Laura Layfer Treitman

COLLECTING IN CUBA

Madeleine Plonsker likes to say that she stepped on a “yellow brick road” and what followed were adventures both far and wide, learning like Dorothy that “there’s no place like home.” In the mid-1970s, Plonsker, who had been the Fashion Director for Elizabeth Arden Chicago and Fashion Consultant at Playboy, opened her first namesake boutique

AWASH in WONDER

Jeanné Sapienza’s interest in art and more specifically, photography and film, began at an early age. Growing up in the Midwest, she was influenced by her large Italian, Irish, and French family. She describes fond memories of “a houseful of cousins, music, drama, love, and life!” One grandmother performed in the theater, and the other

Cho & Tell

Journalist Alina Cho’s reporting has come in all different shapes, sizes, and styles. She has hosted fashion news for CNN, reported on CBS Sunday Morning with a segment on Sting and Trudie Styler’s villa in Italy, regularly takes the stage at The Metropolitan Museum of Art for her designer conversation series, The Atelier with Alina

The Chicago Show Returns

A lessandra Branca and Suzette Bross Bulley are a dynamic duo. They are good friends, longtime next-door neighbors, and occasional collaborators—interiors for Branca, and photography for Bulley. It seemed a natural fit then for the pair to once again join forces, this time for fundraising surrounding The Chicago Show—Antiques & Art & Modern. There will

The Buzz: August 2022

THE ARNIANO PAINTING SCHOOL NEAR SIENA, ITALY “A building site on a barren hill was not what my parents had in mind when they decided to raise a family in Tuscany,” writes author Amber Guinness in the introduction to her recently released first book, A House Party in Tuscany. “Arniano—the derelict farmhouse they bought in

Engaged

The path that Jennifer Armetta, Owner and Director of Chicago’s ENGAGE Projects, took to becoming a gallerist was hardly direct. There were twists and turns, personal and professional, that she credits with leading to her most recent role. “Most of my family members were in the medical field,” shares Armetta, “and, since I always liked

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