Wonder

de Nicholas R. Bell

In November 2015, the Renwick Gallery?the first building in the United States designed expressly as an art museum?opened its doors after a major, two-year renovation. To celebrate, we transformed the entire museum into an immersive artwork with our debut exhibition, WONDER. Nine leading contemporary artists?Jennifer Angus, Chakaia Booker, Gabriel Dawe, Tara Donovan, Patrick Dougherty, Janet Echelman, John Grade, Maya Lin, and Leo Villareal?each took over different galleries in the building, creating site-specific installations inspired by the Renwick. Together, these installations turned the building into a larger-than-life work of art. WONDER was organized by Nicholas R. Bell, The Fleur and Charles Bresler Senior Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art.00Exhibition: Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, USA (13.11.2015?10.07.2016).