With over 6,000 works in The Block Museum collection, there are countless opportunities to ask questions and pursue areas of … More
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Meet Janitza Luna, Undergraduate Research Assistant
The Block Museum is excited to partner with Northwestern’s Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) which funds undergraduate students to work … More
Parsing Puns, Politics and Power: Bailey Pekar reflects on her internship research project
As Block Museum 2020-2021 intern Bailey Pekar completes her research with us she shares more about the work that she … More
Getty Research Institute names Kathleen Bickford Berzock to Scholars Program
The Getty Research Institute (GRI) has announced Block Museum Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, Kathleen Bickford Berzock among 43 scholars … More
Meet Alisa Swindell, Curatorial Research Assistant
In Spring of 2019 The Block was pleased to welcome Alisa Swindell, as a curatorial research assistant focusing on an … More
Meet Block Museum Fellow, Sarah M. Estrela
In September 2018 the Block Museum welcomed Sarah Estrela as a 2018-2019 graduate fellow. Block Museum Graduate Fellowships are offered to two … More
Block Museum Curator Janet Dees Receives Warhol Foundation Curatorial Research Fellowship
The Block Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Janet Dees, The Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of … More
Inside the Art and Science of Picasso’s Blues [Video]
Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on a major discovery made by Northwestern scientists, in partnership with the … More
Apply Now – Read with the Spine: Experiences & Experiments in Northwestern Libraries Collections
Read with the Spine: Experiences & Experiments in Northwestern Libraries Collections Friday, March 2, 1-5pm, Faculty, staff, and students Saturday, … More
First-of-its-kind mummy study reveals clues to girl’s story [Video]
The intact portrait mummy now on view at the Block within the Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman … More