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Myriam Ben Salah, who became director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago in 2020, has gained recognition for her ability to showcase emerging artists who later achieve significant acclaim. She organized this year’s French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and is known for her international perspective and interdisciplinary approach, having been born in Algeria, raised in Tunisia, and studied theater and philosophy in France. Upcoming projects include a collaboration with Spanish artist Antoni Miralda to recreate one of his New York restaurants from the 1980s at a local establishment.
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Since 2020, Myriam Ben Salah has been the director of the Renaissance Society, an influential art space at the University of Chicago. Under her leadership, the institution has showcased works by emerging artists such as Diane Severin Nguyen, Lydia Ourahmane, and Meriem Bennani, who have since gained significant recognition in the broader art world. Ben Salah's international background—born in Algeria, raised in Tunisia, and educated in France—has informed her curatorial approach, which emphasizes interdisciplinary connections between contemporary art and popular culture. This year, she also organized the French Pavilion at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Upcoming exhibitions include a collaboration with Spanish artist Antoni Miralda, featuring a project recreating one of his restaurants from the 1980s in a local Chicago establishment.
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If you want to find the next hot artist, you could do worse than scanning the list of upcoming exhibitions at the Renaissance Society, a small but widely influential art space at the University of Chicago.
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Since Myriam Ben Salah took over as director in 2020, the institution has staged shows by a litany of rising stars who went on to broader art-world acclaim, including Diane Severin Nguyen, Lydia Ourahmane, and Meriem Bennani.
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Ben Salah credits her sharp eye to her international and interdisciplinary background.
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Born in Algeria and raised in Tunisia, she speaks five languages and studied theater and philosophy in France before moving to the U.S.
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This year, she organized the French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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“I'm very interested in the overlap between contemporary art and popular culture or between the avant-garde and the mainstream,” Ben Salah says.
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Upcoming exhibitions include a project with Spanish artist Antoni Miralda to be staged at a local restaurant, recreating the one he ran in New York in the 1980s.
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