Chicago’s Renaissance Society Receives $45,000 Ellsworth Kelly Award

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, a nonprofit organization founded in 1963 by John Cage and Jasper Johns, has announced the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago as the 2026 recipient of the Ellsworth Kelly Award. The $45,000 annual grant supports institutional exhibitions for contemporary artists. The museum will use the funds to mount a […]

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