Galleries I keep coming back to

Marisol Denning

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I spend most of my work week sitting with people on their hardest days, so weekends are for wandering into galleries with a coffee I didn't need and staring at something beautiful until my brain unclenches. This is the running list I text to friends who ask where to go on a First Friday. Newbury Street gets the postcard version of Boston art, but SoWa and the Fenway have my heart too. Note: MAAM's indoor galleries pause for summer transitions sometimes, so always check before you trek out there.

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Galleries I keep coming back to — 5 items
Name	Neighborhood	Address	City	Known For	Best Day To Go	My take
1Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston	Seaport	25 Harbor Shore Drive	Boston, MA	Contemporary art with a harbor view and a glass box that juts out over the water	Thursday evenings, free admission after 5	I've cried in this building more than once. In a good way! The views alone are worth it.
2Gallery NAGA	Back Bay	67 Newbury Street	Boston, MA	Contemporary painting and studio furniture inside a converted 1875 church chapel	Saturday afternoon	Walking into an actual church to look at paintings never stops feeling a little holy.
3Praise Shadows Art Gallery	Chinatown	129 Kingston Street	Boston, MA	Contemporary work spotlighting underrepresented artists	Opening nights, check their calendar	This one feels like it's actually talking to the city we live in right now, not just hanging pretty things on a wall.
4Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery	South End	551 Tremont Street	Boston, MA	Contemporary and experimental group shows in the old Cyclorama complex	Weekend afternoons	The building alone is worth the visit. Then the art surprises you on top of it.
5Gallery Kayafas	SoWa, South End	450 Harrison Avenue	Boston, MA	Photography-focused exhibitions	Saturday	I'm biased toward photography shows, something about them feels closer to the people I meet at work.