Diana Stelin Gallery

Diana Stelin Gallery A venue that features underrepresented female voices in sustainability.

More wonderful highlights from Giardini, Palazzo Grassi and Dogana
09/06/2026

More wonderful highlights from Giardini, Palazzo Grassi and Dogana

09/04/2026

I think it’s imperative as an artist, gallerist and instructor to keep seeking inspiration from contemporary art—to stay curious about what artists around the world are exploring and bring that energy back into the studio and classroom.

That’s one reason I love heading to major exhibitions like the Biennale: to witness where contemporary art is moving, what ideas keep resurfacing, and what stops me in my tracks.

I’m a firm believer that art needs to touch you emotionally first, before the conceptual ideas enter the picture. That isn’t always easy to find in today’s increasingly politicized art world—but there are always gems that remind me exactly why I came looking.

Here are a few that stayed with me from the curated Arsenale exhibition, “In Minor Keys,” along with a few of the national pavilions.

DM us for more info and spread the word!Can’t wait for our fall show!
08/21/2026

DM us for more info and spread the word!
Can’t wait for our fall show!

It’s a little surreal to see the many pieces of what I do woven together so thoughtfully in today’s Brookline.News.The a...
08/17/2026

It’s a little surreal to see the many pieces of what I do woven together so thoughtfully in today’s Brookline.News.

The article starts in Venice, where my work is currently part of a satellite exhibition of the Venice Biennale, but what I loved most is that it traces that work all the way back to Brookline — to the kids whose instinctive use of color inspires me, to the community that has grown around our space, and even further back, to the teenager who immigrated here at 13 and found refuge in art.

I talked about why I never wanted to teach children through templates. Why plein-air painting matters. Why learning to trust your own intuition matters. And how a gallery I originally imagined as a traditional exhibition space somehow grew into this much bigger creativity hub of classes, exhibitions, conversations, dinners, music and community.

One line from the interview keeps coming back to me:

“I give people tools and fill their toolbox with different materials and techniques, but then it’s really up to them what they want to do with it.”

That may be the simplest explanation of what I’ve been trying to build all along.

And somehow a little piece of it is now floating in the Venetian lagoon.

Very grateful to Nina Gilbert and Brookline.News for telling the whole story.

https://brookline.news/with-her-work-in-italian-festival-coolidge-corner-artist-diana-stelin-takes-a-bit-of-brookline-abroad/

08/07/2026

What do we forget over the summer and what do good teachers make us remember?

07/29/2026

Some places are like these mirages that feel absolutely surreal- they’re perfect painting subjects! DM if you’re interested in a nostalgic keepsake of a place like this that brings back joy, awe and wonder!

07/16/2026

Why combine an art gallery and an art school?
This was a question the journalist kept asking about this little experiment we have in Coolidge Corner!

Installation at Rio di Terranova Venice lagoon, Burano! Yanet Alatorre
07/13/2026

Installation at Rio di Terranova Venice lagoon, Burano! Yanet Alatorre

07/03/2026

Amazing to be able to highlight my travel sketches this Friday! Already getting some exciting commissions!

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