Nielsen Gallery is a commercial art gallery originally located on Newbury Street in the Back Bay area of Boston, United States. Founded in 1963 by Nina Nielsen and John Baker, the gallery won “Best Show in a Commercial Gallery in the United States,” prizes from the International Association of Art Critics, in 2005Best Art Galleries, https://bestartgalleries.org/place/nielsen-gallery-boston-ma.html and 2009.Artnet News. Jan. 20, 2009, http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews1-20-09.asp
Originally a frame shop that also sold Japanese prints, they began to exhibit paintings in 1973.DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 2002. Painting in Boston, 1950-2000, University of Massachusetts Press. p. 205. During the 46 years that the gallery was open in its original building,Cate McQuaid, "Changes afoot on Newbury Street," The Boston Globe, May 27, 2009, https://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/05/27/changes_afoot_on_newbury_street/Shawn Hill, Jun 14, 2009, “Nielsen Gallery Surprise Inventory Exhibition: Final Show on Boston's Newbury Street, ”http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/06-14-2009_nielsen-gallery-surprise-inventory-exhibition.htmDebbie Hagan, “Why Do We Need Galleries?” Art New England: Contemporary Art and Culture, Sept/Oct. 2015, pp. 40-42. and also in its current online and by-appointment incarnation, it has showcased and supported contemporary American artists, especially those creating experimental and avant-garde work.Newbury Street Art Galleries, http://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/newbury-street-art-galleries.html The gallery's spirit was described by Artdeal Magazine as "the warmest, most intense, most powerful and inspirational art experience north of Manhattan.”“Sand Painting: Nina Nielsen at the Gleason," Artdeal Magazine, Saturday, September 07, 2013. https://artdealmagazine.blogspot.com/2013/09/nielsen-at-gleason-sandstone.htmlPaula Estey, "When The Artist Becomes The Gallery Blog #35" June 27, 2017 http://myemail.constantcontact.com/From-Artist-to-Gallery-Owner--It-s-a-BLOG-.html?soid=1101889359055&aid=sYzglBo8ggY
Artists featured through the gallery have included Jackson Pollock,Nancy Stapen, October 24, 1985 "Pollock's `Psychoanalytic Drawings': Revealing works are on the market, but are they too private for exhibition?" The Christian Science Monitor, https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/1024/lpoll.html Joan Snyder,J. Cohen, 1998. “Joan Snyder," review of exhibit at Nina Nielsen Gallery, Art New England. Dexter Lazenby, Nathalie Miebach, James Cambronne, Albert York, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Jake Berthot, John Walker, Bill Jensen, Anne Harris,Sarah Goodyear, 1998, "Profiles of painter Anne Harris and her photographer husband, Paul D'Amato," Maine News Index – Casco Bay Weekly. 2556. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_cbw/2556 Sedrick Huckaby,Cynthia K. Buccini, Spring 2010. “Big Love,” Bostonia: The Alumni Magazine of Boston University, https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/winter-spring10/huckaby/ Gregory Amenoff,Joe Fig, 2009, Inside the Painter's Studio, Princeton Architectural Press, p. 14.Jennifer Samet, “Beer with a Painter: Gregory Amenoff,” Hyperallergic, January 16, 2016, https://hyperallergic.com/author/jennifer-samet/ and John Lees.M&L collaboration with Nina Nielsen and John Baker, Matter and Light, September 15, 2016, http://www.matterlightfineart.com/2016/09/15/ml-collaboration-with-nina-nielsen-and-john-baker/
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