RenBen 2024 will be orchestrated by New York-based artist Kevin Beasley, who works in sculpture, sound and performance with deep collaborative ties to other musicians and artists. In this role he carries on our new tradition of artist-conceived benefit events, following in the footsteps of Piero Golia in 2022 and Adam Linder in 2023. Beasley’s RenBen will take place at the beautiful former Church of the Epiphany, at Epiphany Center for the Arts, and feature performances by L’Rain and other special guests, along with dinner by Lula Cafe. This year we also honor Gael Neeson, our long-time supporter and an inspiring advocate for art and artists.

RenBen is the Renaissance Society’s annual gala which raises a significant portion of the museum’s annual budget, enabling new artistic commissions, scholarly discourse, and lasting publications. For the first time, this year’s RenBen is aligned with EXPO ART WEEK.

“Elegantly wrought, at times brassily bombastic, with moments of shimmering magic, humor, and just the right amount of romance, [RenBen 2022] was all those things …” - Andrew Berardini, Artforum

Underwriter

Laura De Ferrari and Marshall B. Front
Gucci
Gael Neeson
Penelope R. Steiner
Richard Wright and Valerie Carberry

Benefactor

Silvia Beltrametti & Jay Krehbiel
Heiji Choy Black & Brian Black
The Laksmi Fund / Mirja Spooner Haffner
Sarah de Blasio
Helyn Goldenberg & Michael Alper & Michelle & Glenn Holland
Nancy Lerner Frej & David Frej
Eric and Cheryl McKissack
Gary Metzner & Scott Johnson with Maya Polsky & Nicolas Bridon
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Abby Pucker
Neil Ross and Lynn Hauser
Joseph Tabet and William Blair
Raven Thomas Abdul-Aleem and Zaid Abdul-Aleem
Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable

Friend

Anonymous
Alexander Gray Associates
Julia and Larry Antonatos
Trissa Babrowski & Sundeep Mullangi
Betsy Beierle
Christine Meleo Bernstein and Armyan Bernstein
Courtney Willis Blair
Barbara and Don Bluhm-Kaul
Suzette Bross
Anonymous
Gay-Young Cho and Christopher Chiu
Christie’s
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Debra Couch and Sanjog Misra
Pamela Echeverría
Marilyn and Larry Fields
Jack Geary & Dolly Bross Geary
Michael and Nada Gray
Madeleine Grynsztejn & Tom Shapiro
Jack & Sandra Guthman
Jana and Bernardo Hees
Anonymous
Mary Ittelson
Karma
Randall Kroszner and David Nelson
kurimanzutto
Luhring-Augustine
Mariane Ibrahim
Maximilian William
Monique Meloche Gallery
John Morace & Tom Kennedy
Valeria Napoleone
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency
Phillips
Hans C. Reiser & Alan S. Taylor
Bob Rennie
Glen Saltzberg & Jordana Joseph
Courtney Sherrer
Zach Smith
Jill Snyder
Susan Lyons
Hunt Tackbary and Mackenzie Madsen
Michael Thompson
UChicago Arts
Vielmetter Los Angeles