Left of the Dial: Art Spaces
A directory of independent, noncommercial art spaces world wide.
Welcome!
This is a collective and international directory of artist run, independent, and noncommercial spaces. This project highlights the ephemeral nature of these spaces that exist in this third realm -outside of the institution and commercial gallery.
The phrase ‘Left of the dial’ hails from the term used for underground music or ideas found on noncommercial radio stations with low-wattage. They are usually located at the lower end of the FM spectrum-- hence turning the radio’s dial to the left.
While the aesthetics may be bare bones, we chose a wiki as the easiest, most collaborative, and streamlined way to maintain, document, and archive these international initiatives. Please feel free to edit, add, and share.
AFRICA
EGYPT Cairo
ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa
GHANA Accra
SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town
ZIMBABWE Harare
AMERICAS
ARGENTINA Buenos Aires
BELIZE Belize City
BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro • Sao Paolo
CANADA Montreal • Toronto • Vancouver
COSTA RICA San Jose
GUATEMALA Ciudad de Guatemala
MEXICO Mexico City • Oaxaca
PANAMA Panama City
CARIBBEAN
ARUBA Paradera Park
BAHAMAS Nassau
BARBADOS St. George
CUBA La Habana
CURACAO Curacao
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo
JAMAICA Kingston
MARTINIQUE Fort de France
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Port of Spain
UNITED STATES
ALASKA Anchorage
ARKANSAS Little Rock
ARIZONA Phoenix
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles • Oakland • San Francisco
COLORADO Denver
CONNECTICUT Stamford
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington, DC
FLORIDA Miami
GEORGIA Atlanta
IDAHO Garden City
ILLINOIS Chicago • Oak Park • Springfield
INDIANA Hammond
IOWA Des Moines
KANSAS Matfield Green
KENTUCKY Lexington • Louisville
LOUISIANA New Orleans
MAINE Biddeford
MARYLAND Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS Boston
MICHIGAN Detroit
MINNESOTA Minneapolis
MISSISSIPPI Cleveland
MISSOURI Kansas City • Saint Louis
MONTANA Missoula
NEVADA Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth
NEW JERSEY Jersey City
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque • Santa Fe
NEW YORK Bronx • Brooklyn • Buffalo • Manhattan • Queens
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh
NORTH DAKOTA Minot
OHIO Cincinnati • Cleveland, OH • Columbus
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City • Tulsa • Norman
OREGON Portland
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia • Pittsburgh
RHODES ISLAND Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE Knoxville • Memphis • Nashville
TEXAS Austin • Dallas • El Paso • Houston • Kyle • Marfa • San Antonio
UTAH Ogden
VERMONT Burlington
VIRGINIA Charlottesville • Richmond
WASHINGTON Seattle
WYOMING Jackson Hole
ASIA
CHINA Hong Kong
JAPAN Tokyo
AUSTRALIA
EUROPE
AUSTRIA Vienna
FRANCE Paris
GERMANY Berlin
IRELAND Dublin
ITALY Milan
NETHERLANDS Amsterdam
SPAIN Madrid
WESTERN ASIA
DUBAI
ISRAEL Tel Aviv
JORDAN
LEBANON Beirut
TURKEY
