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

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

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The Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr. Artist Fox Maxy screened three of his short films in an event hosted by the museum.

Block Museum screens “Badnam Basti,” considered first LGBTQ Indian film

May 7, 2020

The Block Museum of Art livestreamed the Hindi film “Badnam Basti” on Thursday, which depicts one of the first LGBTQ relationships in Indian cinematic history and was previously thought to be lost....

A still from “A Family Matter.” The short, along with “LYNDALE,” will film at the Block this Thursday.

The Block brings transgender stories to campus

January 23, 2020

In 2003, Chicago-based artist Oli Rodriguez began documenting his gender transition with a handheld camera, along with his brother’s struggle with depression and anxiety. The filming took place over...

Keep Slim by Vivan Sundaram. The collage of ink and photographs is a part of 114 modernist artworks from Iran, Turkey and India in the forthcoming “Modernism” Block exhibit.

“Modernisms” displays the rich culture of Asian and Middle Eastern modernist art

January 15, 2020

In the 1960s and 70s, Abby Weed Grey traveled through Asia and the Middle East collecting works of modernism, a movement that, even now, is widely perceived as a Western phenomenon. The collection...

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