2026 New Zealand's Best Galleries

ContemporaryMāori & Pacific art

Revolution Aotearoa

★★★★★ 4.9 (138)

📍 Levin

Contemporary

The Poi Room - Newmarket

★★★★★ 4.9 (174)

📍 Newmarket, Auckland

ContemporarySculpture & outdoor

Of Hand & Heart Art Gallery

★★★★★ 4.9 (143)

📍 Warkworth

Photography

endemicworld

★★★★★ 4.8 (73)

📍 Grey Lynn, Auckland

Tukairangi Gallery Ross Palmer Potter

★★★★★ 4.8 (55)

📍 Acacia Bay, Taupō

Dealer gallery

Home Gallery Fine Arts

★★★★½ 4.7 (40)

📍 South Hill, Oamaru

Art by the River

★★★★½ 4.7 (38)

📍 Whanganui

Studio Rūma

★★★★½ 4.7 (23)

📍 Orewa

Eastern Southland Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (86)

📍 Gore

Sculpture & outdoor

Kina NZ Design + Art Space

★★★★½ 4.7 (85)

📍 New Plymouth Central, New Plymouth

Föenander Galleries

★★★★½ 4.7 (35)

📍 Parnell, Auckland

Māori & Pacific art

Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (980)

📍 Whangārei, Whangarei

Dealer gallery

ArtSelect Gallery Limited

★★★★½ 4.7 (28)

📍 Newmarket, Auckland

Fe29 Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (51)

📍 Saint Clair, Dunedin

Contemporary

Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (326)

📍 Titirangi, Auckland

Inspirit Studio & Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (47)

📍 Tamahere, Hamilton

Pohutukawa Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (229)

📍 Mount Maunganui, Tauranga

Rokowhiria Art & Heritage

★★★★½ 4.7 (172)

📍 Ashburton

Contemporary

Black Door Gallery

★★★★½ 4.7 (43)

📍 Parnell, Auckland

Ventana Art Space

★★★★½ 4.6 (23)

📍 Martinborough

The Kiwi Art House Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (37)

📍 Te Aro, Wellington

ContemporaryDealer gallery

Parnell Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (79)

📍 Parnell, Auckland

Tāwera

★★★★½ 4.6 (32)

📍 CBD, Nelson

Contemporary

Heritage Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (30)

📍 Cambridge, Cambridge

Māori & Pacific art

Te Puia - Rotorua, NZ

★★★★½ 4.6 (9462)

📍 Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

Māori & Pacific art

Auckland Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (6774)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Sculpture & outdoor

Sculptureum

★★★★½ 4.6 (2400)

📍 Matakana

3D Trick Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (2077)

📍 Fairy Springs, Rotorua

ContemporaryPhotography

Gallery De Novo

★★★★½ 4.6 (27)

📍 Central Dunedin, Dunedin

Sculpture & outdoor

The Little Gallery Tairua and Whangamata

★★★★½ 4.6 (18)

📍 Whangamata, Whangamatā

Two Rooms Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (18)

📍 Grey Lynn, Auckland

Thames Society of Arts | Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (52)

📍 Thames

Public gallery

Pataka Art + Museum

★★★★½ 4.6 (823)

📍 Porirua City Centre, Porirua

Māori & Pacific art

The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora

★★★★½ 4.6 (789)

📍 Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

Otago Art Society

★★★★½ 4.6 (705)

📍 Dunedin, Dunedin

Zimmerman Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.6 (26)

📍 Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North

Public gallery

Tairawhiti Museum

★★★★½ 4.6 (556)

📍 Whataupoko, Gisborne

Public gallery

Dargaville Museum

★★★★½ 4.6 (524)

📍 Dargaville

The Lawnmower's Son Art Gallery and Accommodation

★★★★½ 4.6 (17)

📍 Whitianga, Hahei

Estuary Arts Centre

★★★★½ 4.6 (257)

📍 Orewa

Dealer gallery

York Street Gallery of Fine Art

★★★★½ 4.6 (24)

📍 Seaview, Timaru

Public gallery

Historical Maritime Museum & Park

★★★★½ 4.6 (207)

📍 Paeroa

Square Edge Community Arts

★★★★½ 4.6 (185)

📍 Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North

Public gallery

Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History

★★★★½ 4.6 (168)

📍 Masterton

Public gallery

Central Hawkes Bay Museum

★★★★½ 4.6 (155)

📍 Waipawa

Public gallery

Bulls Museum

★★★★½ 4.5 (35)

📍 Bulls

Contemporary

Masterworks Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (21)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Artspace Aotearoa

★★★★½ 4.5 (34)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

NGA ART

★★★★½ 4.5 (32)

📍 Ngāruawāhia

Māori & Pacific art

Forrester Gallery & Mahika Kai Mahika Toi

★★★★½ 4.5 (81)

📍 Oamaru

Public gallery

Waihi Arts Centre & Museum

★★★★½ 4.5 (81)

📍 Waihi

Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre

★★★★½ 4.5 (79)

📍 Whakatāne

Lysaght Watt Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (14)

📍 Hāwera

ContemporarySculpture & outdoor

Quirky Fox

★★★★½ 4.5 (14)

📍 Hāwera

Hutt Art Society Inc

★★★★½ 4.5 (75)

📍 Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

Artprint

★★★★½ 4.5 (11)

📍 Kaiapoi

Contemporary

Artbay Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (30)

📍 Queenstown, Queenstown

Contemporary

Art By The Sea

★★★★½ 4.5 (68)

📍 Takapuna, Auckland

Hastings Arts Centre

★★★★½ 4.5 (62)

📍 Saint Leonards, Hastings

Contemporary

Gus Fisher Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (59)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

★★★★½ 4.5 (3761)

📍 Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

Public gallery

Dunedin Public Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (896)

📍 Central Dunedin, Dunedin

Public gallery

Hawke's Bay Museum

★★★★½ 4.5 (811)

📍 Bluff Hill, Napier

Māori & Pacific art

Whirinaki Whare Taonga

★★★★½ 4.5 (585)

📍 Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt

Māori & Pacific art

Toi Tauranga Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (568)

📍 Tauranga, Tauranga

Taupo Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (16)

📍 Taupō

Verdigris Studio

★★★★½ 4.5 (12)

📍 Stratford

Māori & Pacific art

Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (373)

📍 Whanganui

Aigantighe Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (206)

📍 Maori Hill, Timaru

Public gallery

The Dowse Art Museum and Dowse Square

★★★★½ 4.5 (206)

📍 Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

Contemporary

Central Art Gallery Queenstown-Julia Milley

★★★★½ 4.5 (39)

📍 Queenstown, Queenstown

Public gallery

Te Awamutu Museum

★★★★½ 4.5 (163)

📍 Te Awamutu

Tarariki Pottery & Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (9)

📍 Paeroa, Paeroa

Public gallery

Whangarei Art Museum

★★★★½ 4.5 (127)

📍 Town Basin, Whangarei

Morrinsville Gallery

★★★★½ 4.5 (108)

📍 Morrinsville

Māori & Pacific art

Te Ana Maori Rock Art Centre

★★★★½ 4.5 (106)

📍 Timaru Central, Timaru

Dealer gallery

The Art Lounge NZ - Fine Art Gallery. Closed as of August, 2024. Mira’s New Gallery: miracorbovaart.com

★★★★½ 4.4 (13)

📍 Tauranga, Tauranga

Carterton Craft Market

★★★★½ 4.4 (10)

📍 Carterton

Little Black Gallery

★★★★½ 4.4 (10)

📍 Kerikeri, Kerikeri

Māori & Pacific art

Kura Gallery Art + Design Aotearoa

★★★★½ 4.4 (66)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Sculpture & outdoor

Artē Collective

★★★★½ 4.4 (8)

📍 Luggate

Percy Thomson Gallery

★★★★½ 4.4 (57)

📍 Stratford

Māori & Pacific artPublic gallery

Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery

★★★★½ 4.4 (1881)

📍 Hamilton Central, Hamilton

The Suter Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.4 (868)

📍 Nelson

Mason Place Gallery

★★★★½ 4.4 (11)

📍 Ohope, Ōhope

Waikato Society of Arts and Artspost galleries & shop

★★★★½ 4.4 (39)

📍 Hamilton Central, Hamilton

Franklin: The Centre

★★★★½ 4.4 (38)

📍 Pukekohe

Black Shed Art Space

★★★★½ 4.4 (18)

📍 Waipu

ContemporaryMāori & Pacific artSculpture & outdoor

Artis Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (17)

📍 Parnell, Auckland

ContemporaryDealer gallery

Gow Langsford Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (77)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

LATITUDE SOUTH

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 South Canterbury, Timaru

McAtamney Gallery and Design Store

★★★★½ 4.3 (7)

📍 Geraldine

Down by the Liffey Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (22)

📍 Lincoln

The Woodturners Kauri Gallery & Working Studio -home of Master wood turner Rick Taylor.

★★★★½ 4.3 (20)

📍 Dargaville

Sculpture & outdoor

Lava Glass - Glassblowing Studio, Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery, Café

★★★★½ 4.3 (2041)

📍 Wairakei, Taupō

Public gallery

City Gallery Wellington

★★★★½ 4.3 (1250)

📍 Wellington Central, Wellington

Anna Miles Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (19)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Auckland Art Gallery Shop

★★★★½ 4.3 (19)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Feilding & District Art Society

★★★★½ 4.3 (32)

📍 Feilding

Māori & Pacific art

Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (166)

📍 Hastings

Contemporary

Melanie Roger Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (16)

📍 Newton, Auckland

Photography

Tennyson Gallery

★★★★½ 4.3 (11)

📍 Napier South, Napier

Framing Plus

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Milton

Dealer gallery

Merivale Fine Arts

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Geraldine

Dealer gallery

PAULNACHE

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Gisborne, City Centre

Contemporary

Tote Modern Art Gallery

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Ōtaki

Te Kahu o Waipuna - Marlborough Art Gallery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (64)

📍 Blenheim Central, Blenheim

Public gallery

He Waka Tuia

★★★★☆ 4.2 (52)

📍 Invercargill, Invercargill

Village Arts

★★★★☆ 4.2 (21)

📍 Kohukohu

Māori & Pacific art

The Hori Gallery

★★★★☆ 4.2 (20)

📍 Ōtaki

Milford Galleries Queenstown

★★★★☆ 4.2 (12)

📍 Queenstown, Queenstown

Horowhenua Art Society

★★★★☆ 4.2 (17)

📍 Levin, Levin

Māori & Pacific artPublic gallery

Te Whare Taonga o Taketake - Whakatane Museum Collections & Research Centre

★★★★☆ 4.2 (32)

📍 Whakatāne

Gifted

★★★★☆ 4.2 (11)

📍 Matamata

Contemporary

Leda Daniel Art Studio

★★★★☆ 4.2 (4)

📍 Helensville

Marlborough Art Society

★★★★☆ 4.1 (62)

📍 Blenheim Central, Blenheim

Pretty Good

★★★★☆ 4.1 (8)

📍 Riverton/Aparima

Māori & Pacific artPublic gallery

Huntly Museum Te Whare Taonga O Raahui Pookeka

★★★★☆ 4.1 (10)

📍 Huntly

ContemporaryPublic gallery

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre

★★★★☆ 4.1 (1269)

📍 New Plymouth Central, New Plymouth

The Elizabeth Kyle Gallery

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Thames

Public gallery

Te Kuiti Museum & Gallery

★★★★☆ 3.9 (6)

📍 Te Kūiti

Art on the Quay

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Kaiapoi

Artists at Work Gallery

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Raglan

Colour + Light Gallery

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Balclutha, Balclutha

Salt River Gallery

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Warkworth

Santie Cronje | Artist | New Zealand

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Tīrau

Taumarunui Arts Centre

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Taumarunui

Sculpture & outdoor

The Altered State Gallery

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Pukekohe, Pukekohe

Voilà Art & Atelier

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Pukehina

Dealer gallery

White House Fine arts and collectables

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Coroglen

Sculpture & outdoor

Birdbox

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Waiuku

Studio One Kerikeri

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Kerikeri

The Chamber Gallery

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Rangiora

Public gallery

Invercargill Public Art Gallery

★★★½☆ 3.7 (10)

📍 Invercargill, Invercargill

Bloom Gallery and Gift

★★★½☆ 3.6 (1)

📍 Winton

Carlton Gallery

📍 Katikati

Otorohanga Creative Conduit

📍 Ōtorohanga

Art Centre Helensville

★★★½☆ 3.4 (2)

📍 Helensville