Praise Shadows Sees New Light in Downtown Boston Gallery

Esther Wang, SAMPAN, March 27, 2026

"In his 1934 book In Praise of Shadows, author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki writes, “Our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows.”


For Yng-Ru Chen, Tanizaki’s words inspired her to establish her art gallery, Praise Shadows. They served as “the basis to form my own thoughts about opportunities for artists,” Chen said. “I recognized the many needs my artist friends had.”


Much as how Tanizaki saw beauty in the shadows, Praise Shadows looked for the opportunities hiding in the shadows of artists’ careers..."

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