Art shops in Vancouver: where to buy original art

It depends whether you want materials or finished work. For art supplies, Opus at 1360 Johnston Street on Granville Island is the main central option, open daily 10am to 6pm. For original art, the strongest concentration is South Granville, where Bau-Xi, Kurbatoff, Ian Tan, Douglas Reynolds and Uno Langmann sit within a short walk. For lower prices, the East Vancouver co-ops Arts Off Main and Art Works sell originals in the hundreds. For buying without leaving home, Bau-Xi, Art Works, Federation Gallery and VanArtHub publish prices online.

Every gallery in the directory above sells original work, but several also sell reproductions alongside it, so ask which you are looking at. Arts Off Main and Federation Gallery sell originals directly from member artists. VanArtHub sells only one-of-a-kind originals and never prints, currently 147 available pieces priced from $531 to $5,980.

Mostly no. Of the 21 shops checked for this guide on August 24, 2026, only 7 publish artwork prices on their own websites: Bau-Xi, Lattimer, Federation Gallery, Circle Craft, Art Works, Opus for materials, and VanArtHub. The rest sell by enquiry, which means emailing or visiting to find out what something costs.

The range is very wide. Co-operatives and artist-run spaces sell small originals for a few hundred dollars. Established South Granville galleries sit mostly in the four and five figures. VanArtHub's 147 available originals run from $531 to $5,980, with a median of $1,265, and 60 of them are under $1,000. All figures in Canadian dollars, counted on August 24, 2026.

South Granville, sometimes called Gallery Row, running roughly from the south end of the Granville Street Bridge to around 16th Avenue. Five of the shops in this guide are on that stretch. Granville Island is second, with four in a few hundred metres, and it is the better choice if you want to see artists working rather than only finished pieces.

Yes, but fewer than you would expect. From the hours published on their own sites on August 24, 2026: Bau-Xi opens Sunday 11am to 5:30pm, Ian Tan noon to 5pm, Lattimer 11am to 5pm, Federation Gallery 10am to 5pm, Arts Off Main 11am to 5pm, Opus 10am to 6pm, and the Bill Reid Gallery and Inuit Gallery both open Sundays. Art Works is Sunday by appointment only. Douglas Reynolds and Uno Langmann are closed Sundays.

Four shops in this guide specialise in it. Douglas Reynolds Gallery at 2335 Granville Street covers historic and contemporary Northwest Coast work. Lattimer Gallery at 1590 West 2nd Avenue sells work created or designed by Indigenous artists. The Bill Reid Gallery at 639 Hornby Street pairs a public gallery with a shop. Coastal Peoples in Gastown also specialises here. Note that the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver has moved to North Vancouver.

Yes. The Vancouver Art Gallery's Art Rental and Sales program at 750 Hornby Street has run since 1952 and, by its own description, rents from a pool of over 1,000 juried BC artworks starting at $10 a month, with purchase available. Art Works also lists rental and home trials on its site.

Both are true at once. Alongside the food market and the souvenir shops there are working studios and serious galleries. Federation Gallery is the Federation of Canadian Artists' own juried space, founded 1941. Circle Craft has been a maker co-operative since 1974. Vancouver Fine Art Gallery has operated there since 1978.

Because a first art purchase goes better when you can see the whole map, and because a guide that only mentions one shop is an advertisement, not a guide. Some buyers want a five-figure canvas they have stood in front of, and the galleries above serve them properly. If what you want is a published price, an original under $1,500, and the right to send it back, that is the part of the market we built VanArtHub for.