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Art WalkChinatown & Little Italy
Down and Around Elizabeth Street to Canal
Contemporary art tucked into a stretch where Little Italy and Chinatown collide — and refuse to sort themselves out and where you'll find some of downtown's sharpest galleries.
Last updated Jun 10, 2026
Bouncy cheesecake next to red-sauce joints. Mochinut shops across from dim sum counters.
The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (The Godfather one) and the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden tucked between. It's touristy, it's crowded, and it works.
You’ll find the art spaces up, down, and around Elizabeth Street, on Grand, and down onto Canal Street and the lower Bowery. They’re inside an old garage, a church rectory, and an office that overlooks the amusement park rides during the Feast of San Gennaro.
This isn't downtown's flashiest circuit. And it’s definitely not its quietest. But its one of the most fun to wander.
GalleryLittle Italy
Company Gallery
Feminist, queer, theatrical art in a graffiti-covered gallery with a basement speakeasy.
GalleryLittle Italy
Nathalie Karg Gallery
This elegiac, two-storey Elizabeth Street gallery is a place of worship for refined, sensual art.
Alternative SpaceLittle Italy
PARTICIPANT INC
One of downtown's most beloved alternative art spaces. Politics, performance, community, and experimentation collide here. Black walls and raw, deeply human shows that cling to your mind long after you leave.
GalleryLittle Italy
Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated painting about culture, media, and the moment we’re living in.
GalleryLittle Italy
Peter Blum Gallery
Riding the waves of minimalist and conceptual art since their beginnings, with each new generation picking up the thread.
GalleryChinatown
Astor Weeks
Art for people who notice things like when the light changes and the room goes quiet.
GalleryChinatown
Ulrik
Take the pulse of the new New York scene at this spacious, sunny second-floor gallery overlooking Canal Street, where artistic careers are launched and revitalized.
GalleryChinatown
Magenta Plains
Two generations of artists, decades apart, making high-concept, anti-establishment work on the topic of freedom.
GalleryChinatown
Hoffman Donahue
Playful, boundary-merging art reflecting on the rituals of everyday life, set against the backdrop of an old-school loft space on the Bowery.
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Down and Around Elizabeth Street to Canal
Contemporary art tucked into a stretch where Little Italy and Chinatown collide — and refuse to sort themselves out and where you'll find some of downtown's sharpest galleries.
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Last updated Jun 10, 2026
Bouncy cheesecake next to red-sauce joints. Mochinut shops across from dim sum counters.
The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (The Godfather one) and the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden tucked between. It's touristy, it's crowded, and it works.
You’ll find the art spaces up, down, and around Elizabeth Street, on Grand, and down onto Canal Street and the lower Bowery. They’re inside an old garage, a church rectory, and an office that overlooks the amusement park rides during the Feast of San Gennaro.
This isn't downtown's flashiest circuit. And it’s definitely not its quietest. But its one of the most fun to wander.
GalleryLittle Italy
Company Gallery
Feminist, queer, theatrical art in a graffiti-covered gallery with a basement speakeasy.
GalleryLittle Italy
Nathalie Karg Gallery
This elegiac, two-storey Elizabeth Street gallery is a place of worship for refined, sensual art.
Alternative SpaceLittle Italy
PARTICIPANT INC
One of downtown's most beloved alternative art spaces. Politics, performance, community, and experimentation collide here. Black walls and raw, deeply human shows that cling to your mind long after you leave.
GalleryLittle Italy
Derosia
Self-aware, socially-motivated painting about culture, media, and the moment we’re living in.
GalleryLittle Italy
Peter Blum Gallery
Riding the waves of minimalist and conceptual art since their beginnings, with each new generation picking up the thread.
GalleryChinatown
Astor Weeks
Art for people who notice things like when the light changes and the room goes quiet.
GalleryChinatown
Ulrik
Take the pulse of the new New York scene at this spacious, sunny second-floor gallery overlooking Canal Street, where artistic careers are launched and revitalized.
GalleryChinatown
Magenta Plains
Two generations of artists, decades apart, making high-concept, anti-establishment work on the topic of freedom.
GalleryChinatown
Hoffman Donahue
Playful, boundary-merging art reflecting on the rituals of everyday life, set against the backdrop of an old-school loft space on the Bowery.
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Explore Big MapIn The Area
You've seen the art. Now go explore places to pause in the neighborhood.
Coffee ShopLittle Italy
PARK at KIMS
California beans pour where the DVDs used to live. There's a Seoul-café polish to the place — read: dangerously photogenic.
Coffee ShopChinatown
Derby Cup Coffee
One of those rare places that becomes part of how you live in Chinatown. Oxblood walls, striped ceilings, jockey art, and leather banquettes that hold an afternoon. Order the pistachio iced latte, cozy in, and get to know the neighborhood regulars filing in and out.
Coffee Shop & BakeryLower East Side
Koré Coffee
Fuel up (or refuel) after you’ve explored the NoLita galleries at this white brick and wood-clad, family-run coffee shop on Elizabeth Street. Try the famous Tiramisu blend.
RestaurantChinatown
Mei Lai Wah
Order a baked roast pork bun and rice noodle rolls and congee at this no-frills, always delicious Chinese spot. Yes there’s a line, yes it’s worth the wait.
