Artist: Igshaan Adams (South African, born 1982)Title: Klip Gooi (stone throw) iiiDate: 2021Materials: Wood, glass, gemstone, and semi-precious stone beads, metal charms, metal garden fence, chain, variety of metal wires (copper and brass), polyester and nylon rope.Dimensions: 110.79 x 28.74 x 36.61 inchesCredit: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of James and Anne DeNaut […]
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Artist: Karl Wirsum (American, 1939 – 2021)Title: Dune Not For SakiDate: 1991Medium: Color lithographCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 1996.75 Chicago artist Karl Wirsum’s humorous imagination comes to life in the colorful lithograph Dune Not For Saki, exemplifying Wirsum’s individualization of characters that appear in his artwork. It features a green and turquoise female in a […]
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Artist: Lee Godie (American, 1908‒1994)Title: Figures [Staying Alive]Date: 1993/94Medium: Mixed media on canvasDimensions: 23 x 29 inCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Paul & Pamela Boneham, 2024.26 Figures [Staying Alive], a drawing on canvas by Chicago artist Lee Godie, features two figures: one portrait bust of a woman, and a full standing figure. On […]
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The Block Museum of Art is pleased to announce several acquisitions over the course of 2023, 2024 and 2025 related to the exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland. The acquired works include pieces from the four Woven Being collaborating artists —Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent), Kelly Church (Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi/Ottawa), Nora Moore Lloyd […]
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The Block Museum of Art has acquired Sharp Tongue: Used to Cut Deep (2024), a 70 x 70-inch acrylic painting by Northern Cheyenne artist Jordan Ann Craig in conjunction with the exhibition it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig (January 25-April 13, 2015) Craig’s practice is deeply rooted in […]
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Artist: Seba Calfuqueo (Mapuche, born 1991, Santiago, Chile)Title: Tray Tray KoDate: 2022Medium: Single-channel video, color, soundDuration: 6 minutes, 13 secondsCredit Line: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York, 2024.27 Tray Tray Ko is a six-minute media artwork by Seba Calfuqueo, a […]
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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University proudly announces it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig, the first major solo exhibition in the Midwest region of work by Jordan Ann Craig (Northern Cheyenne). Opening January 25, 2025, this exhibition will feature seven large-scale abstract paintings, all displayed together […]
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On November 13th, The Block Museum of Art was thrilled to welcome artist Cara Romero to Northwestern’s campus. Romero’s visit was a joyful chapter in a months-long collaboration with The Block that began in April, when two of her photographs, TV Indians (2017) and Amber Morningstar (2018), were acquired for The Block’s permanent collection through […]
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The Block Museum is excited to announce the Collection Council’s acquisition of four new works for its permanent collection. These selections—two photographs by Tom Jones and two by Widline Cadet—align with the museum’s new strategic plan, which emphasizes collections-based teaching, interdisciplinary learning, and campus partnerships.
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One Book One Northwestern is an annual university-wide reading initiative that aims to generate a campus-wide conversation centered around a thought-provoking book. The 2024-2025 One Book selection is Louise Edrich’s 2020 novel The Night Watchman. Each year, The Block partners with One Book to select and compile works from the permanent collection that connect to […]
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