Point Blank, Alessandra Norman, Untitled 1, 46 x 23 inches, enamel on MDF
“Point Blank was already attuned to site-specificity and to exhibitions shaped by space, city, and community. Elsewhere’s nontraditional venue and accessibility offered what they described as a “community-oriented and intimate environment” aligned with their curatorial values.”
—Caitlin Kelly-McKenna, White Hot Magazine, June 8th, 2026
Megan Galardi, founder of Elsewhere and Blah Blah Gallery / Photograph by Natalie Cecelia
“Don’t miss exciting out-of-towner displays as well, like Chicago-based Point Blank’s Alessandra Norman”
—Shaunice Ajiwe, Philadelphia Magazine, June 4th 2026
The 13th edition of EXPO Chicago comes to Navy Pier, April 9-12. Credit: Lucy Hewett/CKA, Courtesy of EXPO CHICAGO
“Point Blank’s first show in their new West Town location brings the city’s upcoming summertime frolicking indoors. Each week, a different artist’s playful work will take over the grasslike floor, alongside related weekend programming.”
—Shira Friedman-Parks, Chicago Reader, April 3, 2026
Works by Kate Hassett at Point Blank. Courtesy Point Blank
“Together, the works in “Bodybuilder” probe positionality and meaning-making, bringing full attention to the discomfort of the perverse demands thrust upon the body.”
—Natalie Jenkins, Chicago Reader, September 8, 2025
Alessandra Norman, Spongiformii squarepantsii. MDF, acrylic, and aluminum, 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches. Photo: Francesca Aton.
“The Chicago-based gallery, (…) took advantage of the space well by hanging Untitled, a piece that features a nighttime view of a tree out a window, in front of an actual window, further exaggerating the gap between perception and reality in the built world that is negotiated in Norman’s work.
—Francesca Aton, Impulse magazine, June 12, 2026
Blah Blah Gallery at Elsewhere 2026. Courtesy the gallery and Elsewhere
“Untitled I folded like a curtain over a windowsill with tree branches visible at night. Installed in front of a real sill of the same size, it produced a brilliant trompe l’oeil effect and revealed the full range of the gallery’s ambition.”
—Chenoa Baker, Observer, June 8th, 2026
Art Institute of Chicago
“Point Blank is strictly artists first,” artist and founder Chloe Harthan emphasized. “We hope for anyone who comes in to feel important and validated in their interest.” This ethos of accessibility has empowered strong programming—last April, provocative sculptures by artists Emma Xhaxho and Hephzibah Brown”