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Leading Southwest Florida Art Galleries, Boutiques & Museums

With more than 125 art galleries between Marco Island to the south and the dynamic downtown Fort Myers River District, Southwest Florida has become the nation's leading small art market and today rivals iconic art destinations such as Sante Fe's artist community, fabled Scottsdale, Arizona, historic Charleston and Miami's avant-garde Wynwood Art District. Whether you are visiting downtown Fort Myers, elegant Olde Naples or swanky Fifth Avenue South (Naples answer to Palm Beach's Worth Avenue), you will find an exciting array of art galleries, studios and sophisticated fine art museums including the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, the adjoining Naples Museum of Art, The von Liebig Art Center off Fifth Avenue, the Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University, the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery and the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center.

With so many studios, galleries and museums, there's always something new to see. In the downtown Fort Myers River District, it all starts with Art Walk, a rain or shine event held on the first Friday of each month where thousands of locals and out-of-town visitors stroll a four block area along the Caloosahatchee River taking in new art exhibitions, demonstrations and meet-the-artist receptions in the River District's 13 cutting-edge galleries and art boutiques. Click here to see what's happening at Art Walk this month. And if your travel plans don't have you arriving in southwest Florida until later in the month, that's okay because there's Music Walk in the River District on the third Saturday of each month. See What's Happening at Music Walk This Month.

In the following table, we have included 47 of the most popular galleries, art boutiques and museums. Simply click on the name for a profile that will tell you about the art, artists and gallery directors you'll find inside. These listings were provided by Thomas Hall of www.ArtSWFL.com.

Find more information about the Southwest Florida Art Scene at the ArtSWFL.com Official Website.