5423 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Est. September 2021
A Fine Art Gallery in West Germantown
Ubuntu Fine Art Gallery opened in September 2021 in a former Cunningham Piano Company showroom — in one of Philadelphia's oldest and most historically significant neighborhoods.
Germantown was the site of the 1688 Germantown Petition Against Slavery, the first written public protest against slavery in the English colonies. The neighborhood is 81% Black. Its median household income is $45,727.
Fine art galleries in Philadelphia concentrate in Old City and Rittenhouse Square, where median household incomes exceed $100,000.
Ubuntu opened here, in Germantown, as art infrastructure for civic good, and our goal is to bridge the access gap.
100%
Artist-owned
$0
Admission
5000 +
Visitors Served
The Third Model
The gallery operates on what its founder calls the Third Model. It is not a commercial gallery, those take 50% of every sale and program their walls around what their collector base will buy.
It is not an artist cooperative, those distribute governance across many members, diluting vision.
Ubuntu is artist-owned. The artist owns every image.
Sets every price. Retains 100% of primary sale proceeds.
The gallery charges no admission.
Ubuntu To The World!
Host Your Event
The gallery is available for private gatherings, celebrations, corporate events, and creative productions. Hardwood floors. High ceilings. World-class art on every wall.