Free Admission Friday from 12:00pm - 6pm at Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago - see INFO below. The Renaissance Society was founded in 1915 by a group of University of Chicago faculty, and our name refers to their intention to create a space in which to foster engagement with new ideas in arts and culture. In the early 20th century the Renaissance Society played a key role in bringing European and other avant-garde practices to Chicago through presentations of Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Fernand Lger, Mies Van Der Rohe, Kthe Kollwitz, and Joseph Cornell, among others. More Info below.