Art galleries in Metz: directory, map and artistic districts

1 Human Rights square, 57020 Metz

Under the spectacular roof of Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines, the Center Pompidou-Metz displays temporary exhibitions nourished by the Center Pompidou collection. The Grande Nef and the three galleries allow monumental hangings, views of the city and ambitious dialogues between disciplines.

2 rue du Haut-Poirier, 57000 Metz

The Cour d'Or takes 20th century painters through Metz's artistic history from the Gallo-Roman thermal baths. Its fine arts rooms bring together Corot, Delacroix, Moreau and the artists of the Metz School, within a journey where architecture and collections respond to each other.

1 bis rue des Trinitaires, 57000 Metz

Located in the Saint-Livier hotel, the Frac Lorraine presents a collection attentive to feminist, performative and experimental practices. Exhibitions, residencies, screenings and meetings also take over the courtyard and garden, transforming the medieval building into a contemporary laboratory.

1 avenue Ney, 57000 Metz

On the second floor of the Arsenal, the gallery develops a program mainly devoted to photography and visual arts. The passage between concert halls, architecture by Ricardo Bofill and exhibition gives the visit a particularly complete cultural rhythm.

1 rue de la Citadelle, 57000 Metz

The Lorraine School of Art opens its spaces to the work of students, graduates and guest artists. The exhibitions provide access to research that is still in motion - image, installation, publishing, performance or design - before their distribution in professional circuits.

28 rue Mazelle, 57000 Metz

Modulab has established itself as a reference address for contemporary drawing, multiple and editorial practices. Its programming brings together emerging French and international artists, demanding exhibitions and participation in specialized fairs.

4 rue du Change, 57000 Metz

From Metz, Octave Cowbell has defended contemporary creation attentive to unique approaches and projects designed for the place. The associative format favors first exhibitions, experimental installations and a rare proximity with artists.

Boulevard André-Maginot, 57000 Metz

In the fortified monument which spans the Seille, the City programs paintings, photographs and heritage projects. The vaulted rooms and towers impose an atypical scenography, while access to the ramparts extends the exhibition with a reading of the urban landscape.

10 rue des Jardins, 57000 Metz

Founded by Pierre and Jisun, Galerie PJ builds bridges between French, Korean, American and European scenes. Its exhibitions favor identifiable worlds and direct support from artists and collectors alike.

9 En Fournirue, 57000 Metz

Cridart has been presenting paintings, sculptures, ceramics and graphic works for nearly twenty years in a space located a stone's throw from the cathedral. The selection combines recognized artists and discoveries, with concrete attention to the purchase of original works.

1 University city, Île du Saulcy, 57000 Metz

Art space of the University of Lorraine, Galerie 0.15 combines exhibition, pedagogy and research-creation. Students, curators in training and invited artists experiment with scenography, mediation, painting, video, photography and installation.

7 avenue de Blida, 57000 Metz

Housed in former bus warehouses, BLIIIDA brings together artists, designers, artisans, digital studios and creative entrepreneurs. Open days, festivals and installations reveal less a classic gallery than an ecosystem where the work is created through contact with technology.

8 rue de la Petite-Boucherie, 57000 Metz

The Conserverie houses the National Conservatory of Family Albums and explores the aesthetic power of anonymous photographs. Exhibitions, editions and meetings bring together intimate memory, social history and contemporary creation without hierarchy between document and work.

36 rue Saint-Marcel, 57000 Metz

On the ground floor of the Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs, the Raymond Banas Gallery has combined artistic standards and popular education since 1969. Five annual exhibitions give way to painters, photographers and visual artists, supplemented by meetings and workshops.

5 rue de l’Arsenal, 57000 Metz

Visible from rue de l'Arsenal, this independent gallery alternates personal and group exhibitions in a deliberately accessible space. Publications, tight hangings and choice of emerging artists maintain a direct relationship with current creation.

90 rue Jean-Julien-Barbe, 57070 Vantoux

In Vantoux, Nathan Chiche installed his gallery in an old school designed by Jean Prouvé. Préau, classrooms and preserved furniture become exhibition supports, creating a precise dialogue between modernist architecture and contemporary artists.

3 rue Saint-Vincent, 57160 Scy-Chazelles

Located on the ground floor of a house in Scy-Chazelles, the Galerie Marie Rigaux offers exhibitions on a domestic scale. Painting and sculpture benefit from an intimate display, conducive to dialogue with artists and a tailor-made visit.

73 rue de Pont-à-Mousson, 57950 Montigny-lès-Metz

The Château de Courcelles hosts temporary exhibitions in an 18th century building surrounded by a park. The Montigny-lès-Metz program gives regular visibility to regional artists, photography and thematic projects.

74 rue Mazelle, 57000 Metz

Art'Mazell is both Pierre Morette's workshop and an exhibition space opening onto rue Mazelle. Paintings, drawings and posters take a graphic, colorful and often narrative look at Metz and its urban figures.

21 En Fournirue, 57000 Metz

Talents d'Art brings together unique pieces or pieces produced in small series by Lorraine art artisans. Ceramics, glass, textiles, illustration and decorative objects show how technical know-how and contemporary creation extend to each other.

2 rue des Écoles, 57000 Metz

On Sainte-Croix hill, this workshop-gallery allows you to directly encounter a pictorial practice and follow the works in their creative environment. The hangings evolve with the work in progress, far from the fixed system of a shopping mall.

20 rue Taison, 57000 Metz

La Bottega is Patricia Gérardin's engraving workshop, devoted to intaglio, savings pruning and prints. The works exhibited make sense through contact with presses, dies and technical gestures transmitted during the courses.

24 rue Saint-Eucaire, 57000 Metz

The LEÉ functions as a collective workshop, a place of residence and a one-off gallery dedicated to experimental forms. Exhibitions, performances, video, publishing and literary meetings favor processes, collaborations and projects still in progress.

1-3 rue des Récollets, 57000 Metz

The exhibition room of the Municipal Archives occasionally presents documents, photographs and stories devoted to the history of Metz. The cloister and its garden provide a calm setting for these exhibitions where urban memory becomes visual material.

1 rue des Trinitaires, 57000 Metz

Redeveloped as an exhibition space, the former Trinitarian church hosts temporary projects in a sober and vertical volume. Painting, photography and installation benefit from the acoustics, height and architectural traces of the place.

3 rue des Trinitaires, 57000 Metz

Carrefour des Arts has been exhibiting artists with varied techniques and backgrounds for several decades. Its associative programming, in the heart of Sainte-Croix hill, offers a complementary reading of local practices and cross-border exchanges.

20 rue des Jardins, 57000 Metz

Paul Flickinger's gallery brings together painting, sculpture and design around an immediately recognizable expressive universe. The address allows you to approach the journey of a Lorraine artist present in public space as much as in private collections.

Place du Marché-de-la-Chèvre, 57000 Metz

The Ephemeral Showcase transforms a commercial space visible since the transition into an exhibition ground for collectives and local artists. Painting, photography, design, collage and installation follow one another in short formats, accessible without protocol.

Place de l'Esplanade, 57000 Metz

TATA Galerie diverts the idea of the white cube into a minimal device visible from the Esplanade. Its small scale puts young creation in direct contact with passers-by and transforms each intervention into an urban signal, brief but very identifiable.

Rue de la Citadelle, 57000 Metz

The only vestige of the Templar commandery, the octagonal chapel preserves a set of restored medieval frescoes. Integrated into the Arsenal, it occasionally serves as an exhibition room: you must therefore check the opening before going there.