Art & Photography Galleries
In the Florida Keys, art pops up everywhere—bright canvases splashed with island color, sculpture gardens tucked into courtyards, and photography that captures the Keys’ endless light. Galleries range from quirky co-ops to elegant showrooms, often run by the artists themselves. Peek into a shop and you might meet a painter mid-brushstroke or a photographer still salty from a sunrise shoot. These listings highlight places where the Keys’ spirit hangs on every wall. Stop in, wander slowly, and maybe carry a piece of paradise home with you.
‘Islands of the Arts’ Sculpture Trail
You can find visual artistry almost everywhere in the Florida Keys: in palm-fringed shorescapes beside the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, orange...
The Connections Project: A Mosaic of the Keys
Visual art and music by top Florida Keys talents are to take center stage during the Connections Project.
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Art@ 830 Gallery
Hand blown glass, turned wood, ceramics and paintings on Caroline Street in the Historic Seaport, run by two artists who have been working in Key West for decades. Ask about Tony Gregory's Key West alphabet.
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
Explore ocean conservation with REEF's citizen science, education, and marine programs.
Ocean Blue Galleries Key West
An authorized Dr. Seuss collection, Tom Everhart’s Peanuts work, Nano Lopez bronzes and lit glass animals by the Borowski brothers all share this gallery at the top of Duval. The mix leans toward pop art and nostalgia alongside Key West scenes.
Maria Wagner Artworks
Maria Wagner paints sea turtles, manatees and mangroves onto mailboxes and license plates, which makes for a better souvenir than most things you can carry home. She works out of Islamorada and shows alongside the Upper Keys arts community.
Elena Madden Studio Gallery
Elena Madden paints water and light from memory, never from a photograph, in Conté crayon and acrylic layered until the surface seems to move. Her studio gallery sits in Islamorada's Morada Way arts district, and her 22-foot tarpon hangs in the lobby at Cheeca Lodge.
The Historic Armory
One of the few armories built in the South after the Civil War, and an unusual wood-frame one at that, this 1903 landmark on White Street has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971. Twelve artist studios fill the second floor and Fringe Theater performs on the first.
Garlic Grater with Love
Garlic Grater with Love is a 14-year-old artisan brand crafting distinctive handmade ceramic garlic grater bowls and eco-friendly scrubbie sponges, found at the Key West Artisan Market at Higgs Beach and available online for those who want to bring a piece of handmade artistry home from the Keys.
Holle Fine Art Gallery
Holle represents Tom Everhart, the only artist Charles Schulz ever taught and legally authorized to paint Peanuts as fine art. The gallery sits on Duval and stays open until ten every night, so it fits into an evening rather than competing with your beach day.
Key West Art Center & Gallery
Experience the vibrant creativity of Key West with local paintings, sculptures, and unique crafts. A must-visit for art lovers.
Studio Sesh Arts
Studio Sesh Arts — contemporary gallery and creative hub in Islamorada showcasing emerging Southern artists.
TooKEY's Gallery
TooKEY’s Gallery by Jessica Tookey — expressive fine art, mixed media and photography studio in Key West with custom commissions and lessons.
De La Gallery
DE LA Gallery — large-format fine art photography in Key West, where museum-quality prints meet bespoke framing.
Harrison Gallery
Helen Harrison learned to shape wood building a 38-foot sailboat in Costa Rica, sailed it for eleven years, then came ashore in Key West and started carving sculpture instead. She and Ben opened the gallery on White Street in 1986 and have run it themselves ever since.