Two axes, and two places that sell nothing
Cannes sells art the way it sells everything else: in shop windows, on its two most expensive streets. The galleries cluster on the Croisette, between the Gray d'Albion and the Grand Hôtel, and at the eastern end of rue d'Antibes, where three names follow one another between numbers 109 and 130. Add to that two public venues, which sell nothing and are too often forgotten: La Malmaison and Le Suquet des Artistes.
Our view: start with those two municipal venues. For a few euros you see an exhibition thought through by a curator, with no salesperson and no price on request. You then approach the commercial galleries with a better-trained eye, and with the awareness that they are shops: entry is free, so is the conversation, and nobody is obliged to buy.
This page is a guide to art galleries, not to antiques. Our antiques and art notebook covers rue de la Miséricorde and the antique dealers. We did not visit any of these galleries for this page: it is a sourced selection (Tourist Office, official websites, directories), checked in October 2026.
Seven addresses, from art centre to gallery
N° 01
Art centre · 47 bd de la Croisette
La Malmaison
The City of Cannes's contemporary art centre, in a pavilion on the seafront. It reopened on 31 January 2025 after works that tripled the exhibition space, from around 200 to 600 m². Nothing is for sale: it is an exhibition venue with a temporary programme. In autumn 2026, the press kit announces Hervé Di Rosa, 'Mirages du monde', until 8 November. Prices on record: 6.50 € full rate, 3.50 € reduced, free for under-18s and students. Hours outside summer: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm; every day from 10am to 7pm in July and August. The centre closes between two hangs: check before you come.
N° 02
Public venue · Le Suquet
Le Suquet des Artistes
At 7 rue Saint-Dizier, at the top of the old town, the other municipal venue devoted to contemporary creation, with temporary exhibitions. The Tourist Office listing gives a full rate of 4.50 €, a reduced rate of 2.50 €, and free entry on the first Sunday of the month from November to March. Hours outside school holidays: Tuesday to Friday 2pm to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm, closed on Monday. The climb from the Old Port takes about ten minutes and combines with a visit to the district.
N° 03
Croisette · 45/46 bd de la Croisette
Galeries Bartoux
A gallery group present in several cities, set here next to La Malmaison. Its official website announces opening every day, from 10.30am to 8pm, which makes it the easiest gallery to visit, Sundays and evenings included. The register is large-format contemporary art and sculpture, designed for the shop window. It is a chain, and we say so: you go to see what sells on the Croisette, not to discover a little-known artist.
N° 04
Croisette · Gray d'Albion, 17 bd de la Croisette
Galerie Hurtebize
The modern art gallery of the boulevard. Its official website presents paintings, drawings and sculptures by major 20th-century artists, naming among others Bernard Buffet, Marc Chagall, Chu Teh-Chun, Hans Hartung, Georges Mathieu, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Maurice Utrillo. It is the most museum-like register on the list, and the most expensive. One directory gives Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 7pm; the website shows no hours, so phone before a dedicated trip.
N° 05
Rue d'Antibes · 3 rue du Commandant Vidal
Galerie Neel
On the corner of 109 rue d'Antibes, a gallery described by the Artsper platform as a family business open since 1992, showing painters and sculptors, established and emerging alike. It is the first stop in the small gallery quarter at the eastern end of rue d'Antibes. Directories give Monday afternoon, then Tuesday to Saturday, morning and afternoon with a lunch break, closed on Sunday. To be confirmed on the spot.
N° 06
Rue d'Antibes
Galerie Vieceli
A few doors along, a contemporary art gallery that directories place on rue d'Antibes under two different numbers, 111 and 122. We could not settle it, and we found no reachable official website: look for the window as you walk up the street. Hours on record in the directories: Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 1pm and 3pm to 7pm, closed on Sunday and Monday.
N° 07
Rue d'Antibes · no. 130
Bel-Air Fine Art
The Cannes branch of a gallery group founded in 2004 and established in several European cities. The official website gives the address 130 rue d'Antibes and opening from 10am to 7pm; it contradicts itself on Sundays, which directories list as closed. The register is international contemporary art. With Neel and Vieceli, it makes a three-gallery walk within a hundred metres or so, a few minutes on foot from La Malmaison.
What we'd skip
What we'd skip: buying a work presented as an investment. The capital-gain argument, backed by a certificate and a discount valid today only, is a sales pitch, not an appraisal. Buy a piece because you want to live with it, after asking for the price, the invoice and the certificate of authenticity, and after sleeping on it.
We would also skip a Sunday or Monday tour. The rue d'Antibes galleries generally close on Sunday, Vieceli and Hurtebize on Monday too according to the directories, and the two municipal venues close on Monday outside summer. Only Galeries Bartoux announces opening seven days a week.
Finally, do not confuse an art centre with a gallery. At La Malmaison and Le Suquet des Artistes, nothing is for sale and the ticket is the only cost. In a commercial gallery, entry is free but prices are rarely displayed: asking for them is part of the visit, and commits you to nothing.
When to go
A weekday afternoon, Tuesday to Saturday. It is the only slot when everything is open. The order we would follow, from west to east: Galerie Hurtebize, starting from the Palais des Festivals, then the boulevard up to Galeries Bartoux and La Malmaison, and finally the three rue d'Antibes galleries before 7pm. Allow two to three hours. Le Suquet des Artistes is best kept for another day, with the old town.
By season. In July and August, La Malmaison opens every day until 7pm. In May, during the Festival, traffic and pedestrian routes are altered on the boulevard: allow more time between two addresses. From November to March, the first Sunday of the month is free at Le Suquet des Artistes, and gallery owners have time to talk: it is the best season for asking questions.
Art galleries in Cannes, common questions
Where are the art galleries in Cannes?
On two axes. The Croisette, with Galerie Hurtebize at number 17 (Gray d'Albion) and Galeries Bartoux at 45/46, next to the La Malmaison art centre at 47. And the eastern end of rue d'Antibes: Galerie Neel on the corner of number 109, Galerie Vieceli a few doors along, Bel-Air Fine Art at 130. Le Suquet des Artistes, 7 rue Saint-Dizier, completes the map in the old town.
Is entry to the art galleries in Cannes free?
In commercial galleries, yes: you walk in freely, as in a shop. The two municipal venues charge admission: 6.50 € full rate at La Malmaison, 4.50 € at Le Suquet des Artistes, with reduced rates and free entry for under-18s and students, according to the official listings checked in October 2026.
What is La Malmaison in Cannes?
The City's contemporary art centre, at 47 boulevard de la Croisette. It reopened on 31 January 2025 after a renovation that tripled its exhibition space. It shows temporary exhibitions and closes between two hangs. Outside summer it opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm.
What should you ask before buying a work from a gallery?
The price including all taxes, an invoice in the gallery's name, a signed certificate of authenticity, and the transport or shipping terms if you are not leaving with the piece. A serious gallery provides these documents without argument. If you are pressed to decide within the hour, walk out.
How is this different from your antiques and art page?
The antiques and art page is an address book centred on the bric-a-brac shops of rue de la Miséricorde and the hunt for objects. This one is a guide to art galleries: where they are, when they open, what they sell, and the two public venues where you look without buying.
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