Toulouse · Directory 2026
Art galleries in Toulouse: directory, map and artistic districts
From Saint-Cyprien to Carmelites, from Bonnefoy to Mirail: create a clear route among 30 current art venues.
In Toulouse, museums, art centers, private galleries, schools and artist spaces are located on both sides of the Garonne and even in the metropolis. This directory brings together 30 controlled addresses, a map by zone, practical filters and three itineraries to discover creation without wasting time between two visits.
Toulouse · the pink city in creationChoose an area, check the current exposure and group the visits: Toulouse can be explored on foot, by metro and via the Garonne.
Understand the Toulouse scene
An artistic geography from the Garonne to the campuses
Saint-Cyprien brings together Les Abattoirs, the Château d'Eau and the La Grave chapel in a compact route. The historic center concentrates foundations, museums and galleries around the Capitole, the Daurade, Saint-Georges and the Carmes. To the northeast, Les Chalets, Matabiau and Bonnefoy host cultural institutes, collectives and urban festivals. To the northeast, Les Chalets, Matabiau and Bonnefoy host cultural institutes, collectives and urban festivals. Mirail and Montaudran connect art, university and science, while Colomiers, Labège, Cugnaux and Villeneuve-Tolosane give the metropolis real depth.
Check today's exposure
Several galleries close between two clashes and university venues follow the campus calendar. Check the official website before you go.
Group visits by area
Saint-Cyprien, Capitole and Carmes are easily explored on foot. For Mirail, Montaudran and the metropolis, combine metro, train, bus and walking.
Enter without intimidation
Access to the galleries is generally free. Requesting a room sheet, the price of a work or information on the artist is an integral part of the visit.
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The badge Works for sale reports private galleries, showrooms and gallery workshops where you can request a list of works, a price and shipping conditions. Availability changes with exhibitions: always contact the address before your visit.
Map of artistic districts
Choose an area before building your course
This schematic map helps understand poles and distances. Click on an area to filter the directory; each sheet then provides the exact address and a Google Maps route.
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30 galleries and art venues in Toulouse
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The Chalets · Concorde
My Gallery Toulouse
35 rue de la Concorde, 31000 Toulouse
Open rue de la Concorde, My Gallery regularly renews a selection of emerging and established artists. Contemporary painting and street art occupy a marked place, in a space designed to facilitate exchange and the first purchase.
Bellegarde · downtown
Bellegarde Cultural Center
17 rue Bellegarde, 31000 Toulouse
Bellegarde combines exhibition rooms, workshops and cultural programming in a former mansion in the center. The visual arts readily interact with photography, graphics and digital practices.
Saint-Cyprien · left bank
La Grave Chapel
23 rue du Pont Saint-Pierre, 31300 Toulouse
Under its emblematic dome, the La Grave chapel hosts exhibitions that bring together heritage, hospital memory and contemporary perspectives. The visit is as valid for the architecture as for the projects installed in this unique nave.
Montaudran · Rangueil
ENAC - Leonardo da Vinci Cultural Center
7 avenue Édouard-Belin, 31400 Toulouse
The ENAC cultural center brings artists, images and installations into the heart of a scientific campus. Its exhibitions create stimulating bridges between creation, aeronautics, research and student life.
Capitol · Arsenal
UT Capitole Cultural Space
2 rue du Doyen-Gabriel-Marty, 31042 Toulouse
Toulouse Capitole University programs photography, drawing and contemporary art exhibitions in its spaces accessible to a wide audience. The place allows you to discover authors recognized as projects carried out by the university community.
Saint-Cyprien · Prairie des Filters
Water Tower Gallery
1 place Laganne, 31300 Toulouse
Created by Jean Dieuzaide in a former water tower, this pioneering place is a French reference in photography. Monographs, archives and emerging writings follow one another in a circular architecture that has become inseparable from Toulouse's visual identity.
Capitol · Esquirol
Goethe-Institut Toulouse
4 bis rue Clémence-Isaure, 31000 Toulouse
The Goethe-Institut complements its linguistic activities with exhibitions, meetings and Franco-German projects. Its programming circulates photography, illustration and contemporary art in a setting conducive to European exchanges.
Les Chalets · Matabiau
Instituto Cervantes de Toulouse
31 rue des Chalets, 31000 Toulouse
In the Chalets district, the Instituto Cervantes presents artists from Spain and Latin America through often free exhibitions. Photography, memory and the circulation of cultures occupy a particularly strong place.
Bonnefoy · The Twins
IPN
30 rue des Jumeaux, 31200 Toulouse
IPN functions as a collective space where workshops, exhibitions and research time intertwine. We encounter a local creation in progress, in flexible formats which favor experimentation and collaborations.
Sea bream · quays of Garonne
isdaT - higher institute of arts and design of Toulouse
5 quai de la Daurade, 31000 Toulouse
Located opposite the Garonne, the isdaT regularly opens its spaces to diplomas, exhibitions and research restitutions. It is an essential address for observing new forms in art, design and graphics before their entry into established circuits.
The Mirail · Toulouse West
The Factory - Toulouse Jean-Jaurès University
5 allée Antonio-Machado, 31100 Toulouse
La Fabrique deploys two exhibition spaces within the Mirail campus and connects artistic practices, research and mediation. The programming welcomes both guest artists and projects from the university.
Capitol · rue Mirepoix
The White Shadow Workshop
3 rue Mirepoix, 31000 Toulouse
An extension of the Ombres Blanches bookstore, the Workshop hosts photographic exhibitions, signatures and meetings around printed images. Its proximity to books gives the exhibitions a welcome documentary and critical dimension.
Saint-Michel · Courthouse
Le Castelet
18 bis Grande-Rue-Saint-Michel, 31400 Toulouse
Former gateway to Saint-Michel prison, Castelet has become a place of memory and exhibition. Contemporary projects take on a particular depth through contact with prison history and brick architecture.
Marengo · Bonnefoy · Jolimont
The New Spring
Home 2026: 4 rue du Faubourg-Bonnefoy, 31500 Toulouse
Each year, Le Nouveau Printemps entrusts a Toulouse district to the gaze of a guest personality and composes a journey between art places and unexpected spaces. The 2026 edition takes over Marengo, Bonnefoy and Jolimont, transforming the urban promenade into an open-air exhibition.
Saint-Cyprien · Allées Charles-de-Fitte
Les Abattoirs - Museum /Frac Occitanie Toulouse
76 allées Charles-de-Fitte, 31300 Toulouse
Les Abattoirs brings together a museum, the Frac Occitanie and a vast program of exhibitions in a former industrial complex. From Picasso to current installations, the institution combines collection, monumental commissions and distribution on a regional scale.
Bonnefoy · rue d’Armagnac
Common Place
25 rue d’Armagnac, 31500 Toulouse
Lieu-Commun is an artists' space where exhibition, residency, workshop and production move forward together. Its programming supports demanding and collective approaches, with a strong anchor in the Bonnefoy district.
Minimes · Mazades
Cross Video
17 avenue des Mazades, 31200 Toulouse
From Toulouse, Traverse defends experimental forms of the image: video, installation, performance and artist cinema. Its annual festival takes place in several locations and offers a rare international panorama of contemporary audiovisual practices.
Villeneuve-Tolosane · southern metropolis
The Majorat - visual arts
3 boulevard des Écoles, 31270 Villeneuve-Tolosane
The Majorat gallery presents free visual arts exhibitions and promotes a patiently constituted municipal collection. In Villeneuve-Tolosane, it offers a solid cultural stopover away from the city center circuits.
Labège · south-east metropolis
Salvan House
1 rue de l’Ancien-Château, 31670 Labège
In a village house in Labège, Maison Salvan supports artists through residency, production and exhibition. The domestic scale of the place favors projects attentive to the territory, housing and daily uses.
Carmes · rue des Polinaires
Gallery The Comfort of the Strangers
33 rue des Polinaires, 31000 Toulouse
Since the Carmelites, Le Confort des Étranges has defended a personal line around contemporary painting and sculpture. Its monographic exhibitions give time to the works and favor artists with powerful writings, sometimes little shown in Toulouse.
Colomiers · western metropolis
Henri-Molina white flag
4 place Alex-Raymond, 31770 Colomiers
The White Pavilion brings together a media library and an art center in an architecture by Rudy Ricciotti. Exhibitions, residencies and commissions combine public reading, graphic creation and contemporary forms.
Cugnaux · southwest metropolis
Quai des Arts
Place Léo-Lagrange, 31270 Cugnaux
The Quai des Arts installs exhibitions at the heart of the cultural facilities of Cugnaux and multiplies mediation actions. Its programming allows you to follow regional artists, participatory projects and contemporary practices in a local setting.
Esquirol · Hotel d'Assézat
Bemberg Foundation
Place d'Assézat, 31000 Toulouse
In the Hôtel d'Assézat, the Bemberg Foundation is rolling out a private collection that goes from the Renaissance to the avant-gardes of the 20th century. Bonnard holds a major place there, surrounded by Cranach, Veronese, Canaletto, Degas and many other European landmarks.
Saint-Georges · rue de Metz
Augustinian Museum
21 rue de Metz, 31000 Toulouse
The Musée des Augustins brings together medieval sculptures, old masters and 19th century painting in a former Gothic convent. Its gradual reopening gives access to cloisters and collections essential for understanding the artistic history of Toulouse.
Carmes · Saint-Étienne district
Paul-Dupuy Museum of Precious Arts
13 rue de la Pleau, 31000 Toulouse
The Paul-Dupuy museum reveals drawings, prints, watchmaking, ivories, textiles and decorative arts in the Hôtel de Besson. Its collections invite us to look at the virtuosity of techniques and the circulation of forms well beyond just painting.
Capitol · rue Jules-Chalande
Gallery 3.1
7 rue Jules-Chalande, 31000 Toulouse
Supported by the Department of Haute-Garonne, Galerie 3.1 programs free personal and group exhibitions in the heart of Toulouse. It offers an institutional showcase to local artists while inviting outside perspectives.
Saint-Georges · rue d'Astorg
Serventi Gallery
7 rue d’Astorg, 31000 Toulouse
The Serventi Gallery defends a selection of painters and sculptors where abstraction, material and color occupy the foreground. Its space on rue d'Astorg allows for tight hangings and direct dialogue with the works.
Salin · Carmes district
Gallery 21
3 impasse de la Trésorerie, 31000 Toulouse
A stone's throw from the Salin, Galerie 21 builds exhibitions that take the time to present an artist's universe. Painting, sculpture and installation can be discovered in an intimate setting, open from Thursday to Saturday and by appointment.
Saint-Étienne · Croix-Baragnon
Sakah Gallery
7 rue Croix-Baragnon, 31000 Toulouse
Sakah occupies a central address on rue Croix-Baragnon and presents a wide range of contemporary painting, sculpture and photography. Its regular programming brings together French and international artists in exhibitions accessible to new collectors.
Carmes · rue Bouquières
Agama Gallery
8 rue Bouquières, 31000 Toulouse
Agama creates bridges between ancient arts from West and Central Africa and contemporary creation. Masks, sculptures and current works are placed in their history, with real attention paid to contexts and origins.
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Ready-made routes
Three routes depending on the time you have
Saint-Cyprien and the Garonne
- Start at Les Abattoirs and browse their modern and contemporary collection.
- Join the Le Château d'Eau gallery via the Prairie des Filters.
- Finish at the La Grave chapel, facing the river.
Capitol, Sea bream and Carmelites
- Start from isdaT then join Ombres Blanches and the Goethe-Institut.
- Continue towards Bemberg, the Augustinians and Gallery 3.1.
- Go down to Sakah, Agama, Galerie 21 or Paul-Dupuy.
Bonnefoy, campus and metropolis
- Start at the Chalets then reach IPN, Lieu-Commun and the Nouveau Printemps route.
- Choose La Fabrique au Mirail or ENAC in Montaudran depending on the program.
- Finish in Colomiers, Labège, Cugnaux or Villeneuve-Tolosane.
Prepare and deepen
Trusted sources, visiting tips and related reading
Professional sources
- PinkPong - contemporary art network Toulouse and mainland France
- Toulouse Tourism
- Les Abattoirs - Museum /Frac Occitanie Toulouse
- Augustinian Museum
- The official sites of the places, linked in each file.
Are Toulouse art galleries free?
Access to private galleries, art centers and university spaces is generally free. Museums and some foundations may be chargeable: check the conditions on their official website.
Which neighborhood to choose for a first visit?
Saint-Cyprien offers the simplest trio with Les Abattoirs, Château d'Eau and La Grave. To mix museums and galleries, choose the center between Capitole, Esquirol and Les Carmes.
What is the best day to visit?
Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the most reliable. Several places close on Sunday, Monday or between two exhibitions; always consult the day's program.
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In Toulouse, art can be discovered from one bank to the other - and can travel to you
The right route is not to accumulate addresses. Choose an area, give time to the works and interact with the teams: Toulouse's wealth lies in the proximity between museums, private galleries, collectives, schools and metropolitan art centers.
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