Joseph Scanlan

The Renaissance Society, housed on the campus of the University of Chicago, is "technically a museum and yet entirely experimental". This catalogue stands as a chronicle of The Society's commitment to new art and ideas throughout its first seventy-five years. It is illustrated with photographs of artworks that have been exhibited at The Society, many of which are now housed at places such as the Guggnheim, the Whitney, the Art Institute of Chicago, etc. There are names such as Léger, show more Picabia, Schnabel, Picasso, Mondrian, Golub and Sloan.

A listing of all exhibitions and events in the Society's first 75 years, reading like a history of 20th-century art, is included. show less

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