Commercial Art Galleries
St. Petersburg's gallery scene is booming, with new galleries opening every year (and older ones closing in this often unstable market). Commercial galleries in the city range from art stores selling prints, souvenirs, and low-cost works by young local artists to exclusive, heavily funded designer spaces catering to St. Petersburg's elite. The city is not yet a major centre for the art trade, so the majority of galleries deal in works by local artists, either contemporary or from the recent past. Particularly popular are the artists of the "nonconformist" school that thrived in Leningrad from the 1950s onwards.
DiDi Art Gallery on Vasilevskiy Island specializes in Soviet nonconformist or underground art, and also trades in works by local contemporary artists.
This small gallery on Vasilievsky Island is run by enthusiastic collectors and sells painting and graphics by Leningrad/St. Petersburg artists from the mid-20th century up to the present day.
This highly specialized gallery is attached to a printing press that produces beautiful and original art books designed by well known St. Petersburg artists.
Superbly situated near the Summer Garden, KGallery is among St. Petersburg's most prestigious commercial galleries, working with Russian and Soviet 20th century art.
Located in the artistic environs of Vasilevskiy Island's historic district, this gallery specialises in Soviet painting and graphics, covering all genres from Socialist Realism to "underground" experimentalism through a wide range of artists. The gallery also deals in antiques of the period.
One of St. Petersburg's leading contemporary galleries, AL is located on Nevsky Prospekt and works with many of Russia's leading artists, displaying works across a wide range of media.
Located on the Griboedov Canal, this contemporary art gallery gives local artists maximum control over their exhibitions, and also deals in avant-garde work of previous generations.
Situated on Vasilevskiy Island, Lazarev Gallery works hard to establish links between St. Petersburg and the rest of the contemporary art world, with regular exhibitions by Russian and foreign artists.
This prestigious gallery and design studio has been in business since 2000 and represents several of St. Petersburg's best known contemporary artists and designers.
This stylish gallery space with a pleasant cafe attached has two floors of exhibition halls, and features contemporary art by local artists across all media.
Working closely with young emerging artists, Ultramarine Gallery deals in Russian art of all genres and media from the 1950s to the present day.
This gallery near St. Isaac's Cathedral is part of a "loft-project" that specializes in implementing collaborative conceptual projects with local and international artists.
