Buckhead is known for its shopping and dining, but tucked into Miami Circle, Buckhead Village, and Peachtree Hills is a side of the neighborhood built around art. Its galleries have staying power: even as retail rents climb past $46 a square foot, these dealers haven’t just hung on, they’ve grown, betting on a local collector base that’s increasingly hungry for both big-name and international work. Whether you’re after a design-trade gallery, Southeastern artists, storied photography and blue-chip names, or work from the Global South, Buckhead has much to offer.
Established in 2003, Spalding Nix, a contemporary art gallery with a focus on Southeast artists, is open to the public five days a week. The founder, Spalding Nix, is a Buckhead native with previous experience working in various capacities at local and international institutions: Jackson Fine Art, Heath Gallery, the Smithsonian, and Sotheby’s. In an industry often dominated by men, Spalding Nix has a unique focus on women artists. The gallery produces six shows annually, with three to four artists in each show. 425 Peachtree Hills Ave. NE, Ste-30-A, spaldingnixfineart.com
Seated on Shadowlawn Avenue, Jackson Fine Art focuses exclusively on photography and has a storied history. Founded in 1990 by Jane Jackson, Jackson Fine Art quickly became an influential voice in the South and internationally. During her tenure, Jackson became the director of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection before selling the gallery to now co-owner and creative director Anna Walker Skillman. Beyond exhibitions, the gallery offers consulting for collectors and corporate offices, handles sales of private photography collections, and provides appraisals, installations, collection management, shipping, and framing. 3122 E. Shadowlawn Ave. NE, jacksonfineart.com
Carousel Fine Art has multiple locations in Miami, Saint-Tropez, Chicago, and West Palm Beach, but Buckhead locals can find their Atlanta locations on Bolling Way and in Lenox Square. Carousel began as a B2B resource for hotels, restaurants, and offices but expanded into luxury real estate during COVID-19. The collaborative process granted glamorous founders Laura and Philippe Horowic access to private collectors, artists, and clients. Carousel Fine Art is bringing domestic and international influence to some of Buckhead’s ritziest retail spaces. 3025 Bolling Way NE, Ste-G111, 3393 Peachtree Road NE, Ste-3024B, carouselartgroup.com
This winter, Buckhead Art & Company relocated to a larger space in Buckhead Village on Bolling Way. Karimah McFarlane, a former head of market human resources at Google with a long-standing passion for art, purchased Buckhead Art & Company in 2023. The local gallery operates with a focus on community events and collaborative projects as well as highly curated exhibitions, and also champions inclusivity and community empowerment through the influence of art. 3063 Bolling Way NE, buckheadartcompany.com
A truly local and accessible establishment tucked into Peachtree Hills, Gregg Irby Gallery bridges the gap between art and art lovers. Irby, an avid art enthusiast with an eye for color, moved to Atlanta in 1996, where she saw an opening in the local art scene for colorful, friendly, lively, and affordable contemporary pieces. She began her career hosting pop-up shows in homes across the Southeast. Irby opened her first brick-and-mortar store in 2006. Gregg Irby Gallery functions as an in-house art consulting service, catering to the local design community rather than the critical, blue-chip world. 2345 Peachtree Road, greggirbygallery.com
A Miami Circle mainstay, Johnson Lowe was founded in 1989 as Bill Lowe Gallery and relaunched in 2023 under director Donovan Johnson, who began there as an intern at 18. The nearly 7,000-square-foot space pairs internationally recognized names like Sam Gilliam and Judy Pfaff with emerging artists from Atlanta and the Global South, earning coverage from The New York Times and Frieze. 764 Miami Circle NE, Ste-210, johnsonlowe.com
Billing itself as the oldest continuously operating gallery in Atlanta, Alan Avery Art Company opened downtown in 1981 as Trinity Gallery before moving to Buckhead in 1991. Now anchoring Miami Circle, founder Alan K. Avery pairs blue-chip works from names like Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein, and Kara Walker with a roster of emerging and mid-career artists — and remains one of the Atlanta art scene’s most vocal champions. 656 Miami Circle NE, alanaveryartcompany.com
Huff Harrington Fine Art was the brainchild of Francophiles Ann Huff and Meg Harrington and grew into a multi-faceted lifestyle empire that now includes Huff Harrington Home, an interior design firm, and a 2021 Paris outpost. The founders curate a sophisticated mix of French and American contemporary and representational art, serving individual collectors, walk-in clientele, and the elite interior design trade. Huff Harrington Fine Art is on the second floor of the Galleries of Peachtree Hills location. 425 Peachtree Hills Ave. NE Ste-9, huffharrington.com