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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.