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

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A Black man sits on a bench to the side of a brick wall on which white letters read, “Stop white people from killing us” and “action.” The image is in black and white.

“A Site of Struggle” brings historical context to anti-Black violence

January 30, 2022

Featuring about 65 works of art, Block Museum’s latest exhibit, “A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence” highlights depictions of anti-Black violence from the 1890s to 2013. The...

A grey wall reads “Who Says, Who Show, What Counts: Thinking about History with the The Block’s Collection.” A person walks along the wall, away from the camera. A few frames of artwork are visible in the background.

The Block Museum’s fall exhibition “Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts” questions historical narratives

October 4, 2021

In 1990, artist Louise Lawler released “Who Says, Who Shows, Who Counts,” an exhibit of three wine glasses etched with the titular phrases commenting on exclusion and gatekeeping in the art world.  In...

Still from Sky Hopinka, “Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer”, 2019. Thursday, March 12, 2020 – Sunday, July 12, 2020. G369 and G370, Modern and Contemporary Galleries, Minneapolis Institute of Art. Organized by Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Block Museum receives large grant to plan exhibit made by Indigenous artists

February 4, 2021

Chicago art museums have often failed to reflect the diverse Indigenous community still living in the city, but a new grant hopes to change that. Northwestern’s Block Museum of Art announced it will...

“I got in 1 little graffiti arrest & my mom got scared...but my dad lost it when me & the homey didn't take community service seriously” by Pat Phillips. Each week, a different member of Block selects one artwork from the museum’s collection and guides a discussion on how the artists use different media to communicate themes related to “Just Mercy.”

Through “Mercy in the Museum” discussion series, Block Museum explores intersections of social justice in art

November 4, 2020

The Block Museum of Art is offering a virtual discussions series based on One Book One Northwestern selection “Just Mercy,” exploring themes of justice, racism, inequality, gender and mass incarceration....

One of the sculptures featured on the Block Campus Art Walk, Barbara Hepworth’s Two Forms (Divided Circle)

The Block Campus Art Walk provides a self-guided outdoor opportunity to engage with campus sculptures

October 12, 2020

As the Northwestern and Evanston community’s options for recreation become more constrained by colder weather amid COVID-19, Block Museum of Art’s Campus Art Walk provides an accessible and safe way...

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