
Nyisztor Studio
Art gallery0.4 km from Fremantle
Nyisztor Studio — Art gallery.
Treasure Gallery
Art gallery1.1 km from Fremantle
Treasure Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Treasure Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +61 408 088 544
Earlywork
Art gallery1.6 km from Fremantle
Earlywork — Art gallery on 330 South Terrace. Also worth knowing about Earlywork: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-16:00.
330 South Terrace, 6162
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-16:00
Fringe Gallery
Art gallery5.1 km from Fremantle
Fringe Gallery — Art gallery.
Nyisztor Studio Contemporary Art
Art gallery5.3 km from Fremantle
Nyisztor Studio Contemporary Art is Art gallery.
Melville Community Arts Association
Art gallery7.4 km from Fremantle
Melville Community Arts Association is Art gallery on 586 Canning Highway. Melville Community Arts Association also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-16:00.
586 Canning Highway
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-16:00
The Goods Shed
Art gallery9.2 km from Fremantle
The Goods Shed is Art gallery. The Goods Shed also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Fremantle
2 of the 12 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 Fremantle gallery walk
The efficient Fremantle gallery walk strings these together: Moores Building Art Space, Japingka Gallery on 47 High Street, David Giles Art Gallery, DaRaw Nature on 5 Henry Street, Recess on 1B Pakenham Street, Nyisztor Studio, Treasure Gallery, and Earlywork on 330 South Terrace — 12 stops, one logical order. 4 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Fremantle
How the regulars do Fremantle's galleries:
- Read the wall text at Moores Building Art Space. It's short and it's there to help. Even the cryptic ones give you a way into the work.
- Follow the galleries online at Japingka Gallery. Openings and one-night events get announced on social media first. One follow catches them all.
- 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.
- Check for late openings. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
Good to know
We searched about 20 km around Fremantle — 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 Fremantle can take a while to appear. The 12 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 12 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 Fremantle
14 more within about 20 km of Fremantle, nearest first:
Applecross Art & Framing
Art gallery10.0 km from Fremantle
Applecross Art & Framing — Art gallery on 30 Ardross Street. Also worth knowing about Applecross Art & Framing: the map lists its hours as Tu-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:30-15:30.
30 Ardross Street, 6153
Hours: Tu-Fr 09:30-17:30; Sa 09:30-15:30
Goolugatup Heathcote
Art gallery11.0 km from FremantleRun by City of Melville
Goolugatup Heathcote is Art gallery run by City of Melville on 58 Duncraig Road. Goolugatup Heathcote also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-16:00.
58 Duncraig Road
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-16:00
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
Art gallery11.2 km from FremantleRun by The University of Western Australia
Run by The University of Western Australia, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery is Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-17:00
S.C.G.H. Art Gallery
Art gallery12.1 km from Fremantle
S.C.G.H. Art Gallery — Art gallery.
The Orangery Gallery
Art gallery12.3 km from Fremantle
The Orangery Gallery is Art gallery.
Linton & Kay Galleries
Art gallery12.8 km from Fremantle
Linton & Kay Galleries is Art gallery. Linton & Kay Galleries also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Indigenart The Mossenson Galleries
Art gallery14.9 km from Fremantle
Indigenart The Mossenson Galleries — Art gallery.
200A John Curtin Gallery
Art gallery15.1 km from Fremantle
200A John Curtin Gallery — Art gallery.
208A QuARTer Gallery
Art gallery15.1 km from Fremantle
208A QuARTer Gallery is Art gallery. 208A QuARTer Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 24/7.
Hours: 24/7
Moore Contemporary
Art gallery15.8 km from Fremantle
Moore Contemporary is Art gallery on 565 Hay Street. Moore Contemporary also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu,Su off; We-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
565 Hay Street, 6000
Hours: Mo-Tu,Su off; We-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 12:00-16:00
Art Collective WA
Art gallery15.8 km from Fremantle
Art Collective WA is Art gallery on 565 Hay Street. Art Collective WA also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu,Su off; We-Fr 11:00-16:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
565 Hay Street, 6000
Hours: Mo-Tu,Su off; We-Fr 11:00-16:00; Sa 12:00-16:00
Phone: +61 8 9325 7237
Linton & Kay Galleries
Art gallery16.1 km from Fremantle
Linton & Kay Galleries is Art gallery.
Salle
Art gallery16.2 km from Fremantle
Salle — Art gallery.
_____.gs (Underscore Gallery & Studios)
Art gallery16.7 km from Fremantle
_____.gs (Underscore Gallery & Studios) — Art gallery on 375 William Street. Also worth knowing about _____.gs (Underscore Gallery & Studios): the map lists its hours as Fr-Su 12:00-17:00.
375 William Street
Hours: Fr-Su 12:00-17:00
Art gallery listings for Fremantle: 12 in Fremantle and 14 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.