10 Best Art Galleries in and Near Le Touquet

A recent addition to Le Touquet, this art and design gallery offers an eclectic mix of contemporary painting, sculpture, plus furniture and objets d’art. Opened in 2016 by Lionel Fibleuil, the space is located in the beautiful Hermitage building, alongside a cluster of other exhibition spaces, across from the tourism office.

Founded in 2004, Galerie Wagner has a rigorous approach to selection, and specialises in museum-quality art by established and emerging artists.

Located in the heart of Le Touquet, in the Hermitage complex, the gallery l’Ermitage presents works by established artists, focusing on figurative and semi-figurative sculpture and paintings.

The first Nicole Gogat gallery opened near Montpellier in 2002, with a focus on the ‘human adventure with artists and collectors’. In June 2013, a second one opened in Le Touquet, in the Hermitage building, and this has now become the flagship location.

Galerie Milani specializes in the work of French painter and sculptor Alain Godon, an artist with close ties to Le Touquet who, among other works, created the 10-meter (39-foot) sand sculpture of the Eiffel Tower, inaugurated in March 2017, which has become a new landmark on the beach promenade.

Established since 1992 in Hardelot, on the Côte d’Opale, a short 30-minute drive up the coast from Le Touquet, the dynamic Joël Dupuis Gallery permanently exhibits painters, sculptors and master glassmakers of national and international renown.
4 Place de Bournonville, Neufchâtel-Hardelot, France

Set in the beautiful converted former riding school of a 17th-century abbey and farm, a 30-minute drive inland from Le Touquet, La Saint-André des Arts is now a unique and permanent painting exhibition space where they also regularly present jazz, classical and Celtic music concerts.

A beautiful seaside spot laden with history, Le Crotoy has attracted artists for centuries. Names like Colette, Sisley and Seurat have graced its scenic shores. To this day the place is a magnet for artists and there’s an active informal ‘colony’ of artists that work regularly in the town and open their studios for visitors, just over 40 minutes by car from Le Touquet. Kassape Sanson is a self-taught local artist who paints expansive and haunting seascapes of the Baie de Somme, taking inspiration from her native land and the people who live and work there.