Renaissance Society

We are so happy to welcome in-person visitors every Fri-Sun for Haig Aivazian’s solo exhibition All of the Lights, on view through March 21. Book your time-slot @ bit.ly/37lme9g

This year our benefit returns in the form of an artist-centered 24-hour broadcast and a virtual launch party for Renaissance TV, a new online space for the Ren to continue showcasing artists and their projects. It is live NOW at tv.renaissancesociety.org

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We are thrilled to announce the opening of 'Nine Lives,' on view beginning September 12. ⠀ ⠀ With work by eleven artists, including newly commissioned projects, this group exhibition weighs how stories are told,… instagram.com/p/CE5XvMyFvdC/…

For some, a little extra reading has been a part of quarantine life, and so we are periodically posting staff picks from our publishing archive. Here is a recommendation from Emily Schexnayder, our Project… instagram.com/p/CDENBAylJOg/…

"These are images of a circuit between photographer and subject from which the viewer is delicately excluded, relegated to the status of outsider— an outsider granted a generous degree of access, but an outsider… instagram.com/p/CCn3ZgaFDrW/…

THANK YOU to everyone who supported our book and edition sale to benefit Assata's Daughters, #LetUsBreath Collective, and the Brave Space Alliance! Through the generosity of our community we sold over 300 books and… instagram.com/p/CB52rf6F-eY/…

We stand in solidarity with protestors across the country calling for justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others, and demanding an end to police violence and white… instagram.com/p/CA73PFyl1ag/…

The Quarantine Concerts⠀ ⠀ Presented by the Renaissance Society and Experimental Sound Studio⠀ ⠀ Friday, May 22, 7-9 PM CST⠀ ⠀ 7:00-7:30—Theodore Cale Schafer⠀ 7:30-8:00—C. Spencer Yeh⠀ 8:00-9:00—Karl Larson performs… instagram.com/p/CAa6sn_FqI5/…

Join us live this Sunday! ⠀ ⠀ In a performative lecture about knowing/unknowing in response Miho Dohi's work, curator and writer Shannon Stratton will offer a poetic meditation on material, process, and… instagram.com/p/CANrObpFf_V/…

Our audio walk-through of Miho Dohi, led by Karsten Lund, is now online at the link in bio. Swipe through this post for a few highlights! ⠀ ⠀ For wider accessibility, a text transcript is also available on the event… instagram.com/p/B_piMJ4FG2y/…

“From Cobb Hall’s top floor to your home.” Read all about our movement to virtual content in the #uchicagocitizen, the University’s internal newsletter. #therenaissancesociety ##uchicagoarts #mihodohi sites.google.com/uchicago.edu/u…

Read all about our forthcoming title LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruz on page 287. Published by @RenSoc and dirstributed by @UChicagoPress 📚

Myriam Ben Salah,a Paris-based curator and editor, has been appointed executive editor and chief curator of @RenSoc bit.ly/2xR8PqL

We look forward to welcoming Myriam Ben Salah to Chicago this September, when she is appointed our new Executive Director and Chief Curator! Read the full announcement at the link in profile. 🎈 ⠀ Photo by Nicolas… instagram.com/p/B_SNjBZlmS4/…

Now for online viewing, a selection of works by Miho Dohi, co-organized by the Renaissance Society and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University. Pictured: Miho Dohi, Buttai 23, 2013. View… instagram.com/p/B_I96e3FMof/…

In @newcity, Cody Tumblin wrote of Silke Otto-Knapp’s work, "I am reminded of the many elusive ways that painting can invite us into its enigmatic theater.”⠀ ⠀ This is to have been our final weekend of 'In the… instagram.com/p/B-PmrvaFYNx/…

Our gallery space may be closed, but we love sharing our programs virtually and have lots of content online, ready for viewing at home. Looking for more recommendations? Chicago Gallery News put together a roundup… instagram.com/p/B91smlfFeCb/…

The Renaissance Society is temporarily closed to the public effective today. We hope to welcome you back soon! More here: renaissancesociety.org/news/44/corona…

For tonight’s screening, Moving Images, Silke Otto-Knapp has selected a number of films and videos featuring dance works from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s by innovative choreographers and their collaborators. ⠀ ⠀ Scroll… instagram.com/p/B9ZUyd7Fx4_/…