Touchstone Gallery

Founded in 1976, Touchstone Gallery is an award-winning contemporary art gallery located in downtown Washington, near CityCenterDC. Touchstone Gallery was named "Best of DC" by Washington City Paper readers over several consecutive years (including 2021), and has received recognition for enriching the community through the arts from District government.

With new exhibitions every month, visitors experience a constantly-changing display of original artwork. Member-owners are local, juried professional artists working across a variety of mediums. Visiting the gallery you can find a range of abstract and figurative paintings, mixed-media pieces, photographs, drawings, and sculpture available for purchase. Everyone from an avid collector to a first-time art buyer is sure to find something they love.

Since the beginning, Touchstone’s mission has remained unaltered: to enrich the lives of the community through diverse contemporary art exhibitions; to promote a rich variety of art talent in the DC region; to showcase national and international artists whenever possible; and to foster continuing artistic and career growth of its 50 member artists through encouragement and support. In 2012 Touchstone formed the nonprofit Touchstone Foundation for the Arts to continue a long standing commitment to community involvement and art development.