Art Stores
A list of the coolest art shops around.
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Arundel
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesDo you really need a 150,000 square foot mega-bookstore to have something for everybody? Arundel Books proves that you don't. The store stocks new, used and rare books but does so in way as to not artificially bulk up their shelves with any...
Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store
Capitol Hill - Seattle, WA United StatesFor many in the fine art world, functional art is anathema. For Bluebottle functional art seems a perfect, easy opportunity to introduce people to talented local artists. Come in to look at a coin purse, creative postcards and greeting cards and...
Compound
Old Town/Chinatown - Portland, OR United StatesReader Suggested: Dope kicks and art gallery.
Crewest
Downtown - Los Angeles, CA United StatesGraffiti art meet fine art. Before Crewest we more used to seeing graffiti on freeway overpasses and building faces. The airy, shop/gallery is a one stop shop for graffiti art. There are paints and caps, t-shirts and hoodies, books and posters,...
David Mirvish Books
The Annex - Toronto, ON CanadaThere's a subtle art to picking the perfect coffee table book--it must be substantive, but easy to digest, intriguing, yet relatable. David Mirvish Books has about a thousand iterations of the perfect coffee table book. For those in the art...
Family
Fairfax - Los Angeles, CA United StatesThink of Family as the official library of a sprawling, makeshift family of artists from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, or Tokyo. Here the staggering creative output of the talented group is cataloged and celebrated. Hard to come by art...
Giant Robot
West LA - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Giant Robot
Haight - San Francisco, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Giant Robot
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Giant Robot
East Village - New York, NY United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
GR2
West LA - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIf Giant Robot the magazine began as an ode to Asian pop culture, then Giant Robot the store is now a mecca for the same. Alongside copies of the latest issue of GR you'll find all sorts of pop-y Asian items (and some American stuff that is...
Here
Stokes Croft - Bristol, United KingdomReader Suggested: Here Gallery showcases indie designers, zines and more. They also have a gallery that features many up and coming artists!
Igloo Shop
Little Italy - San Diego, CA United StatesReader Suggested: By far one of the coolest (and least pretentious) stores in downtown San Diego. They carry a pretty fresh collection of T-shirts, sweatshirts, handmade prints, and other accessories (such as limited-edition skateboards and ping-pong paddles). For the record, I do not own this store–-I'm...
König.Taschen
Berlin West - Berlin, GermanyBegun as a humble comic book store, Taschen has become an unrivaled publisher and seller or art and design books. Taschen's lavishly illustrated titles display a blatant disregard for how much the final product will cost and that's what makes them such worthy indulgences. The...
Magic Pony
West Queen West - Toronto, ON CanadaThere was a time when being an artist meant canvas and oils, marble and chisels. That was then. Magic Pony is now. The store and gallery is a showcase of young, creative people and the work they do. They create impossibly clever and intricate vinyl toys. They publish poignant stories...
MOCA Store
Downtown - Los Angeles, CA United StatesLA isn't exactly known as a museum town but is known as a shopping town. So it makes sense that the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MOCA) store would be tack sharp. Next to prints and books highlighting the museums collections are an especially savvy collection of design and fashion...
Needles & Pens
The Mission - San Francisco, CA United StatesNeedles & Pens shows us you don't need a book deal to publish, nor a sales rep and a studio to make clothes. This is creativity at a more personal, DIY level. Needles is led by co-owner Breezy Culbertson. Alongside T-shirts and such...
New Museum
Lower East Side - New York, NY United StatesWithout the space of more well-to-do cultural institutions, the New Museum shop aims for maximum impact. The main attraction is naturally the wall of art books and magazines. The cosmopolitan, thought-provoking selection is worth a long,...
Nucleus
Alhambra - Alhambra, CA United StatesReader Suggested: I think it should be added because it has amazing prints and art books as well as bags, t-shirts, and other items promoting independent Asian artists. It is also one of the few art stores in its area.
ReForm School
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesThe cottage that houses ReForm School could easily pass as an old-time school house and it is bland, mundane homes that are the pupils. An almost daunting selection of creative output is on display, the collective work of dozens of promising...