The Renaissance Society

Un livre pour entrer dans les coulisses de l’image 🎬 À l’occasion de son exposition à Lafayette Anticipations et à @rensoc , Diego Marcon publie un livre d’artiste qui prolonge son univers au-delà de l’écran. Pensé comme une archive vivante, l’ouvrage rassemble un ensemble de documents issus de la fabrication de ses films : accessoires, costumes, fragments de décors, objets de tournage, mais aussi dessins préparatoires, modélisations et plans techniques. Autant d’éléments habituellement invisibles, ici révélés comme des œuvres à part entière, qui témoignent de la précision avec laquelle Diego Marcon construit ses récits. À la croisée du cinéma, de la sculpture et de l’installation, ce livre offre une lecture élargie de sa pratique et une autre manière d’entrer dans ses films, par leur matérialité même. — A book offering a glimpse behind the scenes of the image 🎬 To mark his exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations and The Renaissance Society, Diego Marcon is publishing an artist’s book that extends his creative world beyond the screen. Conceived as a living archive, the book brings together a collection of documents from the making of his films: props, costumes, fragments of sets, filming equipment, as well as preparatory drawings, models and technical plans. These elements, usually invisible, are revealed here as works in their own, bearing witness to the precision with which Diego Marcon constructs his narratives. At the crossroads of cinema, sculpture and installation art, this book offers a broader understanding of his practice and a different way of engaging with his films, through their very materiality. ➡️ Faites défiler le carrousel pour feuilleter le livre ! Flip through the book! 📍 En vente · On sale 49€ chez @lalibrairieanticipations et sur le eshop (lien en bio) 🤝 Co-édition @lafayetteanticipations x @rensoc 🖌️ Graphisme : @juliempeeters 🌐 Bilingue anglais-français ___________________⁣⁣ #LafayetteAnticipations ⁠#Book #DiegoMarcon

📚AVAILABLE NOW📚 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘤𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦: 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰 has arrived! If you pre-ordered, you can expect your copy soon. This book, which grows out of McGuire’s 2024 exhibition at the Renaissance Society, tugs at various loops in American culture as the artist turns to iconic figures that keep coming back, such as Abraham Lincoln, vampires, and Frankenstein, and plays with familiar stories of “good men and monsters.” Purchase now in person or on our website at the link in bio. Photos by Robert Chase Heishman for Bob.

PALOMAR Part 1: May 2 – June 7, 2026 Part 2: June 10–July 12, 2026 Join us for our opening celebration on Saturday, May 2nd from 4–7PM, with a curator talk at 4PM. 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘳 is a group exhibition about watching the sky, something that is deceptively simple at first. It unfolds in two parts, featuring twenty-eight artists. As it reflects on different forms of observation in everyday life and in a scientific register, the exhibition gradually spills over into a sense of life that is more layered and complex. Part 1 introduces certain celestial rhythms and cycles, and it draws out experiences of time. Part 2 brings into view evolving relationships with technology and militarization of the skies. It turns out there is a lot at stake in the space above us. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢 & 𝘎𝘶𝘺-𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 P𝘶𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘡𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 1) Sat, May 2, 4–7PM Talk at 4PM between curator Karsten Lund and Steven L. Bridges Exhibition 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 Sun, May 17, 1PM Led by Karsten Lund 𝘚𝘬𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥: Palomar 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 Sun, May 17, 3PM Workshop led by Karsten Lund and Joshi Radin Flores 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵 2) Sat, June 10, 4–7PM Performance at 4PM by Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart Please visit our website for more information. Image: John Opera, 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘺𝘦, 2025.

🎹CONCERT🎹 FÉLICIA ATKINSON FRI, MAY 8, 8PM LOGAN CENTER 9TH FLOOR PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE For Félicia Atkinson, human voices inhabit an ecology alongside many other things that don’t speak in the conventional sense: landscapes, images, books, memories, ideas. The French electro-acoustic composer and visual artist makes music that animates these other possible voices in conversation with her own, collaging field recording, MIDI instrumentation, and snippets of essayistic language. Her layered compositions tell stories that stretch and fold time and place, stories in which she is the narrator but not the protagonist. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰. Tickets and more info at the link in bio. 📸 Félicia Atkinson.

🚽Maurizio Cattelan Edition🚽 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘗𝘠 Edition size: 500 65cm (H) × 51cm (W) 25.59in (H) × 20.08 in (W) Each edition features hand-laid 22-karat gold leaf, signed and numbered. On the occasion of RenBen 2026 a limited edition print by this year’s artist, Maurizio Cattelan, was created in collaboration with @avant.arte in support of the Renaissance Society. Head to the link in bio to enter the draw. Closes 5 May at 5 pm London / 11 am CT. 📸 1: photo by Matthew Reeves/BFA Photography 2: photo by Noah Sheldon

An unprecedented evening in support of the Renaissance Society was realized last week under the artistic direction of artist Maurizio Cattelan and curator Myriam Ben Salah. We extend our endless gratitude to Nate Freeman, Elisa Carollo, and the esteemed journalists whose thoughtful engagement and considered remarks have carried the significance of this occasion across the international art world. RenBen 2026: The Silent Party! raised over $600,000 in support of the Ren’s exhibitions, performance series, concerts and public programs, all of which remain free and open to the public. “There’s something very real happening in Chicago right now… The small but mighty institutional gem is the Renaissance Society, an arts organization founded in 1915 that’s located amid classrooms and lecture halls in an academic building on the University of Chicago’s South Side campus. It’s 14 years older than MoMA, making it the oldest still-going modern art concern in America. For the past three years, it’s held its annual gala during Expo week and tapped a major artist, not as the honoree, but as the conductor of a fundraising orchestra. They’re given a broad palette to turn the night’s proceedings into an artwork of their invention. This year, that job went to Cattelan. No one knew what to expect. Maurizio wanted silence,” says Nate Freeman for Vanity Fair. “Ben Salah is on a remarkable run at the Ren since taking over in 2020. I’ve seen the shows there for three years in a row, and they’ve all been knockouts.” @nfreeman1234 @vanityfair “What a blessing to have silence not just available but imposed at an art event—to finally be able to focus on the experience of the art without the distraction of social interaction. For a writer like myself, who hopes for exactly that condition every time I visit a show, this year’s Renaissance Society gala in Chicago was simply perfect,” remarked Elisa Carollo for the Observer. “Only a provocateur like Cattelan could turn the legendary RenBen gala [...] into its own work of art.” @elisartgal @observer Read the full articles in bio. #renben2026 #mauriziocattelan #myriambensalah #renaissancesociety #expochicago

🤫 Maurizio Cattelan’s 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺! made for a night to remember and a surreal kick off to EXPO Art Week. Thank you to everyone who came to #𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐁𝐞𝐧𝟐𝟎𝟐6: artists, friends, colleagues, supporters and to the many hands behind the scenes who turned the Chicago Athletic Association into a very fun and slightly uncanny maze. For two hours, Maurizio’s awkward social experiment replaced chatter with notebooks, glances, and miscommunication, making the hotel suddenly feel strange and somehow alive. Along the way, Davide Balula’s choreography with Joanne Barrett, Kara Brody, and Zachary Nicol, a roaming room-service midwestern cicchetti imagined by Jason Hammel, and Isabelle Frances McGuire’s animatronic donkey gave the evening some of its most memorable images. The night also featured works, performances, and interventions by Justin “Nordic Thunder” Howard, Isadora Neves Marques, Josh Dihle, Dan Morgan and Allyson Field, Özgür Kar, Cosmic Underground Theater, William Chyr, Peter Wächtler, Ghislaine Leung, Alejandro Cesarco, Max Guy and Shir Ende, Jacob Ryan Reynolds / Terrible Portraits, Fly Club, Divine Em, and Moriah Evans, along with Avant Arte editions that helped carry the night a little further. We raised close to $600,000—funds that go straight to new commissions and free programs at @renaissancesociety all year. Onward. ✨ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥-𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 💚 Board led by Nancy Lerner Frej, and every trustee who keeps saying yes. 💚 Underwriters @sarahdeblasio @goodchaos , @garyfmetzner & Scott Johnson, Gael Neeson, @abbypucker , Richard Wright & @valcarb 💚 Chefs @jasonhammel & @lulacafe with Tristan Floreth for Midwest Cicchetti, pastries by Leonardo Pizano, and Boka Group 💚 In-kind partners: @acquapanna @sanpellegrino_official Fra’Mani, @Franciacorta , Parmigiano Reggiano, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago, Pineider, @schlepdelivers Continued in comments…

🎨RENBEN 2026 EDITION🎨 To commemorate RenBen 2026 we are excited to announce a limited edition print by this year's artist, Maurizio Cattelan, created in collaboration with @avant.arte in support of the Renaissance Society. 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘗𝘠 Edition size: 500 65cm (H) × 51cm (W) Each edition features hand-laid 22-karat gold leaf, signed and numbered. Head to the link in bio to enter the draw. Closes 5 May at 5:00pm UK time. Photo credit: Avant Arte

Eight of the artists in Gertie’s upcoming exhibition Ornament & Information have exhibited or performed at The Renaissance Society in Chicago over the last 35 years. The Renaissance Society, known familiarly as “The Ren,” exemplifies Chicago’s role as a global hub for the arts that champions local and international artists alike. The Renaissance Society, a contemporary art space, was founded in 1915 by a group of University of Chicago faculty, and now operates as a fully independent non-profit organization. Throughout its existence for over a century, it has acted as a platform for bold experimentation, often through newly commissioned art. Visit The Ren in Hyde Park on University of Chicago’s campus during their open hours and follow them @rensoc on Instagram for updates on exhibitions and programming. If you’re in Chicago around EXPO Art Week in Chicago (April 8-12) and want to take it a step further, you can still grab tickets to the RenBen, the Ren’s annual gala and fundraiser, at their link in bio. RenBen 2026 will be conceived and orchestrated by artist Maurizio Cattelan. To see more of these artists’ works, visit Ornament & Information, opening at the Chicago Cultural Center on April 10. Image credits: All images courtesy of The Renaissance Society. 1: Gaylen Gerber, installation view, 1992. 2: Heimo Zobernig videotaping, 1996. 3: Nora Schultz, parrottree — building for bigger than real, installation view, 2014. 4: Josef Strau, Mississippi, in The New World, Application for Turtle Island, 2014. 5: B. Ingrid Olson, Single/Plural, in Klein/Olson, 2017. Image courtesy of the artist and Simone Subal Gallery. 6: Max Guy, installation view, But Tell Me, Is It a Civilized Country?, 2022. Photo by Useful Art Services. 7: Devin T. Mays, Left, Right, Down, Up, Intermissions performance, April 20, 2024. Photo by Ryan Edmund Thiel. 8: Isabelle Frances McGuire, Symbolic Birth Cabin Unit, installation view in Year Zero, 2024. Photo by Bob. 9: Joana Avillez / Illustration Division.

🤫 RENBEN 2026: The Silent Party!🤫 by MAURIZIO CATTELAN WED, APR 8, 2026 7–10PM CHICAGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 🎟️ BUY YOUR TICKET NOW 🎟️ 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘹-𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘰. 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. Invitation by @joanaavillez

💬DISCUSSION💬 SUN, MAR 15, 2PM SPECIAL GUESTS OF THE ARTIST For this informal conversation in the gallery space, Leah Ke Yi Zheng is joined by three people from her close circle: artists 𝗚𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿 and 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗿, and her son 𝗢𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗭𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴. Each of them brings an intimate familiarity with her process and a personal perspective on her work. In an impromptu, unscripted exchange, they surface aspects of Ke Yi Zheng’s exhibition that might not emerge in a formal artist talk. Their conversation mirrors the spirit of the 𝘐 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 itself, which, according to Ke Yi Zheng, reveals the unseen features of life. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘥 & 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘢𝘺-𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘶. 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴. 📸: Photo by Forrest Frederick for Bob.

🎵CONCERT🎵 DOROTHY CARLOS AND ISABEL CRESPO PARDO SAT, MAR 14, 8PM LOGAN CENTER 9TH FLOOR PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE Dorothy Carlos is an experimental cellist and composer working in improvised performance and spatial audio. isabel crespo pardo is an NYC-based vocalist, improviser-composer, and interdisciplinary artist. For this performance, their second collaboration as a duo, they present a new co-created work threading written and found texts to create a series of vignettes. Together, they will use a combination of voices, cello, and electronics to experiment with song form. 𝘊𝘰-𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘰. Tickets and more info at the link in bio. 📸 Slide 1: Dorothy Carlos, photo by Laura Brunisholz. Slide 2: isabel crespo pardo, photo by Jonathan Finlayson.