14 shops · 5 districts
The Gallery Edit.
Fourteen shops for galleries and art shops you can walk into, across 5 parts of Chicago: River North, West Loop, Pilsen, Lincoln Square and Woodfield. Picked from the 339 shops we list, one location each.
- 1Galleries · River NorthAddington GalleryWells Street gallery in River North for 25 years, showing mostly modern painting that mixes abstract and figurative work.
- 2Galleries · River NorthGallery VICTORSuperior Street gallery showing contemporary work by established and emerging artists, with a focus on figurative pieces, hyperrealist painting and ha
- 3Galleries · River NorthZolla/Lieberman GalleryHuron Street gallery representing contemporary artists across many genres.
- 4Galleries · West LoopKavi GuptaContemporary art gallery across three floors of a Washington Blvd building, with an Editions room for prints on the second floor.
- 5Galleries · PilsenPilsen Arts & Community HouseNonprofit art gallery and community center offering space for arts and cultural programming; check its calendar for community events before a visit.
- 6Galleries · Lincoln SquareGallimaufry GalleryRetail gallery on the main Lincoln Ave block selling contemporary and traditional art, handcrafted pieces and decor; a stop for gifts with a one-off feel.
- 7Galleries · WoodfieldMartin Lawrence GalleriesArt gallery on the upper level of the Nordstrom Wing across from Anthropologie, a short walk from Entrance 7 off the upper-level parking deck.
- 8Watches · West LoopGeneva Seal Gallery / Hublot ChicagoWatch gallery that opened in August 2026 with Hublot's first Chicago boutique.
- 9Galleries · River NorthAlan Koppel GalleryGallery in a converted turn-of-the-century greystone showing contemporary international artists alongside primary and secondary works by major 20th-ce
- 10Galleries · River NorthRichard Norton GalleryGallery inside theMART founded in 2000, specializing in 19th- and early 20th-century American and European Impressionist and Modern paintings, drawing
- 11Galleries · River NorthMongerson GalleryDealer in 19th- and 20th-century American art, from Chicago Surrealists Gertrude Abercrombie and Julia Thecla to Regionalists, Georgia O'Keeffe and We
- 12Galleries · River NorthPistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry and ObjectsWomen-owned gallery of contemporary art jewelry and objects by studio makers from around the world, in River North for about 30 years and open seven days.
- 13Galleries · River NorthRosenthal Fine ArtGallery for Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, post-war and contemporary art, with works by Keith Haring, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist and Sam Gilliam.
- 14Galleries · River NorthHilton ContemporaryWells Street gallery with a strong photography program alongside painting, works on paper, sculpture and digital art, drawing artists from the U.S., N
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