Press
Thrilled to be awarded Best New Gallery by Modern Luxury in Volume 1, 2024!
Raquel Barrios, Time III
“Art and design appreciators can find plenty of inspiration and unique pieces at ALMA Art & Interiors…”
— Block Club Chicago, Shop Local 2023: A Bridgeport, Chinatown, and McKinley Park Gift Guide
“Alice Hargrave’s show at Alma Art and Interiors is a tour de force of heartbreaking ecological devastation. While Hargrave’s past shows have tended to speak to single issues … this exhibition merges works from many of her series into one immersive wake-up call.”
— Susan Aurinko, Newcity
Find us in the artguide of Artforum, September 2023.
Thank you, Modern Luxury, for awarding us with Best New Gallery in Chicago for 2023!
“With compelling exhibitions and a curated selection of art, antiques and more, new gallery and retail space ALMA Art & Interiors is an exciting addition to the city’s design scene.”
— Modern Luxury
“Representing over 60 local artists, this Chicago gallery is sure to have something for everyone and every home. Sculptures, ceramics, paintings, furnishings and more.”
— River North Design District
Luxe Magazine, Nov/Dec 2022, page 74
“In a brilliant partnership, Gosia Korsakowski of Architectural Anarchy and Kimberly Oliva of Oliva Gallery have combined forces to create Alma Art and Interiors.
Located in a soaring loft space in west Bridgeport, this new venture presents large-scale exhibitions that place sculptures and wall art into vignettes with furnishings and accessories. “We show art in a way that people aren’t afraid to come and talk about the pieces,” Korsakowski says. “We set it up like it’s a collector’s home and mix artists together.” The duo’s background makes perfect sense for this venture—Korsakowski specializes in setting up vignettes for designers at trade shows while Oliva runs her own art gallery. After two successful exhibits, the duo is presenting an even more ambitious show this season that not only includes the trademark vignettes and art but will also have special programming”…
— Luxe Magazine
Visualize the Spirit of Your Home: A Conversation with Kimberly Oliva About Alma, Art and Interiors
Bringing contemporary art, antique furniture and modern design under one roof, Alma, Art and Interiors, a collaboration between Kimberly Oliva of Oliva Gallery and Gosia Korsakowski of Architectural Anarchy, reimagines the gallery space to reflect the spirit of the home. Moving away from a traditional gallery setup, the exhibition features staged mixed media vignettes in an effort to “rescue the works from seeming isolated and spiritless,”…
— Newcity
“An interior without art is like a place without soul. We want to create the feeling of people who live there…”
Rather than a traditional gallery setup, the choice to stage mixed media vignettes rescues the works from seeming isolated and spiritless. Furniture and ceramics paired with visual art and vintage lighting produces the effect of a living home.…
— Chicago Gallery News