Art Galleries and Museums

Art Museums:

Museum of Modern Art

Opened in 2003 – Director Maha Al Mansour
Tel: +965
Address: Gulf Road, in the front of Souq Sharq, close to Maritime Museum
Opening Hours: 9am-1pm  5pm-8pm, Sunday – Thursday
All events at this venue

Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah

Al Americani Cultural Centre and (Administrative Offices in the Historic Americani Hospital Buildings)
P.O. BOX: 23996, Safat 13100, Kuwait
Tel: (965) 2240 0992
Fax: (965) 2246 7770
Email: info@darmuseum.org.kw
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Email: friends@darmuseum.org.kw
Tel: +965 2563 6561/ 2563 6528
Address: Abdullah al-Salem School, Maidan Hawally, near al-Shaab Leisure Park
Opening Hours: Sunday – Thursday 9 AM – 5 PM, until 9 PM on event nights.

 

Tareq Rajab Museum

Tel: +965 25317358
Address: Jabriya, Block 12, Street 5

 

House of Mirrors

- Museum of Kuwaiti pioneer artist Khaliffa Al Qattan and his wife artist Lidia Qattan
Tel: + 965 2251 8522
Address: Qadsiya, Block 9, Street 94, House 17

 

Private Art Galleries

 

AL M. Gallery

Opened in 2011 – Director Khaled Al Asfour
Tel: +965 22996447
Fax: +965 22996449
Email: info@al-m-gallery.com
Address 1: Salhia Complex, Gate 4, Mezanine 2, Place 16.
Opening Hours: 10am-1pm and 4pm-9pm // Sunday – Thursday, Saturday by appointment only

AL Mashreq Gallery (branch of AL M. Gallery) – opened in 2013
Address 2: The Avenues Mall, Grand Avenue, Ground Floor, behind Starbucks
Opening Hours: Every day, 10am-10pm
All events at this venue

 

Boushahri Gallery

Opened in 1982 – Director Yhya Suwailem
Tel:+965 25621119
Address: Salmiya, Baghdad St.36, in the front of Al Laheeb Mosque
Opening Hours: 10am–1pm 5pm–9pm. Friday and Thursday afternoon- closed
All events at this venue

 

Dar Al Funoon Gallery

Opened in 1992  – Director Lucia Topalian
Tel:+ 965 22433138
Address: Al Watiah, Behbehani Compound, House n. 28
Opening Hours: 10am-1pm 4pm-8pm Sunday-Thursday, Friday and Saturday: by appointment
All events at this venue

 

JAMM

Since 2006. Director – Sheikha Lulu M. Al Sabah
Dubai: Al Quoz 1 , Street 8, Warehouse 11, Building 19 (close to Al Serkal Avenue)
Tel: +971 502288134
Kuwait: Next door to CAP. Life Center (Industrial Shuwaikh, Block 2, Street 28, Top floor). The same building as Eureka/Midas
All events at this venue

Sultan Gallery

Reopened in 2006 – Director Farida Sultan
Tel: +965 24714325/26 ext. 111
Address: South Sabhan, Block 8, Street 105Building 168
Opening Hours:  depends on exhibitions
All events at this venue

 

Non profit art organizations:

 

Contemporary Art Platform

Opened in 2011 – Director Amer Huneidi
Tel: +965 24925636
Opening hours: 10am-8pm Saturday-Thursday
Address: Life Center (Industrial Shuwaikh, Block 2, Street 28, Top floor). The same building as Eureka/Midas.
All events at this venue

 

Art & Design Private Galleries:

 

Gallery Tilal

Opened in 2010. Director – Salwa Al Qadi
Tel: +965 22256101
Address: Shuwaikh, Jahra Road, Tilal Complex
Opening hours: 10am-2pm, 5.30am-9.30pm, Sunday – Thursday, Saturday by appointment.

FA Gallery

Tel: +965 22 49 8999
Address: Sharq, Block 2, Gulf road, Villa 76, next to Al Amiri Hospital.
Opening Hours: 10am-9pm

Art & Craft spaces:

Free Art Atelier

(reopened in 2011)
Tel:
Address:  Sharq, Gulf Road, in the front of Souq Sharq ( Seaport)

SADU House – Traditional Textile Arts

Address: Arabian Gulf Road, Next to the National Museum of Kuwait
Tel:22432395
Fax: 22437532
Email:info@alsadu.org.kw
Opening Hours: 8.00am-1.00pm 4.00pm-8.00pm. Saturday-Thursday

Ghadir Gallery

( Kuwaiti artist Thuraya Al Baqsmi )

Tel: +965 2435101, 2426240 
Address: Mishref, Block 6, Street 5, Villa No. 40

 

Bayt Al Lothan

Tel: +96525755877
Address: Salmiya, Arabian Gulf Road, in the front of Corniche Hotel, before Marina Mall
Opening Hours: Sunday -Thursday 9am -1pm and 5pm-9pm. Saturday – 5pm – 9pm

 

Dar El Cid

Email: dar-el-cid@trmkt.com
Tel:  + 965 25318061
Address:  Jabriya, Block 12, Street 1, Bld. 24-25

Governmental Exhibition Halls :

Al Adwani Exhibition Hall (National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters – NCCAL)

Tel: +965
Address: Al Mansuria street,
Opening Hours:

Al Othman Gallery (NCCAL)
Tel: +965
Address: Hawalli, Al Othman Street
Opening Hours:

Kuwait Arts Association – Director Abdul Rasoul Salman
E-mail:info@kuwait-art.com
Tel: + 965 22655729 / 22610584 / 22611863
Address: Hawalli, Beirut street, Behind the College of Business Studies