Robert Klein Gallery

My first visit to this gallery was with my Abstract Painting class, and it’s the only gallery we visited on Newbury that is dedicated entirely to photography. Overall, it offers a phenomenal selection of 19^th and 20^th century, as well as contemporary fine art photography, spanning a wide range of «subject» matter. It’s located on the fourth floor of the building, adjacent to a number of other art galleries that are also worth checking out (there are a few on other floors of the building as well, in between hair salons and who knows what else). I am crazy-​obsessed with one photograph in particular here, which is by Chema Madoz and is entitled «Cactus» (2000). It’s of a potted cactus, but the cactus is actually constructed of two stones. (If you go to the website
click on «artists,» and run a search on «Cactus,» it’ll pop up! The gallery’s website is also worth a visit in itself, by the way, and will give you a great idea of what might be on display in the gallery and its related shows.)
If you visit the gallery, snag a copy of «The Art Map Boston» from the table in the hallway on the fourth floor; this will guide you to other galleries in the neighborhood (and also in the South End and South Boston), including Judi Rotenberg and Barbara Krakow.