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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Gallery on Greene
Gallery on Greene is a premier fine art gallery in Key West’s Historic Seaport, specializing in representational works by renowned Key West and Cuban artists, with offerings spanning paintings, sculptures, and reproductions.
Island Style Gallery
Artful island treasures—crafts, gifts & originals that wink at paradise.
7 Artists & Friends Gallery
Seven Key West artists went in together on one gallery a block off Duval, and the range inside is the fun part: watercolors and oils on one wall, photography and glass on the next, sculpture and hand made jewelry in between. Walk in off Simonton Street, or book the place to yourself by appointment.
SALT Gallery
SALT: a curated gallery and boutique in Key West offering local art, jewelry, sea salts, and island treasures.
One fish, two fish Studio
Featuring watercolors, acrylics, mixed media, pet portraits, and murals, the studio offers a unique glimpse into the island's artistic spirit.
Big Pine Tattoo & Trade
Mike Westell runs a tattoo studio on the Overseas Highway at Big Pine Key, mile marker 30, taking walk-ins and appointments both. If you want a souvenir of the Keys that does not end up in a drawer, this is the Lower Keys option.
Whimsy Key West
Whimsy Key West — custom illustration & whimsical art in Key West, where imagination becomes keepsake.
Maggie Ruley - Island Inspirations
Maggie Ruley has been painting Key West since the mid-1980s, starting from a corner of Blue Heaven. Her Fleming Street studio is open ten-ish to five-ish most days, and she is usually in it, working.
Florida Keys Council of the Arts
KeysArts — the Florida Keys Council of the Arts nonprofit promoting local galleries, public art, festivals, events, and cultural experiences throughout the Florida Keys.
90 Miles to Cuba
A weather-beaten shell-cleaning shack in the Historic Seaport, now packed with ships' portholes, old anchors, antique postcards of Cuba and paintings of a Key West that mostly is not there anymore. It opens a few afternoons a week, so check before you walk over.
SeaSister Island Gallery
Rachel Garreau came to Key West from Casablanca with thirty-six dollars, worked at Sloppy Joe's, spent five years as an art director, then sold her house to open her own gallery on Duval. It is full of work by Key West artists, and she is usually in it.
Effusion Gallery
Four thousand square feet over two floors, hung with hyperreal candy wrappers the size of a door and portraits set with Swarovski crystals. It is also open late, which makes it the one gallery on Duval you can walk into after dinner.