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Goldsholl Faces and Fortune Image

Block Museum explores the trailblazing Chicago design firm that turned advertising upside down

July 3, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Goldsholl light painting

'Up is Down' Exhibition Highlights

July 3, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

'NU Docs' festival runs June 13 to 15 at Block Museum

Third annual ‘NU Docs’ festival showcases innovative MFA film projects

June 6, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Hank Willis Thomas, “Bounce back to normal” (1933/2015). Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Artist Hank Willis Thomas ‘unbrands’ ads to reveal questions about cultural values

April 5, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Northwestern Arts Circle presents 'Arts on Equality,' a full day of multidisciplinary arts programming April 14 from 10 am to 6pm

Arts Circle hosts public ‘Arts on Equality’ celebration April 14

March 7, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Bronze sculpture

Unprecedented study of Picasso's bronzes uncovers new details

February 17, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Picasso painting of woman kneeling

Research team uncovers hidden details in Picasso Blue Period painting

February 17, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Northwestern Artist-in-Residence Jen Bervin will participate in an Artists’ Talk Feb. 21 at the Block Museum.

Visiting artist Jen Bervin weaves interdisciplinary stories across Northwestern

February 13, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

Dittmar Gallery at Norris University Center

Dittmar Gallery accepting submissions for juried exhibition on private art in the age of the internet

February 1, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

The Block Museum of Art

Block Board of Advisors donates $1m to set up endowment

January 11, 2018 – Arts & Humanities

A water color painting of a heart

Four Northwestern faculty members win humanities grants

December 21, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

Block Museum Fellow Talia Shabtay leads an exhibition tour.

Unique fellowship puts interdisciplinary scholar in Block Museum

December 13, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

Waa-Mu Co-Chairs Maxwell Beer, Sarah Ohlson, Andrew Restieri and Kaja Burke-Williams

Tickets for the 87th annual Waa-Mu show on sale now

December 6, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

“Everyday suspects #2” by Sabba Elahi is on view at Dittmar Gallery’s “Drone Stories” exhibit Jan. 11 to Feb. 12 at Northwestern University.

Dittmar exhibit examines war, surveillance and the individual

December 4, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

“Abaporu,”1928 from the exhibition “Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil” at the Art Institute of Chicago. Image: Colección MALBA, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires.

‘Northwestern night at the Art Institute’ set for Nov. 9

November 7, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

Tseng Kwong Chi's 'Mt Rushmore, North Dakota,' from the 'Expeditionary Self-Portrait Series'

Gift of Tseng Kwong Chi artwork to Block Museum honors past provost

October 17, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

“Uprooted 2” by Lisa Goesling is on view at Dittmar Gallery’s “Storylines” exhibit Oct. 20 to Nov. 27.

Dittmar exhibit features nature-inspired scratchboard works

October 6, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

Body illustration

Scientific invention at Museum of Modern Art

October 2, 2017 – Science & Tech

John Rogers' sweat patch on an individual's forearm.

Engineer’s innovation exhibited as art

October 2, 2017 – Health

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Chicago Architecture Biennial

September 29, 2017 – Arts & Humanities

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