Exhibitions

On the occasion of The Block’s 40th anniversary, For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection celebrates prints and printmaking by bringing together a diverse range of artwork from the permanent collection. The exhibition will consider print production through various lenses layering complex histories of reproduction, circulation, collecting, and...

The exhibition reimagines the façade of the museum and an adjacent theater building as the gallery instead, featuring collection works reproduced directly in the windows of the buildings.  Selected works offer visitors a meditation on looking and holding and draws on images that reflect subtle gestures of self-care and self-authorship,...

The Block’s 40th Anniversary celebration culminates with Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block’s Collection, an exhibition inviting visitors to think critically about how artists, artworks, and museums engage with narratives of the past. 

A recent addition to The Block Museum collection, the work investigates the Indigenous histories of Fort Marion, Florida (also known as Castillo de San Marco).

How has art has been used to protest, process, mourn, and memorialize anti-Black violence within the United States? Northwestern’s Block Museum of Art presents an original exhibition exploring how artists have engaged with the reality of anti-Black violence and its accompanying challenges of representation.