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

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The Block Museum’s “A Site of Struggle” exhibit displays how artists have engaged with anti-Black violence

March 4, 2022

Content warning: This video contains mentions and imagery of anti-Black violence. Please watch with discretion.  The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern has opened its latest exhibit, “A Site of...

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...

The Block Museum of Art.

The Block Museum of Art unveils its latest exhibition, “A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence”

January 12, 2022

The Block Museum presented its latest exhibit highlighting Black artists’ creations and commentary on anti-Black violence at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting.  Featuring works dating back to...

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...

Gallery visitors look at a piece in “Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded” at The Block Museum of Art. The exhibition opened Saturday and examines the portrayal of African Americans and white women in the media.

‘Unbranded’ exhibition examines race, gender through advertisements

April 18, 2018

A&E For artist Hank Willis Thomas, advertising has always been something of a “second language.” “(Advertising) was something that I could decode and understand at an early age, and I was...

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