2018 Past Events: Block Museum - Northwestern University
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2018 Past Events

Family Storytelling: Tales of Art at the Block

December 1

Every Manner of Humanity: Inside the Exhibition "Break a Rule"

November 29

A Bright Night for the Arts

November 13

See the Light: Inside the Exhibition "Up Is Down"

November 7

Family Storytelling: Tales of Art at the Block

November 3

Politics of the Studio: Race and Design in Mid-Century America

November 1

Ellen Lupton: Design is Art That People Use

October 24

Storytelling Series | Art Design Chicago

October 21

Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System

October 18

Opening Conversation - Break a Rule: Ed Paschke’s Art and Teaching

October 10

Up Is Down Opening Celebration: Hands-On Design Lab

October 6

Opening Celebration - Up Is Down with author Thomas Dyja

October 6

Lynne Cooke - The Debt is Infinite: On Paul Chan and His Outliers

October 3

Paul Chan: Happiness (finally) after 35,000 years of civilization With Curator Michael Metzger

July 18

The Art and Science of Picasso’s Blues

July 11

Branding Quality TV

May 16

I Think We're Alone Now

May 10

Person, Place, Thing:  Conceptualizing Taxonomy at San Nicola, Bari, ca. 1300

May 2

Xandra Ibarra: Dwelling Somewhere In Between

April 27

Dario Robleto & Patrick Feaster: Unlocking Sounds of the Past

April 25

Opening Celebration - Unbranded: Hank Willis Thomas in Conversation

April 14

Portrait in the Making: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at "Paint the Eyes Softer"

April 4

Artist Talk: Işıl Eğrikavuk

March 9

Curating from the Collection: "Blake and the Age of Aquarius"

March 8

Student Talk: Paint the Eyes Softer

March 7

Discussion & Reading: The Garden in Winter

February 28

Artists’ Talk with Jen Bervin

February 21

William Blake Performed: Mad Song

February 20

Performance & Tour: Blake in Performance, Blake at the End of Times

February 7

Artmaking Event: Witness Quilt

January 31

“Facing Objects - Busts of Children and the Case of Simon of Trent”

January 24

Experiments in Form: Rethinking Abstraction and Materiality c. 1970

January 23

Opening Conversation: Behind the Scenes of Roman Egyptian Mummy Portraiture

January 17

Workshop: Blake as Poetic Inspiration

January 11