Galleries and Studios in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate

Marvel at local, regional and internationally acclaimed artwork across Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate

The internationally-acclaimed Turner Contemporary leads the creative charge, with cool individual galleries and studios emerging across Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.

Discover a growing number of independent galleries and studios among the cobbled streets of Margate's Old Town, like the Pie Factory and Eclectic Art Gallery. Explore more across Cliftonville, like Joseph Wales Gallery. Visit studios and workshops showcasing local and national artists' work, with the opportunity to pick up a bargain or a masterpiece! Margate's very own Tracey Emin has opened and artist residency project TKE Studios.

Dotted around the harbour and side streets of Broadstairs are independent galleries like New Kent Art Gallery and Broadstairs Gallery, offering limited prints, panoramic photographs and exhibitions of local work.

Ramsgate also has its own growing art scene with galleries like Turner Rowe Art Centre & Gallery, and the York St. Gallery, which exhibits work by local artists. Vincent Van Gogh lived here on the West Cliff, and taught in a local school, a connection now celebrated by sculptor Anthony Padgett, whose bust of the artist can be seen in Spencer Square. Addington Street is home to Margo McDaid's 'Margo in Margate' studio, while nearby HOLD studios and exhibition space hosts creative classes and workshops.

Each October, East Kent Artists' Open Houses sees artists and artisans opening their studios, galleries and homes to showcase their work to locals and visitors alike.

Discover art and craft events

- Anthony Giles Studio and Gallery -Powerful landscape images of the Kent coast.
- The Black Gallery - Exhibits local figurative sculpture and hyper-realist paintings of Matthew Penn
- Carl Freedman Gallery - Changing exhibitions of contemporary art.
- Clayspace Studio - Provides ceramic studio space, classes and workshops.
- Crate - Artist-led studio / project space, supporting contemporary artists’ research and practice.
- DIG Gallery - Art by Deborah Isabella Gilbert & photography by Nick Gilbert.
- Don't Blink - showcasing contemporary prints and original works by Thanet artists
- The Eclectic Art Gallery - Contemporary art gallery, showcasing the work of local artists.
- Gallery of Urban Symbolism - gallery with a combination of messaging and story telling in varying formats
- Go Create - Painting, drawing, ceramics, mosaic and photography workshops and short courses
- The Lido Stores - Contemporary art, ceramics and jewellery, mostly by Kent based artists.
- Limbo - an artist-led organisation with studios and a project space
- Joseph Wales Gallery - Exhibitions hosted by local artists and artisans.
- Kill Me Now Gallery - Showcasing art prints, linocuts, ceramics, t-shirts and books.
- King Street Studio and Gallery - Promotes local artists; also classes and one-day workshops.
- Liminal Gallery - Represents emerging / mid-career contemporary artists across the UK and Ireland.
- Lovelys Gallery - Established in 1891; sales of fine art, artists supplies, and picture framing, alongside exhibitions and workshops.
- The Margate School - Thriving space for artists to showcase their work including art, readings, art classes, performance and more.
- Margo in Margate - filled with the artists works and selling original works on canvas, paper, ceramic and wood, plus limited edition prints
- Open School East - Alternative arts school serving as a learning and experimental space for artists.
- Pie Factory Margate - Community exhibition space for local artists and creatives.
- Quench - Project space and gallery.
- Salon - community gallery for collective, creative explorations
- TKE Studios - Artist studios and gallery spaces
- The Shop Front - Community Gallery and Studio
- Turner Contemporary - Internationally renowned gallery with changing exhibitions of contemporary and historical art, with shop and cafe.
- Well Projects - Artist-led gallery and performance space.
- The Broadstairs Gallery - showcasing work from both locally and internationally renowned artists
- Kent Coast Gallery - fine art photography gallery
- Kent Talent Art Studio - art classes for adults and children with a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters.
- New Kent Art Gallery - intimate fine art gallery featuring changing exhibitions of paintings, prints, ceramics and glass
- Arts in Ramsgate (AiR) - arts community centre and gallery
- AsWasIsNow Gallery - space to honour the memory and display the work of Ramsgate's Dave Smith
- Created to Treasure Pottery & Castings (Paint Your Own Ceramics) - opportunity to paint a wide range of bisque pottery pieces with ceramic glazes
- Gallery 98 - gallery selling ceramics and jewellery with a rolling programme of painting exhibitions
- HOLD - studios & creative spaces - hosts exhibitions, classes, and artists' studios
- Margo in Margate - artistic studio of Margo McDaid's work of predominantly female portraiture with an instantly recognisable and vintage feel (Appointment only)
- Silverland Studio - Two artists' studios, with gallery and teaching centre, offering courses in painting for adults and children
- Something Fishy: The Little Arch Gallery - gallery specialising in the marine-themed ceramics and sculptures of Suzy Curtis
- The Wooden Box Gallery and Studio - independent artist led gallery featuring and showcase work of artists, makers, thinkers and doers
- Turner Rowe Art Centre and Gallery - an art gallery, shop and provides teaching studios
- York Street Gallery - community gallery and studio exhibiting work by local artists and artisans
- Quex Craft Village - see crafting skills first hand with the chance to purchase goods
- Westgate Galleria - a creative centre for artists and artisans to showcase and sell their works. Providing workshops, demonstrations and creative courses