Best Gallery

Since 2018, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has continually won our gold award for the Best Gallery in Halifax—and for good reason. Located on Hollis Street, the gallery exhibits incredible art from Nova Scotia and beyond. In 2024 they showed Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins’ Three Dimensions exhibit, consisting of three installations including “Balancing Act,” described as “a large-scale claw crane game where participants can stack sculptural components and create ad-hoc components.” They also had an exhibit of works from late Acadian ceramic artist Léopold L. Foulem called Reshaping Function, embodying his half-century body of work. Another of their most recent exhibits is from Alex Livingston, an artist and NSCAD professor who worked with digital art mediums to create pieces dealing with historical and environmental themes. With so many exhibits coming in and out—not to mention their deep permanent collection and frequent artistic events—the AGNS will no doubt continue to be a staple of the Halifax arts scene.