Art galleries in Sankt Gallen
Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen has 8 art galleries on the map. That's 8 galleries mapped around Sankt Gallen. 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 Sankt Gallen (within about 25 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Doppelgänger and Kunstgalerie Walter Hongler, plus Kunstraum Auto. If a gallery's missing from Sankt Gallen's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Sankt Gallen gallery lineup
8 in Sankt Gallen, plus 11 more around Sankt Gallen below:
Doppelgänger
Art gallery0.2 km from Sankt Gallen
Doppelgänger is Art gallery on 12 Marktplatz, St.Gallen. Doppelgänger also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Th-Fr 10:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
12 Marktplatz, St.Gallen, 9000
Hours: Th-Fr 10:00-18:00
Kunstgalerie Walter Hongler
Art gallery0.3 km from Sankt Gallen
Kunstgalerie Walter Hongler — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Kunstgalerie Walter Hongler: the map lists its hours as We 14:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00.
Hours: We 14:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Kunstraum Auto
Art gallery0.4 km from Sankt GallenRun by Visarte Ost
Kunstraum Auto is Art gallery run by Visarte Ost on 4 Wassergasse, St.Gallen. Kunstraum Auto also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We 12:00-16:00; Fr 16:00-20:00; it has a website with more detail.
4 Wassergasse, St.Gallen, 9000
Hours: We 12:00-16:00; Fr 16:00-20:00
Parterre 33
Art gallery0.4 km from Sankt Gallen
Parterre 33 is Art gallery. Parterre 33 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Chambre Directe
Art gallery1.3 km from Sankt Gallen
Chambre Directe — Art gallery, found on 112 Rorschacher Strasse in St.Gallen. Also worth knowing about Chambre Directe: it has a website with more detail.
112 Rorschacher Strasse, St.Gallen, 9000
Tolle - Art & Weise
Art gallery8.0 km from Sankt Gallen
Tolle - Art & Weise is Art gallery on 28 Bergstrasse, Rehetobel. Tolle - Art & Weise also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
28 Bergstrasse, Rehetobel, 9038
Säntisgalerie Einrahmungen
Art gallery9.7 km from Sankt Gallen
Säntisgalerie Einrahmungen — Art gallery.
Säntisgalerie
Art gallery9.7 km from Sankt Gallen
Säntisgalerie — Art gallery.
What the map tells us about art galleries in Sankt Gallen
3 of the 8 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
5 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
5 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Sankt Gallen gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Doppelgänger on 12 Marktplatz, Kunstgalerie Walter Hongler, Kunstraum Auto on 4 Wassergasse, Parterre 33, Chambre Directe on 112 Rorschacher Strasse, Tolle - Art & Weise on 28 Bergstrasse, Säntisgalerie Einrahmungen, and Säntisgalerie. That's 8 stops on the Sankt Gallen gallery walk.
Gallery tips for Sankt Gallen
Gallery-going in Sankt Gallen? A few habits help:
- Check for artist talks at Doppelgänger. Talks, walkthroughs and panel discussions are often free and turn a good show into a great evening.
- Small galleries take risks at Kunstgalerie Walter Hongler. Artist-run spaces show the work the big institutions won't. Some of it's baffling; some of it's the future.
- Buy the catalogue. Exhibition catalogues are the affordable art book. They sell out after the show closes.
- Ask what's coming next. Gallerists love talking about the next show. It also tells you when to come back.
Good to know
We searched about 25 km around Sankt Gallen — 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 Sankt Gallen can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 8 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 8 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 Sankt Gallen
11 more within about 25 km of Sankt Gallen, nearest first:
Mariaberggaleria
Art gallery10.6 km from Sankt GallenRun by Alfons Brunner
Mariaberggaleria is Art gallery run by Alfons Brunner on 11 Mariabergstrasse, Rorschach.
11 Mariabergstrasse, Rorschach, 9400
ink - Konzept- und Kulturraum Appenzell
Art gallery10.7 km from Sankt Gallen
ink - Konzept- und Kulturraum Appenzell is Art gallery on 3 Engelgasse, Appenzell. ink - Konzept- und Kulturraum Appenzell also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr 09:00-12:00,13:30-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.
3 Engelgasse, Appenzell, 9050
Hours: Fr 09:00-12:00,13:30-18:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Karin Thür
Art gallery13.3 km from Sankt Gallen
Karin Thür — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Karin Thür: the map lists its hours as "Keine festen Öffnungszeiten, aber immer gerne für Sie da.".
Hours: "Keine festen Öffnungszeiten, aber immer gerne für Sie da."
Galerie Arte Nuova
Art gallery15.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Galerie Arte Nuova — Art gallery.
Galerie am Gleis
Art gallery18.4 km from Sankt Gallen
Galerie am Gleis — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galerie am Gleis: it has a website with more detail.
Kunst im Stellwerk
Art gallery19.0 km from Sankt Gallen
Kunst im Stellwerk — Art gallery.
Galerie im Kies
Art gallery21.1 km from Sankt Gallen
Galerie im Kies — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galerie im Kies: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: +43 5576 72574 12
Steinberger Galerien
Art gallery22.8 km from Sankt GallenRun by Sonja Steinberger
Steinberger Galerien is Art gallery run by Sonja Steinberger. Steinberger Galerien also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 10:30-12:30,14:00-18:00; Su 14:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: 10:30-12:30,14:00-18:00; Su 14:00-18:00
Phone: +49 75 43 96 78 999
Salomon-Sulzer-Galerie
Art gallery24.5 km from Sankt GallenRun by Schubertiade GmbH
Run by Schubertiade GmbH, Salomon-Sulzer-Galerie is Art gallery, found on 1 Schweizer Straße in Hohenems. Also worth knowing about Salomon-Sulzer-Galerie: it has a website with more detail.
1 Schweizer Straße, Hohenems, 6845
Galerie Kunsthaus Rapp
Art gallery24.8 km from Sankt Gallen
Galerie Kunsthaus Rapp — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Galerie Kunsthaus Rapp: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-11:30,14:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-11:30,14:00-17:00
Galerie Maximilian Hutz
Art gallery24.8 km from Sankt Gallen
Galerie Maximilian Hutz is Art gallery on 4 In der Wirke, Hard.
4 In der Wirke, Hard, 6971
Art gallery listings for Sankt Gallen: 8 in Sankt Gallen and 11 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.