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Sep 07, 2022

Life on the CAPS at the Toronto International Film Festival

Meriem Bennani, Life on the CAPS, installation view at the Renaissance Society, 2022. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.

Meriem Bennani’s Life on the CAPS debuts at the Toronto International Film Festival, on view at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery from September 9 through 18, and presented by the Vega Foundation.

Co-commissioned by the Renaissance Society with Nottingham Contemporary, UK, Life on the CAPS, the final chapter in this film trilogy of the same name, was presented at the Renaissance...

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Sep 02, 2022

Announcing 247, Lead Partner, 2022-23 Program

The Renaissance Society is pleased to announce a new partnership with Milan-based global brand development platform 247, centered around the two organizations’ shared commitment to artists and creatives by giving them the resources, networks, and platforms required to expand their visions and grow their practices.

247 is the lead partner in making the 2022-23 season of ambitious programming...

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Jun 03, 2022

The Renaissance Society will be closed on SAT, JUN 4

Please note that the Renaissance Society will be closed for visiting hours on SAT, JUN 4 due to University of Chicago convocation events. Regular hours will then resume through SUN, JUN 19. Thank you for your understanding.

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Apr 07, 2022

The Ren at EXPO CHICAGO: APRIL 7-10

The Society of Merch & Multiples

The Renaissance Society will participate in EXPO CHICAGO from April 7–10. Join us for a special presentation both honoring the history of our longstanding editions program and celebrating renewed experimentation with editions (and merch) by artists animating the Ren today.

From the archives to now

This selection brings together editions by Ren...

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Apr 05, 2022

EXPO ART WEEK: EXTENDED GALLERY HOURS

As part of EXPO Art Week’s South Side events, the Renaissance Society be open April 5 from 6-8PM for extended viewing of Meriem Bennani’s Life on the CAPS. Curatorial remarks about the exhibition will take place at 7PM in the gallery. No RSVP necessary.

We will also be open for the following extended hours:

Friday, April 8: 10AM–7PM

Saturday, April 9: 10AM–8PM

Sunday, April 10: 10AM–7PM...

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Jan 13, 2022

LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Last Cruze honored as a Top Photobook of 2021

LaToya Ruby Frazier’s monograph, The Last Cruze, featuring her 2019 solo exhibition at the Renaissance Society, was featured among top photobooks for the past year by TIME and MoMA Magazine.

Roxana Marcoci, Senior Curator, Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art writes:

In The Last Cruze, LaToya Ruby Frazier documents the ripple effects caused by General Motors’ decision in...

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Jan 13, 2022

Haig Aivazian: All of the Lights featured in MOUSSE #78

For his project, All of the Lights, an immersive installation made up of a trio of works presented by The Renaissance Society in 2021, Haig Aivazian is featured in MOUSSE Magazine #78, Winter 2022. Animated by research and more casual discoveries, his works track apparatuses of control and the effects of power as they are manifested in extractivism, technology, and subjectivity.

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Jan 03, 2022

Meriem Bennani featured in the New York Times

For her recent animated work, conceived in the early days of the pandemic, Myriam Bennani was featured in the New York Times Style Magazine.

Read the full article, “What Comes Next for an Artist Whose Work Goes Viral?,” here.

Bennani will debut her most ambitious film to date, Life on the CAPS (2021) at the Renaissance Society beginning February 26, 2022. The exhibition is curated by Myriam...

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May 21, 2021

Edition launch: Jill Magid

Jill Magid, 10-penny jig, 2021

We are thrilled to launch a new edition by Jill Magid.

Jill Magid’s 10-penny jig is a companion work to her solo exhibition at the Renaissance Society, Tender: Balance, in which she explores the circulation of pennies against the backdrop of the pandemic. Printed on metallic paper and framed in a custom copper frame, the image depicts a special jig that Magid used for engraving the edges of...

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Dec 03, 2020

Wildcard Editions

Meriem Bennani, Hafida CC Face, 2017

We are pleased to present a curated selection of 13 new editions, commissioned on the occasion of RenBen Wildcard 2020, the 24-hour virtual launch of Renaissance TV, December 4-5, 2020.

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Priced at $150 each, print editions are available through Wednesday, December 9, 2020.

Explore works by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Neil Beloufa, Meriem Bennani, Talia Chetrit, Christelle...

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