The residents of Chennai have traditionally been great patrons of all forms of art. Hence, it is but natural that the city has a lot of art galleries to its credit. Art galleries flourish in Chennai as there are a lot of patrons within the city. A large number of tourists also visit these places. The quality of the art galleries in terms of the artifacts exhibited here are superlative.

Some of the famous art galleries here include the one at Cholamadalam Artistes village. All the exhibits of the artistes are exhibited in this gallery and include sculptures and paintings of superior quality. This is in the ECR road. Ayya art gallery at Woods Road is also a popular art gallery in the city. Palazzo art gallery adorns the Alwarpet region of Chennai with its exquisite collection of artifacts.

Raasi art gallery in Adayar is a well known art gallery with artifacts that reminds us of the era of the Cholas, Cheras, Pandyas, pallavas, Vijayanagar Empire and so on. The Prakrit Art Gallery was set up by the famous Gujarati Artiste Mr. V. Solanki and has organized various painting exhibitions from artistes from all over the country. Other famous art galleries include Art World in Ganeshpuram, Ashvita Art Objects & Artifacts in Mylapore, and Vinnyasa Premier Art Gallery also in Mylapore.

There is an art gallery, entirely devoted to the traditional Tanjore paintings, called the Tanjore Creations located in Mandaveli. The gallery has a lot of stained glass paintings, woodcarvings and brassware. Not to miss is the National Art Gallery which has been in the lines of the Mughal architecture. It has a lot of paintings pertaining to the Mughal, Rajasthani and Deccan flavors. The building is about a century old.