Coming to Ho Chi Minh City, you can visit famous historical and cultural attractions, enjoy a cup of drink in a café with a nice view, go shopping in a shopping mall, or admire artistic masterpieces in a gallery. If you are an art lover, you should not miss visiting these Saigon art galleries below. 

• The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre
• Craig Thomas Gallery
• Duc Minh Art Gallery
• Galerie Quynh
• Salon Saigon

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre

• Address: 15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m. (From Wednesday to Sunday)
• Phone number: 028 3744 2589
• Ticket fee: VND 80,000 (For adult) & Free (For children under 12)

Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, you should not miss The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, one of the unique Saigon art galleries. This gallery was born to become a dynamic art attraction, serving the art lovers’ needs. Through the exhibition chains, educational workshops, art performances, and movie shows, The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre has reflected Vietnam’s contemporary arts’ creativity and expression mode. With various art creations in different forms, such as pictures, sculpture statues, art constructions, etc., the art center has appealed to both local people and tourists. 

Coming to The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, you will feel impressed with its featured structure using a series of containers impressively installed, making the outer space extremely eye-catching. With a total area of 1000m2, the art center has two floors of steel and glass materials in different areas. The container areas are decorated with colorful graffiti, creating a unique space. 

Walking inside the vast area, you will catch up with the exhibition area with many artworks on different topics. You can also find a standard reading space inside the center with many books about architecture and other art fields. 

The Factory Contemporary Arts Center

For more information about the art center and the incoming exhibitions, you can refer here. Let’s come and immerse yourself in the art world!

Craig Thomas Gallery

• Address: 27i Tran Nhat Duat, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 11.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Monday to Saturday) & 12.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Sunday)
• Phone number: +84 (0)903 888 431

Craig Thomas Gallery is also among the must-visit Saigon art galleries. It was founded in 2009 to promote the Vietnamese domestic art market’s development to both local people and foreigners. 

Craig Thomas Gallery

The gallery focuses on young and middle artists’ career development and creating a platform for them to present their artworks. Craig Thomas Gallery has attracted many guests by holding regular displays and exhibitions on different topics and promoting. Thanks to those exhibitions, more and more people have known about Vietnamese arts in three regions and the artists’ talent. Below are some topics you can find in the gallery. 

• Adieu 2020
• Hidden flowers 2
• Luong Luu Bien - Tribe of Loneliness
• Ngo Van Sac - My Family (Gia Dinh Toi)
• Nguyen Cam - Fragments of Life

There are many other artworks and topics that have been and will be exhibited in Craig Thomas Gallery that you should not miss. Please refer here for more detailed information about each topic!

Duc Minh Art Gallery

• Address: 31C Le Quy Don, Ward 7, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. & 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
• Phone number: 028 3933 0498

Like The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre and Craig Thomas Gallery, Duc Minh Art Gallery is also on the list of the Saigon art galleries you should not miss. Duc Minh Gallery stores more than 500 creations of Vietnamese arts, with famous names in the 20th century, such as Nguyen Gia Tri, To Ngoc Van, Nguyen Tuong Lan, Tran Van Can, Bui Xuan Phai, etc. 

Visiting the gallery, you can see many famous pictures in Vietnam, including To Ngoc Van’s “Thieu nu ben hoa hue,” Tran Van Can ‘s “Em Thuy,” Nguyen Gia Tri‘s “Thieu nu ben cay phu dung,” etc. Along the stair from the first to the second floor, you can admire a collection of portraits drawn by Bui Xuan Phai during the most challenging times of Vietnam. 

Let’s visit the gallery and enjoy the artistic masterpieces!

Galerie Quynh

• Address: 118 Nguyen Van Thu, Da Kao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
• Phone number: 028 3822 7218

Galerie Quynh is among the unique Saigon art galleries that you should visit. The gallery was founded by Mrs. Quynh Pham, who has had specific artistic experience from the early days in Vietnam’s art scene. Recognized as one of Vietnam’s leading contemporary art galleries, Galerie Quynh has spent nearly 20 years promoting Vietnamese domestic art through successful exhibitions. 

Gallerie Quynh

Besides working with the young, mid-career and established Vietnamese artists, Galerie Quynh also exhibits the artworks of famous artists worldwide. With the mission to support education and develop art infrastructures in Vietnam, the gallery has held many talks and presentations and published many Vietnamese and English publications. If you would like to know more information about the gallery and the artworks, you can refer here.

Salon Saigon

• Address: 6D Ngo Thoi Nhiem, Ward 7, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
• Opening hours: 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. & 1.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Tuesday to Saturday)
• Entrance fee: VND 80,000
• Phone number: + 84 (0)28 3933 3242

Salon Saigon is a villa in 6D Ngo Thoi Nhiem, built from 1940 to 1950. Until now, it is not only one of the most outstanding Saigon art galleries but also an attraction to learn about the culture and history of Vietnam and Saigon. The gallery has the imprint of Indochina architecture with well-preserved and clean encaustic cement tiles, classic-vibe paintings, antiques, bamboo, and rattan tables and chairs. 

Salon Saigon

There are two main areas inside the villa that you can visit. The first floor is the heritage and contemporary art space and the place to hold many talk shows, while the second floor is used for displaying and storing the artworks of contemporary artists in Vietnam. Through the talk shows, traditional music shows and ancient paintings, documents, Salon Saigon has promoted and kept Vietnamese culture and arts. You can find more information about the gallery here. 

In conclusion, you have just known about the top 05 Saigon art galleries favored by both local people and tourists. Hope that with these pieces of information, you will have a memorable trip to Saigon!