Art galleries in Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Västra Götaland has 18 art galleries on the map. That's 18 galleries mapped around Gothenburg. 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 Gothenburg (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Nääs konsthantverk and Gallery Aveny, plus Miva Fine Art. If a gallery's missing from Gothenburg's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Gothenburg gallery lineup
18 mapped within about 40 km:
Nääs konsthantverk
Art gallery
Nääs konsthantverk is Art gallery. Nääs konsthantverk also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Gallery Aveny
Art gallery
Gallery Aveny — Art gallery, found on 19 Kastellgatan in Göteborg. Also worth knowing about Gallery Aveny: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
19 Kastellgatan, Göteborg, 413 07
Phone: +46 70 816 26 22
Miva Fine Art
Art gallery
Miva Fine Art is Art gallery. Miva Fine Art also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Wetterling Gallery
Art gallery
Wetterling Gallery is Art gallery.
Ateljè VSA
Art gallery
Ateljè VSA is Art gallery on 22A Karl Johansgatan, Göteborg. Ateljè VSA also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
22A Karl Johansgatan, Göteborg, 414 59
Göteborgs Konstförening
Art gallery
Göteborgs Konstförening — Art gallery, found on 2 Södra Vägen in Göteborg. Also worth knowing about Göteborgs Konstförening: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th, Sa, Su 12:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
2 Södra Vägen, Göteborg, 412 54
Hours: Tu-Th, Sa, Su 12:00-16:00
Galleri Långedrag
Art gallery
Galleri Långedrag is Art gallery. Galleri Långedrag also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Göteborgs Konstförening
Art gallery
Göteborgs Konstförening — Art gallery, found on 9 Kastellgatan in Göteborg. Also worth knowing about Göteborgs Konstförening: the map lists its hours as Mo off; Tu-Fr 13:00-17:00; Sa-Su 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
9 Kastellgatan, Göteborg, 413 07
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Fr 13:00-17:00; Sa-Su 12:00-16:00
Phone: +46 31 186 40 3
Järn 74
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Järn 74 is Art gallery.
Galleri 20
Art gallery
Galleri 20 is Art gallery on 20 Långedragsvägen, Västra Frölunda.
20 Långedragsvägen, Västra Frölunda, 42671
Fixgalleriet
Art galleryRun by HSB Göteborg
Run by HSB Göteborg, Fixgalleriet is Art gallery.
Ateljé Alenhall
Art gallery
Ateljé Alenhall — Art gallery, found on 11 in Hakenäset. Also worth knowing about Ateljé Alenhall: the map lists its hours as "Endast bokade tider".
11, Hakenäset, 47171
Hours: "Endast bokade tider"
Four
Art gallery
Four — Art gallery, found on 5 Risåsgatan in Göteborg. Also worth knowing about Four: the map lists its hours as Mo,Su off; Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
5 Risåsgatan, Göteborg, 411 22
Hours: Mo,Su off; Tu-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-16:00
Phone: +46 73 086 42 49
Ge-Hå:s Konst
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Ge-Hå:s Konst is Art gallery.
Galleri Insikten, Röda Stugan
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Galleri Insikten, Röda Stugan is Art gallery on 10, Åstol. Galleri Insikten, Röda Stugan also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
10, Åstol, 47144
Phone: +46703145575
Galleri Cora Hillebrand
Art gallery
Galleri Cora Hillebrand is Art gallery on 48 Fabriksgatan, Göteborg.
48 Fabriksgatan, Göteborg
Kc galleri
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Kc galleri — Art gallery.
Longest Night
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Longest Night — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Longest Night: it has a website with more detail.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Gothenburg
5 of the 18 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
9 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
9 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Gothenburg gallery walk
The efficient Gothenburg gallery walk strings these together: Nääs konsthantverk, Gallery Aveny on 19 Kastellgatan, Miva Fine Art, Wetterling Gallery, Ateljè VSA on 22A Karl Johansgatan, Göteborgs Konstförening on 2 Södra Vägen, Galleri Långedrag, and Göteborgs Konstförening on 9 Kastellgatan — 18 stops, one logical order. 10 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Gothenburg
How the regulars do Gothenburg's galleries:
- Look at the building too at Nääs konsthantverk. Galleries often live in the most interesting architecture in town — converted warehouses, old banks, heritage houses.
- Read the wall text at Gallery Aveny. It's short and it's there to help. Even the cryptic ones give you a way into the work.
- Check for late openings. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
- 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 40 km around Gothenburg — 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 Gothenburg can take a while to appear. The 18 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 18 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 Gothenburg: 18 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.