Art On Duval (A Procaccini Gallery)

Art On Duval occupies a two story space at 602 Duval Street, right at one of the busier corners of Key West’s main commercial strip. The gallery is built around the work of American artist John Procaccini, and it functions as one of a small handful of Procaccini owned galleries, with sister locations in Naples and Sarasota, Florida. The Key West shop is the one most visitors encounter first, given its position on the ground level of a well trafficked block.

Inside, the gallery spreads across two floors, giving it more room to show a range of work than many of the single room galleries along the same street. Visitors have noted painted surfboards on display alongside more traditional framed canvases, a nod to the beach and boating culture that runs through so much of Key West’s retail identity. The overall collection leans toward ocean themes and bright, saturated color, which fits the surrounding Duval Street context of open air bars, souvenir shops, and other art spaces within a block or two.

Because the gallery is part of a small multi city operation rather than a single storefront run entirely independently, it has a slightly more polished, produced feel than some of the co-op galleries elsewhere in town. That said, the Key West location functions as its own retail entity with its own inventory and its own staff on the floor day to day, and it is generally grouped by locals and travel guides alongside the rest of the independent Duval Street gallery scene rather than treated as an outside chain.

The gallery offers shipping for purchases, which matters given how much of the art on display is sized for a wall rather than a suitcase. Visitors who find a piece they like but are not ready to carry it home can arrange delivery, a service that is fairly standard among the fine art shops in this part of town but still worth knowing about before walking in. The gallery has also been known to host artist appearances and small shows during the winter high season, when Key West sees its heaviest visitor traffic and local galleries compete for foot traffic with pop up events and extended hours.

Typical visits run under an hour, according to those who have stopped in, which makes it an easy addition to a longer walk down Duval Street that might also include stops at the nearby Cocco and Salem Gallery, Zazoo Fine Art, and the string of smaller galleries clustered around the 600 block. For anyone building a self guided gallery walk through Old Town, Art On Duval is a reasonable anchor point given its central location and its two floors of inventory.