Press Coverage
2020
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2020
November 16, 2020, Apollo Magazine
Artist Fox Maxy discusses land and Indigenous people in his short films
Rayna Song, November 11, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
Through “Mercy in the Museum” discussion series, Block Museum explores intersections of social justice in art
Melina Chalkia, November 4, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
Review: Caravans of Gold at the National Museum of African Art
Lloyd de Beer, February 4, 2021, London Review of Books
Under wraps: X-rays reveal 1,900-year-old mummy’s secrets
Andre Salles, December 9, 2020, Argon National Lab
Review: What does it mean to come from somewhere? - Films by Fox Maxy (US/Experimental)
Kathleen Sachs, October 31, 2020, Cinefile
Block Museum offers a feminist perspective to Arab histories through film series
Rayna Song, October 28, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
Review: Fatma 75
Chris Shields, October 22, 2020, Screen Slate
Review: Arab Feminist Cinema
Girish Shambu, October 22, 2020, Girish Shambu
Review: Selma Baccar’s FATMA 75 (Tunisia)
Marilyn Ferdinand, October 21, 2020, Cinefile
The Block Campus Art Walk provides a self-guided outdoor opportunity to engage with campus sculptures
Matthew Marth, October 12, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
Review: Rania Stephan’s THE THREE DISAPPEARANCES OF SOAD HOSNI
Kathleen Sachs, October 15, 2020, Cinefile
Review: Heiny Srour’s Leila and the Wolves
Kathleen Sachs, October 2, 2020, Cinefile
Block Museum screened animated film featuring drawings by incarcerated artists
Yonjoo Seo, September 25, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
Review: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Shrin Fozi, October 2020, Speculum
Review: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Anne Haour, January 2020, African Archaeological Review
Review: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time
Steven Gish, October 2019, African Studies Quarterly
‘Caravans of Gold’ app allows global audience to learn about medieval Africa
July 2020, Medievalists.net
Review: Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s
Dina Ramadan, August 4, 2020, CAA Reviews
How will Chicago artists make it through the pandemic? 85 years ago the Feds had an answer. Could it work again?
Christopher Borrelli, July 15, 2020, Chicago Tribune
Review: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa
Mariam Rosser-Owen, July 2020, Burlington Magazine
Art Diary: Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time web app
June 19, 2020, Apollo Magazine
ETHS STEAM students' documentaries premiering online at the Block Museum of Art
June 12, 2020, ETHS News
Almost 50 years later, first Hindi film on queer love makes waves
Avijit Ghosh, May 27, 2020, Times of India
The Block is 40 Years more Critical
Sarah Rosenblum, May 2020, Scene + Heard
India’s first gay film Badnam Basti resurfaces after nearly half a century's hibernation in Berlin archive
Manish Gaekwad, May 29, 2020, Firstpost
African King Mansa Musa Was Even Richer Than Jeff Bezos, Some Say
Dave Roos, May 18, 2020, How Stuff Works
Sound Off: In the Eye of the Beholder
Spring 2020, Northwestern Magazine
Block Museum screens “Badnam Basti,” considered first LGBTQ Indian film
Katie Jahns, May 7, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
Counting for culture: How the census impacts arts funding
Kerry Cardoza, May 5, 2020, Chicago Reader
Block Museum opens digital doors to art engagement online
Zoe Malin, April 19, 2020, Daily Northwestern
Field trip penguins and more: 5 visits to Chicago zoos, museums during the coronavirus pandemic
Steve Johnson, March 31, 2020, Chicago Tribune
One World Through Art: A Review of Modernisms at the Block Museum
Chris Miller, March 13, 2020, New City
5 of the Best Museums and Galleries in Chicago
Paul Stafford March 9, 2020, TravelMag
Terence Gower’s “Ciudad Moderna” Sketches a Vision of Modern Life in Mexico
Marina Resende Santos, March 9, 2020, NewCity
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi: The Interview
Anna Seaman March 4, 2020, Hadara Magazine
‘A real hit parade of work from almost every country in the Arab world’
Raphael Cormack, March 3, 2020, Apollo Magazine
In New York, Arab artists send out a message
Fawaz Turki, February 26, 2020, Gulf News
Review: 'Modernisms' at the Block Museum shows off best of Iranian, Turkish art
Lori Waxman, February 25, 2020, Chicago Tribune
Abstract art in the Arab world explored at Manhattan gallery
Gabe Herman February 20, 2020, amNY
The Alphabet That Can Do Anything
Will Heinrich, February 20, 2020, The New York Times
Block Museum Of Art At Northwestern University Continues ‘Year Of Global Modernisms’ Exhibition Series
Chadd Scott, February 12, 2020, Forbes
Poems in the shape of paintings
Geronimo Cristóbal, February 13, 2020, Geronimo Cristóbal
A ‘Horizon of Infinity’: The Promise of Arab Abstract Art
Heba Elkayal, February 7, 2020, Al-Fanar Media
ArtSeen: Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s
Sahar Khraibani, February 2020, Brooklyn Rail
A Groundbreaking New Survey of Abstract Painting From the Arab World Adds a Vibrant Chapter to Art History
Taylor Dafoe, February 5, 2020, Artnet
NYU Grey Art Gallery Spotlights Pioneers of Arab Art
Faris Bseiso, February 6, 2020, The Hoya, Georgetown University
Twenty Smithsonian Shows to See in 2020
Roger Catlin, February 6, 2020, Smithsonian Magazine
‘Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980s’ Review: A History of Flux and Formation
Lance Esplund, February 4, 2020, Wall Street Journal
Editors Pick: Taking Shape
February 2, 2020, Art in America
The Rec Center: Explore modernism at the Block Museum
Justin Curto, January 30, 2020, North by Northwestern
Unparalleled collection of Modern Art from India, Iran and Turkey on view at The Block Museum
January 23, 2020, Art Daily
The Block brings transgender stories to campus
Aaron Wang, January 23, 2020, The Daily Northwestern
The Mix — Cool things to do and see in Chicago Jan. 16-22
Mary Houlihan, January 15, 2020, Chicago Sun-Times
“Modernisms” displays the rich culture of Asian and Middle Eastern modernist art
Yunkyo Kim,, January 15, 2020, Daily Northwestern
Art Top 5: January 2020
Kerry Cardoza, January 7, 2020, NewCity
Visual art winter preview: 10 shows to look forward to in 2020
Lori Waxman, January 2, 2020, Chicago Tribune