Buying art
Prague has more galleries selling original work than most visitors come across. Here are nineteen. Each is open, sells originals rather than prints, and publishes an address. They are grouped by neighbourhood and run from north to south within each one; the order is not a ranking.
The densest cluster, all within ten minutes of the Old Town Square. Michalská street alone has two galleries a few doors apart.
Bílkova 131/2, Prague 1 – Josefov, 110 00
Contemporary Czech art by living artists, and by artists who have died during the gallery's 25 years. Works come directly from the artists or their heirs.
Dlouhá 5, Prague 1 – Old Town, 110 00
One of Prague's leading private contemporary galleries, founded in 2009. Names include Jiří Georg Dokoupil, David Černý, Krištof Kintera and Lubomír Typlt. Sells new work and works returning to the market.
Michalská 440/11, Prague 1 – Old Town, 110 00
Original works by a small group of established artists, many of them living in Prague: Prague views by Michael Slutsker and Alexey Slusar, figurative oils by Roman Zuzuk, Mikhail Mikora's paintings, Olga Vasilyeva's watercolours, and hand-printed Prague etchings by Gennadij Alexandrov.
Liliová 6, Prague 1 – Old Town, 110 00
Oil paintings, graphics, sculpture and photography by about forty Eastern European artists, among them Roman Zuzuk, Margarita Sheiko and Paul Kaminski.
Opening hours are not published; email or call before you go.
Michalská 430/3, Prague 1 – Old Town, 110 00
Fifteen represented painters, among them Gor Avetisyan, Toma Bakhshinyan, Hayk Mnatsakanyan and Jaromír Gargulák, plus a section of small works.
Across Charles Bridge, below and around Prague Castle. Small galleries in old houses; combine them with the Castle or the Kampa Museum.
Thunovská 183/18, Prague 1 – Malá Strana, 118 00
Founded in 1994: painting by Czech, Hungarian and Ukrainian artists such as Alexandr Onishenko, Vitalina Forostovets and László Kutas. A separate online print shop.
Despite the name, the gallery is on Thunovská street in Malá Strana, not on Jakubská.
Tržiště 22, Prague 1 – Malá Strana (passage from Nerudova)
An exhibition space with an art shop: original works, limited-edition prints, objects and sketches in several price ranges, by artists such as Tomáš Polcar and Patrik Hábl.
Open only during exhibitions; check the website before walking up.
U Lužického semináře 7, Prague 1 – Malá Strana
A sales gallery of paintings, mostly oil on canvas, with some watercolours and small prints. Artists include Vladislav Dmitrijev, Lenka Štolková, Jiří Horák, Dima Dmitriev and Alexey Slusar.
No prices online; the gallery invites calls at any time.
Saská 80/1, Prague 1 – Malá Strana, 118 00
A small artist-run gallery by Charles Bridge: paintings, etchings and ceramics by Igor Shulman, Alexandr Klemens and Janetta Klemens, in a realist-to-expressionist range.
Strahovské nádvoří 136/9, Prague 1 – Hradčany (Strahov Monastery), 118 00
Classical modernism (exhibitions have included Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Chagall and Warhol) alongside contemporary Czech and international art. Since 2020 in the house beside the Church of St Roch.
Entry 100 CZK including a glass of wine, according to prague.eu.
From Národní to Na Příkopě. The auction houses and the dealers in 20th-century Czech art are here, and so is the city's largest multi-artist gallery.
Na Příkopě 858/20, Prague 1 – New Town
Exhibitions of painting, sculpture and metalwork, with a section of works for sale. The autumn 2026 show, The Twelfth, has eleven artists from nine countries.
Unlike most sales galleries it charges admission: 300 CZK for adults.
Senovážné náměstí 17, Prague 1 – New Town, 110 00
A private gallery and project space in a Baroque palace. It shows established and emerging Czech and international artists together with design, and has a separate contact for art sales.
Palác Adria, entrance A, 1st floor, Jungmannova 36/31, Prague 1 – New Town, 110 00
A very large marketplace-style gallery: close to ten thousand paintings, sculptures and other works by more than eight hundred artists from many countries. Artists set their own prices.
Quality and price vary widely with so many artists; take your time.
Národní 7, Prague 1 – New Town, 110 00
Czech painting, drawing, prints and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries, bought and sold in the gallery and at its own auctions.
The gallery reopens on 2 November 2026 with its pre-auction exhibition.
Mikulandská 7, Prague 1 – New Town (Schönkirch Palace), 110 00
Exhibitions of classical modern and contemporary Czech art, with books and prints.
Ask the gallery directly about works for sale.
Masarykovo nábřeží 36, Prague 1 – New Town, 110 00
Auction house and gallery for Czech modern and contemporary art, with regular sales and online auctions.
Residential districts east of the centre, twenty minutes by tram. Bořivojova street in Žižkov has two contemporary galleries; check the short opening hours first.
Bořivojova 85, Prague 3 – Žižkov
One of the leading Czech contemporary galleries, founded in 2006 and a regular at international art fairs. Artists include Eva Koťátková, Anna Hulačová, Klára Hosnedlová and Daniel Pitín. Painting, sculpture, installation and video.
Buying is by enquiry; ask about a specific artist before you travel.
Italská 2, Prague 2 – Vinohrady, 120 00
Original works mostly from the second half of the 20th century: paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs by Olbram Zoubek, Jan Saudek, Kristián Kodet, Adolf Born, Jiří Anderle and others.
Opening hours are not published; call or email first.
Selling on Charles Bridge is regulated. Since 1990 the (Sdružení výtvarníků Karlova mostu) has run the painters', photographers' and jewellers' stalls under a contract with the Prague 1 district. There are about 110 places, 105 of them for visual artists. A stall-holder wins a place in an anonymous juried selection held in front of a notary, and sells their own work.
So the bridge is a reasonable place to buy a small watercolour or drawing of Prague from the person who made it. The shops in the streets leading up to the bridge are another matter: many sell printed canvases. The souvenir guide explains how to tell them apart.
That depends on what you are after. Paintings of Prague by artists who live here are easiest to find in the Old Town and in Malá Strana near Charles Bridge. For contemporary Czech art go to hunt kastner or Hidden Gallery in Žižkov, or to DSC Gallery near the Old Town Square. Galerie Kodl and the Vltavín auction house, both in the New Town, deal in 20th-century Czech names.
The stall-holders on the bridge win their place in a juried selection, run by the Charles Bridge Artists' Association under a contract with Prague 1, and they sell their own work. Many shops in the streets leading to the bridge sell printed canvases instead. There is more on the bridge below.
Hand-pulled etchings start at a few hundred crowns. Oil paintings by established artists in central galleries commonly cost 5,000 to 100,000 CZK (about €200 to €4,000), and blue-chip Czech modern art at auction costs much more. Several galleries publish prices online, so you can compare before you go.
Many can, but few publish a shipping policy. Ask before you pay, and get the insured value and delivery cost in writing. Gallery Art 11 includes delivery in its prices; ART MASTER's customers report deliveries across Europe, the US and Australia.
Not here: Polansky Gallery in Holešovice closed in February 2026. Central Gallery on the Old Town Square runs ticketed exhibitions and sells prints, not originals. Galerie ART Praha is in Horní Počernice on the edge of the city. We could not confirm that a few others are still open.
