The Renaissance Society Receives $100,000 Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Chicago, IL — The Renaissance Society is honored to announce that it has received a $100,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This two-year grant will support the Renaissance Society’s ambitious exhibitions and associated programs, reinforcing its mission to foster innovative and experimental artistic programming. The funding will enable the institution to continue bringing forward-thinking and visionary artistic voices to Chicago.
Founded in 1915, the Renaissance Society has a long history of presenting pioneering exhibitions that have played a significant role in many artists’ careers, including Mike Kelley, Félix González-Torres, Isa Genzken, and Kara Walker, among many others.
About the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts:
Following Andy Warhol’s will, the mission of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is the advancement of the visual arts. The foundation manages an innovative and dynamic grants program while also preserving Warhol’s legacy through creative and responsible licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonné projects. To date, the foundation has given nearly $300 million in cash grants to over 1,000 arts organizations around the country and abroad and has donated 52,786 works of art to 322 institutions worldwide.
For more information, please contact:
Polina Kasian
Associate Director of Development
pkasian@renaissancesociety.org