Current Exhibitions
The Block offers a variety of stimulating exhibitions that explore historical and contemporary themes in art and culture. Drawing from its collections and works from other institutions and private collectors, the Museum curates its own exhibitions—often in collaboration with Northwestern University faculty—and hosts traveling exhibitions from peer institutions.
Fluids: A Happening by Allan Kaprow Reinvented by Art Theory & Practice
1 to 4 pm | 5/21/2012
During three hours, a rectangular structure of ice blocks will be built on the plaza outside the Block Museum. Its walls are unbroken. It is left to melt.
MFA Thesis Exhibition from the Department of Art Theory & Practice
Alsdorf Gallery | 5/4/2012-6/17/2012
This exhibition and its associated events and publications are the culmination of the course of study leading to the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree.
The Immortal Art Project
Ellen Philips Katz and Howard C. Katz Gallery | 5/10/2012-6/17/2012
Members of the Northwestern community contributed their thumbprints in response to the story of an African American woman whose cells, taken without her knowledge, were used in groundbreaking medical research.
Art on Paper: Prints, Drawings and Photographs from the Block Museum
Main Gallery | 5/11/2012-08/26/2012
With compelling works by the likes of Albrecht Dürer, Mary Cassatt, and Ed Paschke, this is the most comprehensive exhibition yet devoted to the Block's permanent collection and its role as a research and teaching tool at Northwestern.
Theo Leffmann: Weaving a Life into Art
Theo Leffmann Gallery | 5/4/2012-8/26/2012
The fiber art of Chicago artist Theo Leffmann evokes the ancient and the exotic, echoing pre-Columbian and non-Western processes and forms with a distinct personal vision.
