On April 2, 2026, The Block Museum of Art hosted an online collection talk exploring artworks from the museum’s collection in dialogue with the biography Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline. Led by Curatorial Associate Llewyn Blossfeld and facilitated by Engagement Coordinator and Educator Isabella Ko, the program considered how […]
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Artist: Jason Wesaw (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, born 1974, Kalamazoo, MI; lives in Bangor, MI) Title: Water Carries Memory (mbish) and Water Carries Memory (mnedo)Date: 2025 Medium: Oil pastels and leafing ink on watercolor paper Dimensions: Each 17.5 × 23.5 in Credit: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the artist. […]
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Artist: Jonathan Michael Castillo (American)Title: Immigrant Owned photo seriesDate: 2022Medium: Inkjet printDimensions: 43 × 55.7 cm, eachCredit: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Art and Community Fund purchase, 2025.27 From February 4 to March 8, 2026, a number of works from this series will be on view in The Living Room at The Block Museum of Art. Chicago’s neighborhoods are […]
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Artist: Bruce Conner (American, 1933 – 2008)Title: #113Date: 1970Medium: Offset lithograph on paperDimensions: 20 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. Credit: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of The Conner Family Trust, San Francisco, 2025.1.6 From January 5 to February 1, 2026, a number of Bruce Conner’s works will be on view […]
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Artist: Leon Lewandowski (American, 1932 – 2005)Titles: Picture of Cora WardDate: c.1950Medium: Gelatin silver printDimensions: 7 9/16 in x 7 1/2 in inchesCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Steve Nordman, 2017.10.2 Leon Lewandowski (American, 1932– 2005) has been described as a “forgotten street photographer.”1 Indeed, much of Lewandowski’s work did not see the light of […]
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Artist: Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota / American, born 1976, Madison, Wisconsin)Titles: They Gifted (Day) and They Gifted (Night)Date: 2024Medium: Color screenprint on Lanaquarelle watercolor paperDimensions: 58 x 28 ½ inches eachCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Julie and Lawrence Bernstein Family Art Acquisition Fund purchase, 2025.7.1, 2025.7.2 From November […]
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Artist: Soo ShinTitle: Pas de Deux 3.13.24-4 (Pacific Ocean)Date: 2024Medium: Ink, Pacific Ocean water, paperCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase In 2024, Shin began work on Pas de Deux, a series of collaborative and experimental drawings. For these works, she constructed a floating wooden apparatus designed to fit […]
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Artist: Candida Höfer (German, born 1944)Title: Biblioteca do Palácio Nacional de Mafra IV 2006 (Library of the National Palace of Mafra 2006)Date: 2006Medium: Dye coupler print (chromogenic print)Dimensions: 61 × 69 1/4 inCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Ellen Philips Katz, 2025.3.3. Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Ben Brown Fine Arts. In […]
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Artist: Ken Fandell (American, born 1971)Title: The Sky Above My Home (10/7/2002–6/14/2003, Chicago, Illinois)Date: 2003Medium: Inkjet print on paperDimensions: 58 1/4 in x 105 inCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Peter Norton, 2016.4.9 From October 8 to November 9, 2025, Ken Fandell’s photograph The Sky Above My Home (10/7/2002–6/14/2003, Chicago, Illinois) will be […]
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Artist: Dawoud BeyTitle: A Woman and Three ChildrenDate: 1985Medium: Gelatin silver printCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art Northwestern University, gift of Sari and James A. Klein in honor of Lisa Corrin and Peter Erickson, 2014.4.1 Dawoud Bey has spent decades capturing the vibrant narratives of Black American youth through thoughtfully composed photographs that transform everyday moments […]
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