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May 28, 2025May 27, 2025, by Andrew Fish

Art Spiel Picks: Boston Exhibitions June 2025

Highlights

*Lucy Kim: Pigment Spells* at Praise Shadows Gallery, Brookline, MA. Photo by Dan Watkins, courtesy of Praise Shadows Gallery

Several wonderful exhibitions are on view in Boston this month and many more are scheduled for the summer, along with artist talks, performances, and events. Boston’s Public Art Triennial kicked off with a ribbon cutting and a party to celebrate the arrival of several new public art installations around the city for art goers to enjoy throughout the summer. The schools are getting ready for summer break but many of their galleries remain open with dynamic shows. Whether you visit the city, the Cape, or the Islands over the next few months, there is always something to see. Here are a few highlights to consider.

April 6, 2022November 2, 2022, by Alexandra Israel

Chellis Baird – Redefining Sculpture

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Macintosh HD:Users:alexandraisrael88:Downloads:ChellisBaird_instudio.jpg — Portrait of Chellis Baird in her studio. Photo courtesy of the artist

Chellis Baird’s work bridges the fine line between painting, sculpture and textile work, which is no easy feat. Baird’s sculptures require that extra layer of attention in order to really take in all the details: bright colors interwoven with gold accents, as well as the hint of foreign materials bulging from underneath. Her current exhibition, The Touch of Red, explores the significance of the color red in Baird’s practice. The color red is Baird’s favorite color, and holds much significance to her. The color conjures a wide range of symbols, feelings and history, including the contrasting emotions of love and pain, as well as symbols such as good luck, war and seduction. For this exhibition, Baird developed a shade of red with local suppliers in New York and Georgia and also developed her first metal and rosin works titled Serpentine and Flirt with the assistance of a foundry in Long Island City. The exhibition is up through April 8^th at the National Arts Club.

February 13, 2022November 2, 2022, by Art Spiel

Barbara Laube: Morning Has Broken at Gold/Scopophilia Montclair

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These works are a way of repairing, an offering and a form of prayer
They are a way of making sense of my life my loves and beliefs
They are about questioning and the acceptance of not knowing
They reflect my inner and outer life

They teach me and I follow

I cut up of old paintings,
the macro has become micro
and past and present have merged

The familial and collective transitioning of the world
Piecing together a loved one’s psyche

Think of them as a cat. I cannot know their mind
I can offer saucers of milk

The work is complete when it has transcended the materials and a new presence is born
They are alive and ever changing

-BL, 2021