Art Galleries

Best Art Galleries and Contemporary Art Spaces in the World

The world's leading contemporary and modern art institutions — from London's Tate Modern to Tokyo's teamLab — where art pushes the boundaries of what's possible.

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teamLab Borderless, Tokyo

teamLab Borderless, Tokyo

teamLab's immersive digital art museum creates borderless worlds where art moves freely between rooms and visitors become part of the artwork — the most innovative museum experience of the 21st century.

Steady·Score +18
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White Cube Gallery, London

White Cube Gallery, London

One of the world's most respected contemporary art galleries, representing Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley, and Georg Baselitz across spaces in Bermondsey, Mason's Yard, and international locations.

Steady·Score +13
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Tate Modern, London

Tate Modern, London

The converted Bankside power station on the Thames is the world's most-visited modern art museum — Rothko's Seagram Murals, Louise Bourgeois' spider, and annual Turbine Hall commissions are legendary.

Steady·Score +10
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Gagosian Gallery (Multiple Locations)

Gagosian Gallery (Multiple Locations)

The world's most powerful commercial gallery with 19 locations across New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and beyond. Gagosian represents Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Cy Twombly, and the market's most consequential artists.

Steady·Score +8
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MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology), Lisbon

MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology), Lisbon

The striking riverside EDP Foundation museum in Belém combines a historic power station with a new wave-shaped white building at the Tagus riverbank — Lisbon's most architecturally exciting cultural space.

Steady·Score +8
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Art Basel (Fair, Not Gallery)

Art Basel (Fair, Not Gallery)

The world's premier contemporary art fair — held annually in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong — brings together 4,000 artists, 300 galleries, and billions in transactions in the contemporary art market's Olympics.

Steady·Score +8
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MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Los Angeles

MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Los Angeles

LA's leading contemporary art institution holds significant works by Mark Rothko, Franz Kline, and Cindy Sherman in a city that has become one of the world's most important centres of the contemporary art market.

Steady·Score +7
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Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

Frank Gehry's spectacular glass sail building in the Bois de Boulogne houses Bernard Arnault's world-class art collection alongside major temporary exhibitions from global artists.

Steady·Score +7
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Saatchi Gallery, London

Saatchi Gallery, London

Charles Saatchi's Chelsea gallery launched the Young British Artists — Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, and the Chapman Brothers — and continues to champion emerging international contemporary art.

Steady·Score +4
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LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

The largest art museum in the western US houses Chris Burden's Urban Light installation — 202 restored street lamps that have become LA's most photographed landmark — alongside its world-class collection.

Steady·Score +2
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Centre Pompidou, Paris

Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers' inside-out high-tech building houses Europe's largest modern art collection — Kandinsky, Matisse, Duchamp — and the most influential architecture of the 20th century.

Steady·Score -1
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Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

Frank Gehry's titanium-clad masterpiece transformed Bilbao from post-industrial city to global destination. The building itself is the work of art — inside, Jeff Koons' Puppy and Richard Serra's steel spirals dominate.

Steady·Score -4
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teamLab Borderless, Tokyo

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