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An atlas of maritime charts on display at the Block Museum of Art’s “Caravans of Gold,” an exhibit that features small fragments from Medieval Saharan trade routes alongside intact artworks from Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The exhibition recently received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Block Museum exhibit ‘Caravans of Gold’ receives federal grant, largest in museum history

October 18, 2018

A&E “Caravans of Gold,” a Block Museum exhibition that will debut this January, has received a $350,000 grant from National Endowment for the Humanities — the largest the museum has ever acquired....

An X-ray of Pablo Picasso’s “La Miséreuse accroupie” reveals a landscape hidden beneath the surface. Northwestern researchers were part of the NU-ACCESS team that discovered the hidden landscape.

NU researchers discover landscape under Picasso painting

February 18, 2018

Northwestern researchers are part of a team that recently discovered hidden details beneath the surface of Pablo Picasso’s “La Miséreuse accroupie” painting, according to a Saturday news release. The...

Northwestern researchers use novel methods to study ancient artifacts

February 16, 2016

A team of Northwestern researchers led by McCormick Prof. Marc Walton used innovative techniques to study Roman-Egyptian artifacts, revealing the evolution of different painting techniques in the Byzantine...

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