Sloane Merrill Gallery

I stumbled upon Sloane Merrill one spring evening taking a walk up Charles Street. On a normal day, this is a lovely spot for some window shopping, but that evening their window had a beautiful, dark piece of urban impressionism from Daniele Cestari and I could see through the window some amazing samples of the same style from Gregory Prestegord’s show «Safe Haven.»
This gallery has a bright, cheerful, simple space of white washed brick. It has just the right feeling for a gallery: low-​key and welcoming but not particularly corporate or fancy. And they have excellent taste in art! Of what I’ve seen over a few visits (and on their website) they tend towards art with good contemporary style that isn’t over the top «modern.» It’s a wonderful blend of realist and contemporary impressionist.
There are some galleries that you go to just for amusement sake, to see what «creative» new materials are considered artistic these days. There are some galleries you go to for the browsing, just to add some color to your day walking around. This gallery is, for me, aspirational. It has exactly the sort of work I’d like to collect some day, and that I’d be happy to devote some precious wall space to!