Picturing the Modern Metropolis brings together more than 100 prints, photographs, and drawings from The Block’s collection The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University presents Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block’s Collection, on view September 9 through December 6, 2026. Bringing together more than 100 works focused primarily on the […]
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Funding will advance the museum’s planning for more sustainable collection care and building operations The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University has received a $25,000 grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, established in association with Environment & Culture Partners to catalyze climate action in the visual […]
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Artist: Cara Romero (Chemehuevi / American, born 1977) Title: Amber Morningstar, from the series First American Girl Date: 2022, printed 2024 Medium: Inkjet print, pigment-based Dimensions: 43 1/2 × 39 3/4 in. (110.5 × 101 cm) Credit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 2023–2024 Block Museum Student Associates acquisition, purchase funds provided by Craig Ponzio […]
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The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University has named Ainsley M. Cameron, D.Phil. (Oxon.), as Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, effective September 1, 2026. Cameron joins The Block from the Cincinnati Art Museum, where she most recently served as Director of Curatorial Affairs & Initiatives. As Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, […]
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Artist: Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy, born 1978)Title: Untitled Date: 2023Medium: Unique relief print and embossment with handwoven Wabanaki basket on handmade Dieu Donné paperCredit: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Purchased from Karma Gallery, 2026. 2026.8. Centered on a cream-colored sheet of handmade paper is the blue-gray impression of a woven rectangle. The […]
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This past winter quarter, Block Cinema invited its undergraduate student workers to take on a new kind of assignment: to respond, in their own voices, to films in the Exhausted America series. The series, inspired by the work of Professor Heather Hendershot, gathered films that hold a mirror to moments of national weariness and disillusionment. […]
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Artist: Janaina Tschäpe (German-Brazilian, born 1973)Title: Juju 2 (The Sea and the Mountain) Date: 2004Medium: Dye destruction print (Cibachrome / silver dye bleach print)Dimensions: 42 × 52 × 2 in. (framed)Credit: Gift of Giuseppe Ciardi through Museums Exchange, 2026, Image copyright of the artist. When viewers first encounter Juju 2 (The Sea and the Mountain), […]
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This June, The Block Museum of Art traveled to Iowa City to take part in the annual conference of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG), where two members of our team led sessions exploring how academic museums support teaching, research, and community engagement through art. The AAMG is the leading educational and professional […]
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The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University has acquired and you, all future tense, leak through (2023) by Chicago-based Vietnamese American artist Antonius-Tín Bui through the museum’s annual student-led acquisition program. Selected by the 2025–2026 cohort of Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs), the work joins the museum’s collection as part of […]
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Artist: Hiratsuka Un’ichi 平塚運一 (Japanese, 1895–1997) Title: Stone Bridge, Katsura, Kyoto Date: 1966 Medium: Woodblock print on paper Dimensions: 33 ½ x 25 in. Credit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Van Zelst, 1985.109 As is custom, all Japanese names are listed by family name […]
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