Centennial: A History of the Renaissance Society

by Susan M. Bielstein, Bruce Jenkins, Pamela M. Lee, Nina Möntmann, Liesl M. Olson

Overview

This major publication considers the Renaissance Society’s first hundred years. The volume features contributions from Davarian L. Baldwin, Susan Bielstein, Bruce Jenkins, Pamela M. Lee, Nina Möntmann, Liesl Olson, R.H. Quaytman, Anne Rorimer, and Aoibheann Sweeney. It also includes an interview between Susanne Ghez, Solveig Øvstebø, and Hamza Walker, and a comprehensive timeline of the institution’s programming over 100 years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780941548649
Publisher:	Renaissance Society
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Susan M. Bielstein is executive editor for art, architecture, classical studies, and film at the University of Chicago Press and a trustee of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She has lectured widely on publishing issues and has taught graduate and postdoctoral writing workshops at numerous universities.


Hamza Walker became The Brick’s second director after twenty-one years as curator and director of education at the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Walker was the recipient of the 1999 Norton Curatorial Grant, the 2005 Walter Hopps Award for curatorial achievement, and a 2006 Emily Hall Tremaine Award for the exhibition Black Is, Black Ain't. In 2010, Walker was awarded the Ordway Prize as a mid-career curator whose writings and exhibitions have had significant impact on the field of contemporary art. In addition to serving on panels and juries throughout Europe and the United States, he has written for numerous artists' monographs and publications such as Artforum and Parkett.


Solveig Øvstebø was executive director and chief curator of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago from 2013-2020.