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Thrilled to share that “The Soccer Show: A Celebration of the World Cup” is mentioned in Chicago Gallery News. @chigallerynews
Thank you to Ginny Van Alyea @cgn_ginny and Chicago Gallery News for including the exhibition among Chicago’s World Cup–related programming.
⚽ On view through August 22.
Link in bio to read.

#EliseSeigenthalerGallery #chicagogallerynews #worldcup #chicagogallery

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Meet Ginny Van Alyea 📚🎨, a University of Glasgow Study Abroad alum who explored Literary Theory and Photography during her time in Glasgow.

Now publisher of Chicago Gallery News 🖼️, Ginny leads one of the leading guides to the visual arts and cultural community in Chicago. Her work reflects a lifelong passion for literature and the arts, shaped in part by her experience at the University of Glasgow.

In her Alumni Spotlight, Ginny shares what drew her to Glasgow, how the city and the University influenced her creative path, and why that connection has stayed with her ever since ✨

#GlasgowAlumni #UofGGrads #ForeverGlasgow

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Gertie’s “Ornament & Information” convenes a cohort of artists whose practices emerge from and expand a long-standing intellectual exchange between Chicago and Vienna. From modern architecture to mid-century economic thought, the reciprocating influence between these two cities has never been of a one-to-one nature; rather, it is a product of intellectual developments from one city being then synthesized by the other. Works by Chicago-based artists Gaylen Gerber, Max Guy, Devin T. Mays, Isabelle Frances McGuire, B. Ingrid Olson, Micah Schippa Wildfong and Diane Simpson are paired with Vienna-based artists Anna-Sophie Berger, Benjamin Hirte, Miriam Stoney, Valentina Triet and Walter Pichler. Following an exuberant opening last week during EXPO CHICAGO, critics remarked:

“[Gareth Kaye] curates ‘Ornament & Information’, which explores the creative interplay between Chicago and Vienna to make a case for the experimental potential of cities situated at the edges of commercial circuits,” says Camille Bacon for Frieze. “As Gertie’s founder Abby Pucker told me, the free-to-attend exhibition ‘is for anyone who lives and works in these cities and is impacted by the infrastructure around us.’” @camillegbacon @friezeofficial

“Dynamo cultural entrepreneur and patron Abby Pucker has made her annual exhibitions timed with EXPO CHICAGO a staple of the city’s art week,” Elisa Carollo said in the Observer. “[A] reference to both Adolf Loos’s rejection of ornament and the persistence of surface as structure, signal and excess, from the Vienna Secession to Chicago’s Gilded Age and modernist architecture, the show traces parallels visible across history, from developments in modern architecture and supply-side economic theory to the social and aesthetic tendencies that have shaped each city and the artists in them… The show is the second exhibition produced by Pucker’s curatorial platform Gertie, as it completes its transition from a civic cultural agency model to a platform for contemporary art and performance.” @elisartgal @observer

Ornament & Information is on view at the Chicago Cultural Center through July 19. Installation photos: Paul Levack.

#ornamentandinformation

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THANK YOU CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS @chigallerynews FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Want to stay informed of all the art and culture happenings coming up? Grab a copy of CGN at your favorite Bridgeport cultural center.

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What began as a family vacation became an unexpected journey through France’s living cultural landscape. From Hockney at the Fondation Louis Vuitton to Othoniel in Avignon and Invader mosaics tucked along quiet streets, art found @cgn_ginny at every turn — historic, contemporary, monumental, and small.

A reminder that when you travel, the most meaningful encounters often aren’t on a checklist at all.

See the full itinerary on chicagogallerynews.com

#parisart #artinfrance #cgnart #chicagoartcollection #chicagogallerynews #parisitinerary #summerinfrance #midwestart

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Art on the walls, on the plates, and in every detail.

Publisher Ginny Van Alyea steps inside Esmé, where Chef Jenner Tomaska, Katrina Bravo, and artist Lefty Out There transform fine dining into an immersive, philanthropic art experience. With a Michelin announcement days away and a new Apple TV+ series shining a light on the restaurant, Esmé is redefining what a cultural space can be in Chicago.

By our very own @cgn_ginny

Read the full story on CGN.

#chicagogallerynews #cgnart #finediningchicago #esmechicago #chicagorestaurants #michelin2025 #chicagothingstodo #artcollection #midwestartnews #chicagogalleryscene #foodisart

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Cheers !🍾 To the Chicago arts community for showing up to help us celebrate our mission of transforming public school environments into vibrant hubs of creativity where artists and educators work together to help @chipubschools students shine!

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Perfect girls’ weekend in Chatham. Thank you @ash23sn for hosting! Scroll to the end for a karaoke surprise!

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Fall edition 2025
@chigallerynews
Thanks to @cgn_ginny for her amazing job promoting the Chicago Art Scene
Thanks to @susangescheidle for her incredible write up on @rafaeljmiranda very conceptual and complex exhibition about some insularist issues from the Islands history.

Grabaciones para un pais de memoria corta will be on exhibition @elschomburg until September 20th.
Call me for appointments 15 minutes prior to arriving at 787-409-6983 or to schedule an appointment.

Thanks and see you guys at the gallery

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Our covers are a time capsule of the Midwest’s art world — past, present… and soon, the Fall 2025 issue 🍂 Coming soon to your coffee table. #ThrowbackThursday

#cgnart #chicagogallerynews #chicagocontemporaryart #midwestart #galleryscene #chicagothrowback #chicagotimecapsule #midwestartscene

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Fall 2025 is here.

Here’s a sneak peak inside our latest issue:

1. A conversation with artist @jacquelinesurdell on her large-scale work + upcoming show at Secrist | Beach
2. A Hyde Park home filled with Chicago artists’ work
3 & 4. Previews: Theaster Gates @smartmuseum + Íñigo Manglano-Ovalle @depaulartmuseum
5. A family’s art encounters in France by CGN’s Publisher & Editor in Chief @cgn_ginny  
Don’t miss the stories shaping Chicago’s art world—and beyond.

#cgnart #chicagogallerynews #midwestartnews #midwestart #smartmuseum #chicagocollectors #secristchicago #jacquelinesurdell #theastergates #newart2025 #ArtExhibition #ArtInspiration #GalleryLife #ArtMagazine #ArtNews #supportthearts #ArtRoadTrip #artinparis #parisarttour

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This June the Art Institute’s major summer exhibition, Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World, will present the Impressionist’s work in the context of the era and the social circles in which he lived. Caillebotte (1848–1894) is closely associated with his monumental painting of a French street scene on a gray and inclement day, Paris Street; Rainy Day, a work that is the crown jewel of the Art Institute’s permanent collection as well as this exhibition.

The show promises to expand how visitors see the artist’s own life and what inspired him, allowing us to appreciate intimate elements of Caillebotte’s world while also presenting questions about what the artist himself saw and wanted viewers to see in his paintings.

Gloria Groom, Chair and Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, The Art Institute of Chicago took time this spring to give us a preview of what we can expect from Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World.

By @cgn_ginny
Read the full feature on chicagogallerynews.com

#cgnart #chicagogallerynews #artinstitutechicago #gustavecaillebotte #paintinghisworld #newexhibitionschicago #chicagogalleryscene #chicagoartevents #chicagothingstodo #midwestart

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