The Block Museum of Art
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Current Exhibition

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    Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

    January 25 – July 13, 2025
  • A New State of Matter: 2025 Art Theory & Practice MFA Thesis Exhibition

    May 9 – June 22, 2025

One Book One Northwestern - Online Exhibitions

  • The Night Watchman

    Ongoing
  • Crying in H Mart

    Ongoing
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    How the Word is Passed

    Ongoing
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    The Story of More

    Ongoing
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    Just Mercy

    Ongoing

Discover The Block

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    What's Inside The Block?

  • Block Museum Student Associates

  • Northwestern students consider collection works

    The Block Collection

  • Block Cinema

Guided Walking Tour

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    Campus Art Walk

    Ongoing

The Block Publishing Program

  • The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto

  • A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence

  • Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block’s Collection

  • If You Remember, I'll Remember

  • Portrait of a Child: Historical and Scientific Studies of a Roman Egyptian Mummy

  • Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa

  • Up Is Down: Mid-Century Experiments in Advertising and Film at the Goldsholl Studio

  • William Blake and the Age of Aquarius

Catalyzing Teaching, Learning & Research - Videos

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    Jordan Ann Craig on "Sharp Tongue"

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    Reframe: The Intersection of Art and Athletics

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    Student Associates Reflect on the 2024 Acquisition: Cara Romero

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    Rosalie Favell on reprising "Facing the Camera" with The Block

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    Student Associates Reflect on 2023 Student-led Acquisition: Derrick Woods-Morrow

  • Student Voices: On the Making of Leonard Suryajaya's "Perennial Blossom"

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    Connecting the Fragments of Medieval Africa

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    Outdoor exhibition celebrates the power of community and connection

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    Block Pioneers Augmented Reality in the Gallery

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    Block Museum Equity Sewing Circle with artist Marie Watt

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    Collaborative Case Study: Museum as Catalyst

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    Materiality in Art at The Block

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    Block Museum explores the work of Chicago's original Mad Men

Past Exhibitions

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    it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig

    January 25 – April 13, 2025
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    The Block Collects (2024)

    September 18 – December 1, 2024
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    Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72

    September 18 – December 1, 2024
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    Federico Solmi: The Great Farce

    September 18 – December 1, 2024
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    Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology

    January 26 – July 7, 2024
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    A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography

    March 20 – July 7, 2024
  • Looking 101 (Spring 2024)

    January 26 – April 21, 2024
  • The Block Collects 2023

    January 26 – March 3, 2024
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    Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

    September 20 – December 3, 2023
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    For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection

    September 20 – December 3, 2023
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    The Living Image of Sound: Notes on Jazz and Protest at Northwestern

    March 16 – July 9, 2023
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    The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto

    January 26 – July 9, 2023

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