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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University is pleased to partner with Independent Curators International (ICI) to present  Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology on view from January 26 through July 7.

The boost in prize funds comes as the first edition of the Chicago fair since its acquisition by Frieze approaches

Latest news from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Writers Colony.

The uncertain tension between the desire to relate and the actualization of a relationship is the focus of Christopher’s Schneberger’s photography exhibition "Liminal Connections," scheduled for November and December in

Western nations often think of the entire African continent as poor, thanks, in large part, to the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and European colonialism. The truth is, many African countries were wealthy before colonization.

The Last Supper Irrevocable Trust approached Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its partner organization Art Bridges in 2022 to discuss a gift of the artwork, which was finalized in June of this year.

The Block Museum held a virtual talk Thursday on Roland L. Freeman’s photograph “Combing Hair, Amoke Alayoe and Her Children, Silver Spring, Maryland, June 1978,” which explores love, family, identity and grief. These themes parallel those presented in this year’s One Book One Northwestern selection, “Crying in H Mart” by Japanese Breakfast lead singer Michelle...

Through her decade-long collection of more than 500 black-and-white portraits, Métis photographer Rosalie Favell showcases fellow Indigenous artists, detailing a diverse community of painters, dancers, musicians and educators. This fall, about 130 of those portraits have come to the Block Museum of Art.  “It’s very social, when you’re the person who goes into the gallery...

The Block Museum of Art has once again earned accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest recognition for American museums, a feat achieved by only 31 other Illinois museums and 1,080 other American museums out of 33,000 in the nation.  Every 10 years, all museums must undergo a reaccreditation review to maintain their...

This season, speculative futures and collective histories with Faith Ringgold, Candace Hunter, Carlos Cortéz, Remedios Varo, and others.