Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Recent News About Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Meet Block Museum Fellow, Evelyn Kreutzer
In September 2018 the Block Museum welcomed Evelyn Kreutzer as a 2018-2019 graduate fellow.
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Flesh of My Flesh: Barry Blinderman and Daniel Berger on David Wojnarowicz
In July 2018 the Block Museum hosted “Films and Videos by David Wojnarowicz and Collaborators” a screening and conversation presented in partnership with Iceberg Projects in conjunction with the exhibition David Wojnarowicz: Flesh of My Flesh. (June 23 – August 4, 2018)
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Block Museum of Art Receives $350K in NEH Support for Touring Exhibition “Caravans of Gold”
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University is the recipient of a major exhibition implementation grant of $350,000 from the National Endowment for Humanities.
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Collection Spotlight: P-049 Formal Language, IRI = 2, 1970, 1979
Scattered with nonsensical, crisp, geometric forms, Manfred Mohr’s plotter drawing, P-049 Formal Language, IRI = 2, 1970, 1979, looks like a cryptograph waiting to be deciphered.
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Read with the Spine: Experiences & Experiments in Northwestern Libraries’ Collections
In March of 2018, the Block Museum and the Northwestern University Library joined together for a special workshop inviting participants to “Read With the Spine.”
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Inside the Art and Science of Picasso’s Blues
Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on a major discovery made by Northwestern scientists, in partnership with the Art Institute of Chicago.
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Meet our 2018 Summer Interns: Brianna Heath and Zoe Detweiler
We are thrilled to welcome two Northwestern University students as curatorial interns into the museum this summer.
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Hank Willis Thomas's Unbranded is a haunting take on American culture
The exhibit brings together about 40 photographs from two of Thomas’ series .
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MARY AND LEIGH BLOCK MUSEUM OF ART: Block Museum of Art Wins Cultural Heritage Media and Technology Awards
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University is pleased to announce the museum is the recipient of two 2018 MUSE Awards from the American Alliance of Museums.