On November 12, 2025, The Block Museum welcomed artists Anna Kunz and Soo Shin and art historian Lane Relyea for Printmaking in Process, an evening shaped by the spirit of experimentation at the heart of Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper. Moderated by exhibition co-curator Stephanie S. E. Lee, the conversation […]
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On October 17, 2025, The Block Museum welcomed art historian and Stanford University professor Alexander Nemerov for an evening keynote reflecting on Helen Frankenthaler’s life and work. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper, the program invited audiences to consider what it means to be present […]
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Each fall, The Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs) begin their year by spending time in the galleries, choosing artworks that capture their curiosity, and writing reflections based solely on observation. In Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper, students found themselves drawn to color, gesture, and emotion, responding to Frankenthaler’s work and […]
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Fall 2025 exhibition debuts transformative Frankenthaler Foundation gift in dialogue with museum collection. This fall, The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University presents Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper, on view September 17–December 14, 2025. The exhibition explores how artists have used printmaking—and works on paper more broadly—as a site […]
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This spring, Corinne Granof, Block Museum Academic Curator and Stephanie S. E. Lee, 2024-25 Art History Graduate Fellow, spent a day at the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in New York, gathering research for the exhibition Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper, opening at The Block in fall 2025. The visit offered insight […]
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The Block Museum of Art is happy to announce that it is one of 10 new recipients of works through the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s Frankenthaler Prints Initiative, an ongoing program for university-affiliated art museums that reflects the foundation’s commitment to supporting undergraduate and graduate education in the visual arts and art history. Each of the […]
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