Best Art Galleries in Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona — updated August 22, 2026
Old Town's arts district packs galleries, an Indigenous art market and a Thursday night walk into a few blocks of Main Street and Marshall Way. Here is what is worth the stop, ranked by how settled the reviews are.
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Scottsdale's gallery scene is unusually walkable: most of it sits along Main Street between Scottsdale Road and Goldwater Boulevard, with a spur up Marshall Way. The Thursday night ArtWalk has run since 1975, and it changes how these rooms operate, since several galleries close in the late afternoon and then reopen for evening hours. Ratings here come from small review counts by restaurant standards, so a perfect score usually means a few dozen visitors rather than a settled consensus.
1. Bella Fine Art, Inc.
The strongest combination of score and evidence among the dedicated fine-art rooms on Main Street: a 5.0 across 63 reviews, which is a lot of unanimity for a contemporary gallery. It bills itself as a destination for contemporary art and private events, and the two functions overlap, with wine and snacks part of the visit. Closed Mondays; Tuesday and Wednesday hours run 10am to 5pm. Thursday is the night to come, when the gallery stays open from 6pm to 9pm for the Scottsdale ArtWalk and the block outside fills with walkers. Address is 7137 E Main St.
2. Native Art Market
The most-reviewed art destination in the district by a wide margin, at 4.8 from 260 reviews, which makes it the best-evidenced entry here. It is a market rather than a white-cube gallery: the model is Native American artists selling directly to the public, in a space built as a cultural meeting point. It was named Business of the Year by the Phoenix Indian Center in 2022. The indoor market at 7215 E Main St keeps daily hours, and the weekend market runs October through March, 10am to 4pm, with live performances starting after 11am and running in 45 to 60 minute sets. The Frybread Lounge operates on site. Some hours go dark for summer, so check before a July visit.
3. The Signature Gallery
A 4.9 rating, but from 32 reviews, so read it as promising rather than proven. The gallery sits at 7177 E Main St, in the thick of the ArtWalk route, and shows painters including Charles H. Pabst and Lyudmila Agrich, whose oils on canvas turn up regularly in its rotation. Standard hours are Monday through Saturday, 10:30am to 5pm, with Thursday ArtWalk hours in the evening; listings differ on whether that starts at 6:30pm or 7pm, and one directory shows Sunday afternoon hours the gallery's own site does not. Worth a call if you are making a special trip.
4. King Galleries - Scottsdale
Rated 4.8 from 26 reviews, a thin sample that says more about how few gallery visitors leave feedback than about the work. Find it at 7077 E Main St, unit 20, in the Facing Circle complex, which puts it at the western end of the Main Street gallery run. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm, and it is closed Sunday, so weekend planning takes some care. The gallery also maintains an online tour of the Scottsdale location if you want to see the room before committing to the drive.
5. Wilde Meyer Gallery
The Marshall Way option, one block off the Main Street strip at 4142 N Marshall Way, and the place to go for contemporary work with a Southwest slant: abstracts, landscapes, figurative pieces and contemporary western painting. The 4.8 rating rests on only 13 reviews, the thinnest evidence on this list, so treat it as a lead rather than a verdict. Hours run Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm, later than most of its neighbors, and it opens 7pm to 9pm for Gold Palette ArtWalks. The trolley stops within walking distance if you are coming from elsewhere in Old Town.
6. Scottsdale Art walk
Not a gallery but the most efficient way to see many of them in one evening, which is why it closes out the list. The ArtWalk has run every Thursday night since 1975 across the Scottsdale Arts District, along Main Street from Scottsdale Road to Goldwater Boulevard and north of Indian School. Evening hours are generally 6:30 to 9pm, and the periodic Gold Palette editions, such as the July Summer Spectacular, add programming across the district. Its own 4.7 rating comes from just 24 reviews, which is a poor measure of an event this old; judge it by the galleries that participate.