Gallery NAGA

Gallery NAGA is a contemporary art gallery at 67 Newbury Street, inside Boston’s Church of the Covenant. Its exhibitions focus on painting, with photography, printmaking, sculpture and studio furniture also represented. The compact gallery gives you a chance to see work by artists from Boston and New England while exploring the historic church building. Check the current exhibition before you go, and ask the staff about the artists and pieces on view.

A gallery inside the Church of the Covenant

Gallery NAGA has occupied the Church of the Covenant on Newbury Street since 1977. The church is a neo-Gothic building, now used as a setting for contemporary art. The gallery is on the corner of Newbury Street and Berkeley Street, in Boston’s Back Bay.

Its focus is contemporary painting, including work by artists from Boston and New England. The gallery also represents photographers, printmakers, sculptors and studio furniture designers. Among the painters associated with NAGA is Boston-based Angolan artist Nelson Da Costa.

Painting, photography and studio furniture

The exhibitions change, so the work on view depends on when you visit. Past shows have included abstract paintings by Terry Rose and photographs by multimedia artist Lana Z. Caplan documenting her time in Beijing. The gallery has also presented experimental contemporary work across several media.

Studio furniture is part of NAGA’s programme, alongside more familiar gallery forms such as painting and photography. Artists and furniture makers represented by the gallery include Alice Dinison, Yizhak Elyashiv, Mary Kocol, Peter Scott and Masako Kamiya, as well as Andy Buck, Judy Kensley McKie and Hank Gilpin. Check the current exhibition details to see which artists and works are on view during your visit.