Art galleries in Kuala Lumpur
Galleries are best taken slowly. Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur has 21 mapped right now. That's 21 galleries mapped around Kuala Lumpur. 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 Kuala Lumpur (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Jadi Batik Gallery and ILHAM Gallery, plus Wei-Ling Gallery. If a gallery's missing from Kuala Lumpur's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Kuala Lumpur gallery lineup
21 mapped within about 40 km:
Jadi Batik Gallery
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Jadi Batik Gallery is Art gallery. Jadi Batik Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 09:00-17:30; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: 09:00-17:30
ILHAM Gallery
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ILHAM Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about ILHAM Gallery: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; Mo,PH off; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; Mo,PH off
Wei-Ling Gallery
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Wei-Ling Gallery is Art gallery on 8 Jalan Scott, Kuala Lumpur. Wei-Ling Gallery also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
8 Jalan Scott, Kuala Lumpur, 50470
Galeri Petronas
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Galeri Petronas — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galeri Petronas: it has a website with more detail.
Galeri Budi
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Galeri Budi is Art gallery.
A+ Works of Art
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A+ Works of Art — Art gallery on D6-G-8. Also worth knowing about A+ Works of Art: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
D6-G-8, 51000
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00
Ur-Mu
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Ur-Mu — Art gallery on 3 Jalan Bedara. Also worth knowing about Ur-Mu: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-08:30; it has a website with more detail.
3 Jalan Bedara
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-08:30
Oriental Art & Cultural Center
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Oriental Art & Cultural Center is Art gallery. Oriental Art & Cultural Center also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +60-1120941869
SeniKome Péng Hēng East Coast Arts & Cultural Centre
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SeniKome Péng Hēng East Coast Arts & Cultural Centre — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about SeniKome Péng Hēng East Coast Arts & Cultural Centre: it has a website with more detail.
Universiti Malaya Art Gallery
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Universiti Malaya Art Gallery — Art gallery.
4D Trick Art Museum
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4D Trick Art Museum is Art gallery on SA-T2C-B08 SkyAvenue, Genting Highlands. 4D Trick Art Museum also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
SA-T2C-B08 SkyAvenue, Genting Highlands, 69000
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium — Art gallery, found on SA-T2C-B13 SkyAvenue in Genting Highlands. Also worth knowing about Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
SA-T2C-B13 SkyAvenue, Genting Highlands, 69000
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
Core Design Gallery
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Core Design Gallery is Art gallery. Core Design 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.
Phone: 0356121168
Art Is Art Gallery
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Art Is Art Gallery is Art gallery. Art Is Art 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.
Phone: +60-163318929
Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery Dong Chan Branch
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Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery Dong Chan Branch — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery Dong Chan Branch: it has a website with more detail.
宋居艺术文化馆
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宋居艺术文化馆 — Art gallery.
Galeri Royal Selangor
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Galeri Royal Selangor — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galeri Royal Selangor: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-18:00
Ruang Merdeka
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Ruang Merdeka is Art gallery.
Galeri Diraja Sultan Abdul Aziz
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Galeri Diraja Sultan Abdul Aziz is Art gallery.
Klang
Balai Seni Visual Negara
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Balai Seni Visual Negara is Art gallery on 2 Jalan Temerloh. Balai Seni Visual Negara also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
2 Jalan Temerloh, 53200
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00
Phone: +60 340 267 000
Kompleks Taman Seni Islam Selangor
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Kompleks Taman Seni Islam Selangor is Art gallery on 2A Persiaran Damai, Shah Alam.
2A Persiaran Damai, Shah Alam, 40100
What the map tells us about art galleries in Kuala Lumpur
8 of the 21 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
14 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
14 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Kuala Lumpur gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Jadi Batik Gallery, ILHAM Gallery, Wei-Ling Gallery on 8 Jalan Scott, Galeri Petronas, Galeri Budi, A+ Works of Art on D6-G-8, Ur-Mu on 3 Jalan Bedara, and Oriental Art & Cultural Center. That's 21 stops on the Kuala Lumpur gallery walk. 13 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Kuala Lumpur
How the regulars do Kuala Lumpur's galleries:
- Don't skip the project room at Jadi Batik Gallery. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- Take the long way through at ILHAM Gallery. Galleries reward slow looking. One extra lap always reveals something the first pass missed.
- Check accessibility. Older gallery buildings can be tricky. The website usually notes step-free access — check before you go.
- Visit twice if it moves you. A second visit to a strong show is never wasted. You see completely different work the second time.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Kuala Lumpur — 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 Kuala Lumpur can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 21 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 21 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 Kuala Lumpur: 21 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.