What to do and see in Cardiff, Wales: The Best Art Galleries

Kooywood Gallery opened in 2004, in the cultural centre of Cardiff, to provide a forum for established and new artists to show and sell their work. Exhibits and exhibitions cover a wide range of contemporary visual art including, painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, photography as well as prints. Kooywood Gallery also offers a service to its customers who want to refresh their current collection of art, by providing a forum for such work to be resold. Click on Art for Resale to see more. Tell Kooywood Gallery what you like so we can let you know about exhibits, exhibitions and artists.

Third Floor Gallery is a charitable gallery dedicated to contemporary photography. Currently undergoing an extension to incorporate two gallery spaces, Third Floor displays large solo and group exhibitions by emerging and internationally renowned photographers, hosts talks and slideshows, and organises workshops.

An independent Art Gallery set in the beautiful garden village of Rhiwbina, on the outskirts of Cardiff. Selling carefully selected works of art featuring paintings, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, leather bags, books, scarves and accessories made by hand by some of Britain's finest designer makers. The gallery has changing exhibitions ensuring there is always something new to see when you visit. Gifts, decorations and cards complement the artwork on display, giving plenty of choice and a wider price range to suit a small birthday gift or a special treat.

Witness one of Europe's finest art collections. Five hundred years of magnificent paintings, drawings, sculpture, silver and ceramics from Wales and across the world, including one of Europe's best collections of Impressionist art. The building also has galleries showing the diverse natural history of Wales, as well as a journey taking you through the Evolution of Wales (with dinosaur displays) from the very beginnings of time to the present day.

Fountain Fine Art is a commercial fine art gallery with premises in both Cardiff and Llandeilo. The gallery represents 45 leading painters, sculptors and printmakers and specialises in contemporary Welsh art. Our gallery in Llandeilo was established in 1989 and has 80sqm of exhibition space arranged over two floors. Our Cardiff gallery opened in 2012 and has 60sqm of exhibition space situated within Cardiff’s chic Morgan Arcade. Both galleries hold a continuous program of exhibitions from solo to mixed group shows. At any one time the gallery holds over 200 works and this stock may be viewed at either gallery on request. To complement our two galleries we also have an excellent fully up-to-date e-commerce website and web presence on both Facebook and Twitter social media sites.

Makers Guild Wales - Welsh Contemporary Craft, workshops and exhibitions. Housed in a unique Heritage building, Craft in the Bay, the home of The Makers Guild in Wales showcases and sells fine contemporary Welsh craft: Currently open 11-5 Tues to Sun, up to 3pm on Christmas Eve , then in line with Welsh Government Restrictions, we will be closed until we are told when we can re-open