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Join us this fall! Opening September 17.
September 17-December 14, 2025
Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper
The Block Museum of Art presents an exhibition showcasing newly acquired works from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation through the Frankenthaler Prints Initiative. Highlighting Frankenthaler’s experimental printmaking techniques, the exhibition pairs Frankenthaler's work with lithographs, watercolors, and drawings from artists in dialogue with her artistic methods.
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September 17 - December 14, 2025
Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper
The Living Room at The Block
The Living Room is a drop-in space at The Block Museum that invites students and visitors to gather, reflect, and connect with one artwork in the museum’s collection, rotating each month.
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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University is an engine that drives questioning, experimentation, and collaboration across fields of study, with visual arts at the center....
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“This Woven Being”: Poetry Reading & Panel [Video]
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Collection Spotlight: Lee Godie, “Figures [Staying Alive]”
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Reframe 2.0: NU Athletics and The Block celebrate a vision for community at Northwestern
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Art for Zhegagoynak: A Resource Guide to a Local History
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