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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Two geometrical paintings on wall from Jordan Ann Craig’s “Sharp Tongue” series.

Block exhibition ‘it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig’ explores Indigenous histories in keynote conversation

February 28, 2025

The Block Museum of Art hosted Jordan Ann Craig and m.s. RedCherries in conversation with Jordan Poorman Cocker at a keynote speaker event to discuss the exhibition “it takes a long time to stay here:...

Art piece on wall exploring the destructive qualities of fire.

Block exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland highlights Indigenous artists

February 20, 2025

The Block Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, explores the history of art in Chicagoland through Indigenous perspectives. The exhibition holds over 80 works...

The webinar focused on one particular piece within the packet: “Speed-up,” a 1936 lithograph created by American artist Claire Mahl Moore.

Block Museum hosts webinar on artwork connected to One Book One Northwestern

October 17, 2024

The Block Museum of Art hosted a One Book One Northwestern Online Collection Talk on Thursday to connect literary themes in “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich with different forms of artwork. This...

The 50-year celebration of the festival featured films and shorts by female filmmakers and directors.

Block Museum and Gene Siskel Film Center celebrate 50th anniversary of the Films by Women/Chicago ’74 festival

September 29, 2024

When visiting the Gene Siskel Film Center in downtown Chicago two years ago, Michael Metzger, who works at the Block Museum of Art, said he saw a poster in the lobby about the Films by Women/Chicago ’74...

Block Museum Student Associates learn about “Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology,” one of the Block’s Winter Quarter exhibitions that runs between Jan. 26 and July 7.

The Block Museum encourages innovation and contemplation in new Winter Quarter exhibitions

January 28, 2024

With a welcome sign flickering between the words “block” and “look,” the Block Museum of Art reopened for the Winter Quarter on Jan. 26, with three new exhibitions: “Actions for the Earth: Art,...

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