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Block Cinema at 25: Projecting the Future

Throughout the 2026–27 academic year, The Block Museum of Art will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Block Cinema through a series of screenings, performances, research initiatives, and student-led programs that explore the evolving possibilities of the moving image.
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Block Cinema at 25: Projecting the Future
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September 9-December 6, 2026

Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection

Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection
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September 9 - December 6, 2026Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection

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The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University is an engine that drives questioning, experimentation, and collaboration across fields of study, with visual arts at the center....

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Figure costumed in bulbous sculptural form stands alone in wilderness setting

Collection Spotlight: Janaina Tschäpe, Juju 2 (The Sea and the Mountain), 2004

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Erin Northington poses with industry peers at AAMG conference

Learning Through Looking: The Block at the 2026 AAMG Conference

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Block Student Associates stand in front of works of art at Monique Meloche Gallery

Block Museum Student Associates Select Work by Antonius-Tín Bui as 2025–2026 Student Acquisition

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Woodblock print shows top-down view of bridge spanning water between two points

Collection Spotlight: Hiratsuka Un’ichi, Stone Bridge, Katsura, Kyoto, 1966

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Teresa Montoya speaks to students in Northwestern lecture hall

Teresa Montoya delivers annual Feinberg School of Medicine Carlos Montezuma Lecture on Native Health

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noisy digital video screengrab of bandaged woman's face with slits that suggest smiling expression

Collection Spotlight: Gillian Wearing, Video Still (Homage to the Woman with the Bandaged Face)...

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Exterior view of Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

At, Through, & Back At You: Student Reflections on The Art of Encounter Symposium at Raclin...

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digital screen shows 3D render of Shan Goshorn basket

“What Can You See? What Can’t You See?”: Medill Students Test Emerging 3D Technology at The Block

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Four program speakers sit in chairs in front of projected image in Block Auditorium

Diné in Focus Photography Collective: Artist Talk [Video]

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photo of young boy standing with outstretched arm holding miniature house on a string

The Block Museum of Art Announces Gift of Fourteen Photographs by Fazal Sheikh Honoring Henry and Le

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