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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Two people examine one of three paintings on the wall of the Block Museum of Art.

Block Museum exhibition ‘Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World’ redefines modernism

October 2, 2022

Two and a half years after its originally scheduled inauguration in spring 2020, “Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s” has arrived at the Block Museum of Art. Students, faculty...

Moumen Smihi talks with Block Museum of Art staff members prior to the screening of two of his films Thursday night. Smihi is in Evanston for the presentation of his films, newly subtitled in English.

Prominent Moroccan director presents films at Block Museum

April 13, 2014

The Block Museum of Art kicked off a two-weekend-long series of film screenings Thursday with the works of a prominent Moroccan director. Moumen Smihi, born in Tangier, has directed and written a number...

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