Art galleries in Lima
Galleries are best taken slowly. Lima, Lima has 32 mapped right now. That's 32 galleries mapped around Lima. 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 Lima (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Galería La Fortaleza and Teatro Republica, plus Galería Límac. If a gallery's missing from Lima's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Lima gallery lineup
32 mapped within about 40 km:
Galería La Fortaleza
Art gallery
Galería La Fortaleza — Art gallery.
Teatro Republica
Art gallery
Teatro Republica — Art gallery, found on Jirón Carabaya in Cercado de Lima.
Jirón Carabaya, Cercado de Lima
Galería Límac
Art gallery
Galería Límac — Art gallery, found on Avenida 28 de Julio in Jesús María. Also worth knowing about Galería Límac: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
Avenida 28 de Julio, Jesús María
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
Galería Ignacio Merino
Art gallery
Galería Ignacio Merino is Art gallery on Avenida 28 de Julio, Jesús María. Galería Ignacio Merino also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Su 10:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
Avenida 28 de Julio, Jesús María
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
Masión Eiffel
Art gallery
Masión Eiffel — Art gallery, found on 170 Jirón Ucayali in Cercado de Lima. Also worth knowing about Masión Eiffel: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
170 Jirón Ucayali, Cercado de Lima, 15001
Phone: +51 1 4276028
Galería de artes visuales Ccoriwasi
Art galleryRun by Universidad Ricardo Palma
Run by Universidad Ricardo Palma, Galería de artes visuales Ccoriwasi is Art gallery, found on 5198 Avenida Arequipa in Miraflores. Also worth knowing about Galería de artes visuales Ccoriwasi: it has a website with more detail.
5198 Avenida Arequipa, Miraflores
Galería de Arte Moll
Art gallery
Galería de Arte Moll is Art gallery on 1150 Avenida José Larco, Miraflores. Galería de Arte Moll also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
1150 Avenida José Larco, Miraflores, 15074
Suspirarte
Art gallery
Suspirarte is Art gallery.
Centro Colich
Art gallery
Centro Colich is Art gallery.
Wu Galería
Art galleryRun by Wu Galería
Wu Galería is Art gallery run by Wu Galería on 129 Avenida Sáenz Peña, Barranco. Wu Galería also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
129 Avenida Sáenz Peña, Barranco
Phone: +51 1 2474685
Mocha Graña
Art gallery
Mocha Graña is Art gallery on 107 Avenida Sáenz Peña, Barranco.
107 Avenida Sáenz Peña, Barranco
Galería de Arte Yvonne Sanguineti
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Galería de Arte Yvonne Sanguineti — Art gallery.
"Pronto" Central - de Virgilio Martinez
Art gallery
"Pronto" Central - de Virgilio Martinez is Art gallery on Avenida Pedro de Osma, Barranco.
Avenida Pedro de Osma, Barranco
Centro Cultural CCORI WASI
Art gallery
Centro Cultural CCORI WASI is Art gallery on 5198 Avenida Arequipa. Centro Cultural CCORI WASI also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
5198 Avenida Arequipa
Phone: +51 4457335
Arariwa, Galeria de Arte
Art gallery
Arariwa, Galeria de Arte — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Arariwa, Galeria de Arte: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +51996364922
Proyecto AMIL
Art gallery
Proyecto AMIL — Art gallery on Camino Real. Also worth knowing about Proyecto AMIL: the map lists its hours as Tu-Th 14:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Camino Real
Hours: Tu-Th 14:00-18:00
Phone: +51 1 4401715
John Harriman
Art galleryRun by Centro Cultural Bitánico
Run by Centro Cultural Bitánico, John Harriman is Art gallery, found on 740 Malecón Balta in Miraflores. Also worth knowing about John Harriman: it has a website with more detail.
740 Malecón Balta, Miraflores
Museo de la Basílica Catedral de Lima
Art galleryRun by Azorbispado de Lima
Run by Azorbispado de Lima, Museo de la Basílica Catedral de Lima is Art gallery, found on Jirón Carabaya in Cercado de Lima. Also worth knowing about Museo de la Basílica Catedral de Lima: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Jirón Carabaya, Cercado de Lima
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
Galería Índigo
Art gallery
Galería Índigo is Art gallery on 260 Avenida Daniel Hernandez, San Isidro. Galería Índigo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
260 Avenida Daniel Hernandez, San Isidro
Phone: +51 1 4403099
Victor Delfin Art Studio
Art galleryRun by Carlos & Lilian Delfin
Victor Delfin Art Studio is Art gallery run by Carlos & Lilian Delfin on 366 Jirón Domeyer, Barranco. Victor Delfin Art Studio also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
366 Jirón Domeyer, Barranco
Phone: +51 1 2494223
CIAM Aurora
Art gallery
CIAM Aurora is Art gallery.
Pasaporte al arte
Art gallery
Pasaporte al arte is Art gallery.
Proyecto AMIL
Art gallery
Proyecto AMIL — Art gallery on 409 Pedro de Osma Avenue. Also worth knowing about Proyecto AMIL: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00; it has a website with more detail.
409 Pedro de Osma Avenue, 15063
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-19:00
Casa de Cultura de San Miguel
Art gallery
Casa de Cultura de San Miguel is Art gallery on Federico Gallese, San Miguel.
Federico Gallese, San Miguel
Galeria La Frontera
Art gallery
Galeria La Frontera is Art gallery on 682 Jirón Mayta Cápac, Jesús María.
682 Jirón Mayta Cápac, Jesús María
Galeria Palao 907
Art gallery
Galeria Palao 907 is Art gallery on Alfredo Mendiola.
Alfredo Mendiola
Galeria Santa Luisa
Art gallery
Galeria Santa Luisa is Art gallery on Avenida Alfredo Mendiola.
Avenida Alfredo Mendiola
Galeria Comercial Señor de los Milagros
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Galeria Comercial Señor de los Milagros is Art gallery.
Lima Benavides Galería
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Lima Benavides Galería — Art gallery, found on 252 Jirón Batalla de Junin in Barranco.
252 Jirón Batalla de Junin, Barranco
Galería El Cristal
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Galería El Cristal — Art gallery on Avenida Defensores del Morro.
Avenida Defensores del Morro
Galeria Heroes de San Juan
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Galeria Heroes de San Juan — Art gallery on Avenida Los Héroes.
Avenida Los Héroes
Arte Cubano
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Arte Cubano is Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Lima
5 of the 32 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
13 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
There's a cluster: 2 of them sit on Jirón Carabaya, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
13 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Lima gallery walk
The efficient Lima gallery walk strings these together: Galería La Fortaleza, Teatro Republica on Jirón Carabaya, Galería Límac on Avenida 28 de Julio, Galería Ignacio Merino on Avenida 28 de Julio, Masión Eiffel on 170 Jirón Ucayali, Galería de artes visuales Ccoriwasi on 5198 Avenida Arequipa, Galería de Arte Moll on 1150 Avenida José Larco, and Suspirarte — 32 stops, one logical order. 24 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Lima
How the regulars do Lima's galleries:
- Ask the gallerist at Galería La Fortaleza. They know the work, the artists, and what's coming next. Most are delighted when someone asks a real question.
- Check for artist talks at Teatro Republica. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Check for late openings. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
- Read the wall text. It's short and it's there to help. Even the cryptic ones give you a way into the work.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Lima — 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 Lima can take a while to appear. The 32 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 32 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 Lima: 32 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.