Art galleries in Montpellier: directory, map and artistic districts

39 boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, 34000 Montpellier

The great Montpellier museum connects old masters, 19th century painting, modernities and current creation. Its ensembles around Courbet, Bazille, Soulages and European collections make it the best starting point for placing the local scene in a long history.

13 rue de la République, 34000 Montpellier

Housed in the former Montcalm Hotel, MO.CO. presents public or private collections from all over the world rather than a permanent collection. Each season completely renews the look, in a building surrounded by a garden designed as a first sequence of visits.

14 rue de l’École-de-Pharmacie, 34000 Montpellier

La Panacée is the experimental side of MO.CO.: group exhibitions, young artists, residencies and transdisciplinary formats occupy the courtyards and rooms of the old faculty. Its café and patio extend the visit to the heart of the Écusson.

Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle, 34000 Montpellier

This municipal place is entirely dedicated to photography and hosts large-scale exhibitions free of charge. Archives, documentaries, fashion or visual writings are presented there with an accessible scenography, a few steps from the Fabre museum.

2 rue Philippy, place Sainte-Anne, 34000 Montpellier

The old neo-Gothic church offers a spectacular nave to contemporary installations. Artists are invited to work with the verticality, light and memory of the place, which transforms each exhibition into a spatial experience.

4-6 rue Rambaud, 34000 Montpellier

The Frac brings together, preserves and distributes a collection of contemporary art while producing new works. Its Montpellier space favors narrow exhibitions, meetings and useful mediation to enter into sometimes demanding approaches.

Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle, 34000 Montpellier

In the former grant pavilion, this municipal space highlights artists linked to Montpellier and its region. Monographic or thematic exhibitions offer an intimate complement to the large institutions neighboring the Esplanade.

Place Saint-Ravy, 34000 Montpellier

Under its medieval vaults, Saint-Ravy hosts short exhibitions by emerging artists selected by the City. The format favors personal projects, often designed for architecture, and allows you to follow the young local scene as closely as possible.

1 rue Beau-Séjour, 34090 Montpellier

This house museum defends self-taught creators, marginal or far from academic circuits. The dense and warm hanging brings together historical outsider art, unique productions and contemporary discoveries in a residential area.

130 rue Yéhudi-Menuhin, 34090 Montpellier

The École supérieure des beaux-arts regularly opens its galleries, workshops and outdoor spaces to exhibitions by graduates, teachers and guests. It is a privileged place to observe the making of works and the concerns of a generation in training.

18 rue Chaptal, 34000 Montpellier

Iconoscope develops programming attentive to contemporary uses of images, from photography to artist's books. The hangings favor constructed series, documentary stories and research where the presentation device counts as much as the subject.

1 rue Étienne-Cardaire, 34000 Montpellier

ApertO functions as a local laboratory for artists, curators and collectives. Its light and independent programming allows tests, meetings and exhibitions that escape heavier institutional formats.

19 avenue Georges-Clemenceau, 34000 Montpellier

Both a studio and an exhibition space, 411 gives photography a professional setting without losing the proximity of an independent space. Portrait, documentary and visual research meet there through exhibitions, screenings and discussions with the authors.

5 rue du Général-Vincent, 34000 Montpellier

This gallery led by Étienne Schwarcz defends contemporary conceptual or sensitive approaches in a deliberately sober space. The exhibitions construct precise dialogues between works, guest artists and issues of our time.

16 rue Saint-Firmin, 34000 Montpellier

Samira Cambie supports French or international painters, sculptors and visual artists with a taste for material and color. Personal exhibitions allow you to follow artists over time and calmly approach the acquisition of a work.

5 rue Sainte-Anne, 34000 Montpellier

A stone's throw from Carré Sainte-Anne, N5 brings together contemporary painting, pop culture and languages from the street. The dynamic hanging and accessible editions make it a natural stopover to discover French and foreign signatures.

1 rue de la Carbonnerie, 34000 Montpellier

Boîte Noire supports author photography through exhibitions, residencies, publications and transmission actions. The place shows both documentary writing and more experimental forms, with real attention paid to supporting photographers.

5 rue Saint-Firmin, 34000 Montpellier

Vasistas is an independent research and exhibition space focused on international exchanges. Residences, in situ projects and collaborations give artists time, in a format that values the process as much as the final presentation.

2 bis rue Glaize, 34000 Montpellier

The gallery brings together modern and contemporary artists in a selection where painting and sculpture dominate. Its location between the Fabre museum and Écusson facilitates a comparative visit, from historical landmarks to works offered to collectors.

20 rue Plan-de-l’Olivier, 34000 Montpellier

At Down brings graffiti, muralism, abstraction and studio practices from urban cultures into dialogue. The gallery allows you to discover artists on canvas or paper who are also visible in public spaces, without reducing their work to street gestures alone.

3 rue de l’Ancien-Courrier, 34000 Montpellier

This historic gallery of the Écusson defends a figurative painting attached to light, landscape and artists of the South. Its intimate atmosphere is suitable for visitors who wish to look at the works at length and discuss the painters' journeys.

13 rue des Balances, 34000 Montpellier

This network of companies finances the production of works and presents them in its Montpellier space or outside the walls. The programming provides access to ambitious projects, often linked to the territories of Occitanie, while concretely supporting artists.

13 rue de Belfort, 34000 Montpellier

Southern branch of a project born in Paris, Glassbox favors experimental forms and collaborations between artists. Exhibitions, residencies and research time make up a flexible program, particularly attentive to emerging practices.

Restanque, 3 rue du Lantissargues, 34070 Montpellier

Located in the Restanque third place, the Cilas gallery combines painting exhibitions, meetings and neighborhoods with creative workshops. The address allows you to discover a lively local scene in a more informal context than the galleries in the center.

28 allée de l’Eubée, 34000 Montpellier

In the Antigone district, Olesya Lisa presents a selection of contemporary paintings and works open to international stages. The space also accompanies collectors with a readable display and exhibitions centered on the singularity of each artist.

425 avenue des Frères-Buhler, 34080 Montpellier

Parcelle473 tells the history of graffiti and street art through works, archives and renewed interventions. The course places urban practices in their social and technical contexts, while regularly inviting artists to transform the site.

121 rue Fontcouverte, 34070 Montpellier

In the former Montcalm barracks, Tropisme brings together workshops, cultural businesses, events and exhibitions. We come there as much for a one-off program as to observe a creative ecosystem where visual arts, design, music and digital practices intersect.

27 rue Frédéric-Peyson, 34000 Montpellier

La Fenêtre explores architecture, design and visual cultures through documented exhibitions, conferences and editions. Its transversal approach helps to understand how images, objects and spaces construct our daily outlook.

105 chemin des Mendrous, 34170 Castelnau-le-Lez

This center dedicated to prints combines gallery, workshop and transmission of printed techniques. Exhibitions, courses and residencies make visible the stages of cutting, inking and printing, from graphic heritage to contemporary research.

390 route de Pérols, 34970 Lattes

The museum preserves the discoveries of the ancient port of Lattara and compares them with temporary exhibitions dedicated to Mediterranean cultures. A visit to the archaeological site brings welcome historical depth to the metropolitan artistic journey.