About

Committed to the artists who have shaped Provincetown's cultural past and to their contemporary counterparts, the Julie Heller Gallery is a monument to Provincetown's rich heritage as an art colony. Housing the most extensive Provincetown art available for purchase anywhere, much of the gallery is hung salon style with the walls filled end to end with striking treasures. Its list of artists reads like a Who's Who of Provincetown's art history.

Once the box office and museum of the famed Provincetown Playhouse on the Wharf, the gallery walls now set the stage for varied exhibitions that survey over a century of vibrant innovation and timeless tradition in the visual arts. Owner, Julie Heller is an art historian. The works in the gallery reflect her interest in works by both emerging and well-established early and contemporary Provincetown artists.

Courtesy of Adam Lambert in The Gallery Guide

Since 2009, Julie Heller East has evolved into its own bustling hub of art in the quiet east end of town. As the second space of Julie Heller Gallery, the oldest gallery in Provincetown, it shares some of the treasures of the Heller collection, but has developed its own unique identity. Every other week, solo or two person shows grace the east walls while opposite them, the old masters rotate monthly. A delightful mix of monoprints, lithographs, drawings, wood engravings and etchings jostle for space on the floating black and white wall. The viewer will be amazed to see a Milton Avery drypoint hanging side by side a small contemporary drawing!

Sculpture, stabiles and mobiles add to the visual feast of the gallery. "Julie's Own" is a recurring feature, where a small vignette will be created by the "Early Provincetown" wall—suggesting the world of Julie Heller. Here selections from her private collection are offered for the first time.