Art galleries in New Orleans
New Orleans, LA has 16 art galleries on the map. That's 16 galleries mapped around New Orleans. 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 New Orleans (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Ariodante and Galería de arte, plus J&S Gallery. If a gallery's missing from New Orleans's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The New Orleans gallery lineup
16 mapped within about 40 km:
Ariodante
Art galleryRun by Laurie Reed & Deyette Danford
Run by Laurie Reed & Deyette Danford, Ariodante is Art gallery, found on 535 Julia Street in New Orleans. Also worth knowing about Ariodante: the map lists its hours as Mo-Tu,Th-Sa 09:30-16:00; Su 09:30-13:30; We "By appointment"; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
535 Julia Street, New Orleans, 70130
Hours: Mo-Tu,Th-Sa 09:30-16:00; Su 09:30-13:30; We "By appointment"
Phone: +1 504-524-3233
Galería de arte
Art galleryRun by SRE Consulado de México en Nueva Orleans
Run by SRE Consulado de México en Nueva Orleans, Galería de arte is Art gallery.
La Nouvelle-Orléans
J&S Gallery
Art gallery
J&S Gallery — Art gallery on 3801 Jefferson Highway.
3801 Jefferson Highway
The Guardians Institute
Art gallery
The Guardians Institute is Art gallery on 1930 Independence Street.
1930 Independence Street
Deurty Boys Gallery
Art gallery
Deurty Boys Gallery — Art gallery.
Antenna
Art gallery
Antenna — Art gallery, found on 3718 Saint Claude Avenue in New Orleans. Also worth knowing about Antenna: the map lists its hours as We-Su 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3718 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans, 70131
Hours: We-Su 12:00-17:00
Phone: +1 504 298 3161
The Aquarium
Art gallery
The Aquarium — Art gallery, found on 934 Montegut Street in New Orleans. Also worth knowing about The Aquarium: it has a website with more detail.
934 Montegut Street, New Orleans, 70117
The Front
Art gallery
The Front is Art gallery on 4100 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans. The Front also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa-Su 12:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
4100 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans, 70117
Hours: Sa-Su 12:00-17:00
Second Story Gallery
Art gallery
Second Story Gallery is Art gallery on 2372 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans. Second Story Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 09:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
2372 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans, 70117
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-18:00
Staple Goods
Art gallery
Staple Goods is Art gallery on 1340 St Roch Avenue, New Orleans. Staple Goods also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa-Su 12:00-17:00; Mo-Fr closed; it has a website with more detail.
1340 St Roch Avenue, New Orleans, 70117
Hours: Sa-Su 12:00-17:00; Mo-Fr closed
ArtSpace3116
Art gallery
ArtSpace3116 is Art gallery on 3116 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans. ArtSpace3116 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
3116 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans, 70117
Sasik Gallery
Art gallery
Sasik Gallery is Art gallery on 541 Julia Street, New Orleans.
541 Julia Street, New Orleans, 70130
Disco on Decatur
Art gallery
Disco on Decatur is Art gallery on 1211 Decatur Street.
1211 Decatur Street
LeMieux Galleries
Art gallery
LeMieux Galleries is Art gallery on 332 Julia Street. LeMieux Galleries also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
332 Julia Street
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:30
Phone: +15045225988
M.S. Rau
Art gallery
M.S. Rau is Art gallery on 622 Royal Street. M.S. Rau also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:15; it has a website with more detail.
622 Royal Street, 70130
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:15
ESOM ART
Art gallery
ESOM ART — Art gallery, found on 3935 Magazine Street in New Orleans.
3935 Magazine Street, New Orleans, 70115
What the map tells us about art galleries in New Orleans
7 of the 16 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 New Orleans gallery walk
The efficient New Orleans gallery walk strings these together: Ariodante on 535 Julia Street, Galería de arte, J&S Gallery on 3801 Jefferson Highway, The Guardians Institute on 1930 Independence Street, Deurty Boys Gallery, Antenna on 3718 Saint Claude Avenue, The Aquarium on 934 Montegut Street, and The Front on 4100 Saint Claude Avenue — 16 stops, one logical order. 8 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for New Orleans
Gallery-going in New Orleans? A few habits help:
- Go to opening nights at Ariodante. Free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that wants to talk about the work. The best gallery experience there is.
- Don't skip the project room at Galería de arte. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
- 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.
- Small galleries take risks. Artist-run spaces show the work the big institutions won't. Some of it's baffling; some of it's the future.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around New Orleans — 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 New Orleans can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 16, or a art gallery we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 16 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 New Orleans: 16 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.