What stands out to you? What do you wonder? The Block Museum Student Associates spent Fall 2021 considering works in…
A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence debuts at the Block Museum of Art, Jan. 26-July 10, 2022
Five years in the planning, new exhibition stakes a claim on the power of the visual to make change Originating at…
Channeling Indigenous Histories: Sky Hopinka in Conversation [Video]
The multidimensional work of artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) employs video, photography, music, and poetry as different pathways…
Meet our 2021-2022 Intern: Madie Giaconia
The Block Museum is proud to continue its paid internship program by welcoming Madie Giaconia for the FY21-22 year. As part…
“We celebrate one another’s specificities”: Leonard Suryajaya in conversation [Video]
As part of the Block Museum’s Student Acquisition initiative, Northwestern students in the 2020-2021 Block Museum Student Associates program selected…
Collection Talk: W. Eugene Smith “Robert Slocombe, Monsanto Chemical Co” (1953) [Video]
Throughout 2020-21 The Block Museum is reflecting on artworks from the collection that explore ideas of excess, consumption, and the…
The Block celebrates outgoing Board of Advisors Chair Christine O. Robb, welcomes new leadership
During its September 2021 meeting, The Block Museum of Art Board of Advisors celebrated the extraordinary service and leadership of…
The Joy and Chaos of Collectivity: Penny Allen in Conversation
In November 2021, Block Cinema screened Property (1978) by filmmaker Penny Allen. In Property, Penny Allen turns her lens to…
Meet Block Museum Fellow Sarah Dwider
In September 2021 the Block Museum welcomed Sarah Dwider as a 2021-2022 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered…
Now Available: Teaching “The Story of More” Through the Block’s Collection [PDF]
In The Story of More, the 2021–22 One Book One Northwestern selection, author Hope Jahren implores us to join the…