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The leading galleries and auction houses, from Paris and Monaco to Milan and Athens.
Last checked October 2026.
Madrid auction house and jeweller operating since 1845 from Calle de Alcalá 52, holding sales of Spanish and European paintings, decorative arts and antique jewellery alongside its gallery and valuation services. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Christie's saleroom in France, between the Champs-Élysées and the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, holding auctions since 2001, when France opened its auction market to foreign houses; it is now also where Christie's holds its sales of Italian art. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Sotheby's home in France since October 2024, in the former Galerie Bernheim-Jeune on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, with larger salerooms and galleries. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Sotheby's has worked in Monaco since the 1960s, now from 20 avenue de la Costa, offering appraisals, advisory, art storage and lending; past Monaco sales include the Redé Rothschild collection (1975) and works from Karl Lagerfeld's estate (2021). Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Monaco's own auction house on Quai Antoine 1er, holding live and online sales of jewellery and collectible watches, old master paintings, furniture and silver, archaeology and design. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Paris auction house of the Rond-Point des Champs-Élysées opened its Monaco branch in 2015 at the Monte-Carlo Palace on boulevard des Moulins; its summer sales of jewellery, collectors' watches and Hermès bags are held at the Hôtel Hermitage during Monaco Auction Week. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Sotheby's Italian base holds its modern and contemporary art auctions in Milan at Palazzo Serbelloni, alongside previews of works bound for its international sales. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Office and gallery space opened in 2023 on Via Lanzone, near Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, showing art, design, photographs, editions, jewels and watches ahead of Phillips sales in London, New York, Hong Kong and Geneva. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Bonhams' Italian office at Via Boccaccio 22 handles valuations and consignments for the house's international sales. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 1924 and based in Palazzo Ramirez-Montalvo on Borgo degli Albizi, Pandolfini is one of Italy's leading auction houses, with sales of old masters, furniture, silver, fine wine and Asian art in Florence and modern and contemporary art and books in Milan. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 1974 and based in the historic Palazzo Crivelli on Via Pontaccio, Il Ponte holds sales of important jewels, old master paintings and furniture, silver, modern and contemporary art, and Asian and Islamic art. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 2001 on Rua de Santo António à Estrela, and a regular at Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, with artists including John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Erwin Wurm, Matt Mullican and Julião Sarmento. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
An Art Basel exhibitor representing artists from Europe, Latin America and the United States, with galleries in Lisbon and Madrid. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Swiss blue-chip gallery's island outpost in Mahón harbour, in restored historic buildings on Illa del Rei, reached by boat, open from spring to late October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Leading Madrid contemporary gallery founded in 1990, in a courtyard space at Calle San Lorenzo 11, showing installation, sculpture, video, photography, painting and performance. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Gagosian's Paris galleries, in the city and in a former aircraft hangar at Le Bourget redesigned by Jean Nouvel. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Emmanuel Perrotin's gallery, founded in 1990, in a Marais hôtel particulier on the rue de Turenne, one of the leading contemporary galleries in Europe with spaces across the world.
A leading contemporary gallery based on the rue Saint-André-des-Arts in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, with further spaces on the rue du Pont-de-Lodi and the avenue Matignon, showing artists including Kader Attia, Adel Abdessemed and Larry Clark.
Hauser & Wirth's gallery at One Monte-Carlo on Place du Casino, among the few blue-chip contemporary galleries on the Riviera. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
International contemporary gallery whose original space is at Via del Castello 11 inside the medieval hill town; it has since opened spaces in Beijing, Havana, São Paulo, Paris and Les Moulins. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Galleria Continua's Rome space inside The St. Regis Rome. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Blue-chip contemporary gallery founded in Milan in 1987, with its Milan space on Viale Lombardia and further galleries in London, Hong Kong and Paris. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Gagosian's Rome gallery at Via Francesco Crispi 16, near the Spanish Steps. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Leading Italian contemporary gallery with spaces in Naples (Via Vannella Gaetani) and Milan (Via Stilicone), working with artists including Anselm Kiefer, William Kentridge, Marina Abramović and Joseph Kosuth. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Florentine gallery dealing in modern and contemporary Italian art and in old masters, with further spaces in Milan, Rome and Paris. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
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The international gallery's Athens space, at 22 Anapiron Polemou in Kolonaki. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 1977 by Marina Eliades and Jean Bernier, one of Greece's longest-established international contemporary galleries, at 11 Eptachalkou in Thissio. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 2001 and a pioneer among Turkish contemporary galleries, in the Passage Petits-Champs on Meşrutiyet Caddesi in Beyoğlu. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Leading Istanbul contemporary gallery with spaces in Dolapdere and Pera, representing established and emerging artists from Türkiye and abroad. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
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A leading contemporary gallery in Tel Aviv, at 6 Hatnufa Street. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
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