Press Kits
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Press Releases for 2019
- Unparalleled Collection of Modern Art from India, Iran, and Turkey on view at The Block Museum
- Block Museum announces exhibitions for year of global modernisms
- Block Museum receives major gift of photography by Brett Weston
- The Block Museum announces spring 2019 cinema season
- Block Museum celebrates January 26th opening of “Caravans of Gold”
- Archaeologists gather at Northwestern to share latest discoveries about medieval Saharan Africa
Press Releases for 2018
- Medieval Africa as a Cultural Force is Subject of Major Traveling Exhibition Opening at The Block Museum
- Block Museum of Art Receives $350K in NEH Support for Touring Exhibition “Caravans of Gold”
- Block Museum of Art presents Paul Chan’s Happiness (finally) after 35,000 years of civilization
- Block Museum Explores Legacy of Mid-Century Chicago Design Firm that Turned Advertising Upside Down
- Artist Hank Willis Thomas ‘unbrands’ ads to reveal questions about cultural values
- Visiting artist Jen Bervin weaves interdisciplinary stories across Northwestern
- Block Museum explores Harun Farocki’s poetic and political films
- Block Board of Advisors donates $1m to set up endowment
Press Releases for 2017
- Unique fellowship puts interdisciplinary scholar in Block Museum
- The art and science of Roman-Egyptian mummies explored in Northwestern exhibition
- Gift of Tseng Kwong Chi artwork to Block Museum honors past provost
- Kate Hadley Toftness to oversee Grants Program and Special Projects at the Block Museum of Art
- Susan and Stephen Wilson establish engagement fund at Block Museum of Art
- New gifts to the Block Museum highlighted in fall exhibitions
- Tananbaums endow curator position at Block Museum of Art
- Block Museum to explore ‘William Blake and the Age of Aquarius’
- Performative lectures explore sound, science, and history
- Exhibition and symposium trace colorful legacy of the Wall of Respect
- Block Museum receives major gift of photography by Edward Steichen
- Ground-breaking Charlotte Moorman exhibit makes Euro debut
- Arab Museum of Modern Art Director Will Discuss Role of Artists in Arab Spring
- Themes of protest and dissent unite a season of screenings at the Block Museum
- If You Remember, I'll Remember poses timely questions
- Acclaimed artist Kader Attia to unveil new solo exhibition
Press Releases for 2016
- Groundbreaking African art exhibit earns grant for Block Museum
- 1970s action movie icon and NFL star will speak at Block Museum
- Block Museum Announces Publication of Geof Oppenheimer: Big Boss and the Ecstasy of Pressures
- Tseng Kwong Chi's First Major Retrospective at Block Museum
- Block Museum Receives Major Gift of Contemporary Art
- Block Museum to Celebrate Boundary-Breaking Performance Practices
- Cellist Tomeka Reid to Perform Free Show at Northwestern
- Writing, Moving and Dancing with Simone Forti
Press Releases for 2015
- Block Museum Names New Pick-Laudati Curator of Media Arts
- Block's The Last Supper Raises Questions of Race, Class and Justice
- Block Museum Announces 2016 Exhibition on the 'Topless Cellist'
- Block Museum Unveils Complex Legacy of Kashmiri Art
- Toulouse-Lautrec Prints on View at the Block this Winter
Press Releases for 2014
- Block Museum Presents "Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey"
- Red Decade Exhibit Reflects Future of Block Museum
- Block Museum hosts free Artists’ Congress on Evanston campus May 17
- Block Museum Hosts Three Cutting-Edge Guest Speakers This Winter
Press Releases for 2013
- The Left Front: Radical Art in the “Red Decade,” 1929-1940 and Steichen ǀ Warhol: Picturing Fame
- Block Museum Names First Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs
- Museum names Associate Director of Engagement/Curator of Public Practice
- Block Museum Closing Temporarily
- Drawing the Future and Blacklisted: William Gropper's Capriccios
- Clownflaneur: MFA Thesis Exhibition from the Department of Art Theory & Practice