The Block Museum is pleased to announce that its Collection Council has selected and supported for acquisition works by Martin Wong and Sammy Baloji. The Collection Council convened virtually throughout the 2024–25 academic year, debating and narrowing down a shortlist of artists nominated by its members and The Block’s curatorial team. Focused on works reflecting […]
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On April 17th, Block Museum Curatorial Coordinator Kirsten Lopez gave the final talk in The Block’s series focusing on objects in the collection that connect to Louise Erdrich’s novel The Night Watchman, the 2024-2025 One Book One Northwestern selection. In her talk, Lopez shared a photograph by photojournalist W. Eugene Smith, taken for his series […]
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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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Despite the current exhibition of her photography at the Block, Bev Grant remains conflicted about being described as an artist. “The artistic eye which informed what I shot and how I framed it belongs to me,” she acknowledges, but “in fact, I took these photos mostly as part of my activism.” On October 9th, to […]
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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University announces “Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72“, an original exhibition drawn from the collection of The Block Museum and Northwestern University Libraries. The exhibition, on view from September 18 to December 1, 2024, showcases the documentary photography of Bev Grant, an American artist whose work […]
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In this guest post, Block Museum 2023-24 Graduate Interdisciplinary Fellow Madison Brown writes about the works on view in her exhibition A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography. A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography presents snapshots from The Block’s collection side-by-side with work by artists who have incorporated family photographs […]
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The Block Museum is excited to announce the purchase of three works for its permanent collection, acquired through its newly formed Collection Council. These acquisitions—which include two works by photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier and one work by photographer An-My Lê—represent the museum’s commitment to acquiring works that activate teaching, learning, and research using The Block’s […]
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Throughout 2022-23, a series of talks consider works from The Block’s collection that reckon with the history of slavery, white supremacy, symbols of nationhood, and social inequity. This online talk was held in connection with 2022–23 One Book One Northwestern (OBON) selection How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across […]
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Through our desire to connect and pride in celebrating who we are, we also develop the skills to face the world, We are better humans when we celebrate one another’s specificities… – Leonard Suryajaya, Block Museum of Art (October 2021) Throughout the Fall of 2022, a special artwork hung in The Block’s collection gallery. The […]
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Throughout 2022-23 a series of talks considers works from the Block’s collection that reckon with the history of slavery, white supremacy, symbols of nationhood, and social inequity. This series is held in connection with 2022–23 One Book One Northwestern selection “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” by Clint Smith. In […]
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