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Events & Programs

Marie Watt at her sewing circle

Calendar

All events at The Block are free and open to all.

Upcoming Events

Sep173:30 PM
Tours

A Close Look: Igshaan Adams’s Klip Gooi, Stone Throw III

Sep183:00 PM
Conversations

Welcome Reception: Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper

Sep2512:30 PM
Tours

Curator's Talk: Frankenthaler’s World

Sep267 PM
Cinema

THE FOREIGNER and ASCENDING/DESCENDING (Amos Poe/Sandra Binion, 1978)

Oct52:00PM
Tours

Art Talks! The Block Collects and the 2024-2025 Student Acquisition

Oct83:30 PM
Tours

A Close Look: Ken Fandell’s The Sky Above My Home

Oct157 PM
Cinema

WOLFEN (1981) in 35mm

Oct167 PM
Cinema

THE LEOPARD MAN (1943) in 35mm

Oct176:00 PM
Conversations

Exhibition Keynote: Alexander Nemerov on Helen Frankenthaler’s Diversions

Oct192:00PM
Tours

Art Talks! The Living Room

Oct223:30 PM
Tours

Gallery Talk: Each Medium Affects the Other

Oct237 PM
Cinema

TOBACCO EMBERS and SOMETHING LIKE A WAR with guest Deepa Dhanraj

Oct247 PM
Cinema

INVOKING JUSTICE (2011) with filmmaker Deepa Dhanraj

Oct307 PM
Cinema

THE FOOL KILLER (1965) in 16mm

Oct303:00 PM
Tours

Curator Talk: Frankenthaler’s Circle

Nov112:30PM
Tours

Art Talks! Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper

Nov56:00 PM
Artist Talks

Chitra Ganesh in Conversation: Students Shape the Collection

Nov77 PM
Cinema

Threading Images: Films & Expanded Cinema Performance with Christina Nguyen

Nov812 PM
Cinema

2025 Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series

Nov126:00 PM
Artist Talks

Printmaking in Process: Anna Kunz, Soo Shin, and Lane Relyea

Nov137 PM
Cinema

Richard Beymer’s THE INNERVIEW (1973) with film preservationist Ross Lipman

Nov147 PM
Cinema

Reel Politik: PUTNEY SWOPE (1969) with cartoonist Nathan Gelgud

Nov1512:30PM
Tours

Art Talks! The Block Collects and the 2024-2025 Student Acquisition

Nov196:00 PM
Artist Talks

Dyani White Hawk and Caroline Kent in Conversation

Nov217 PM
Cinema

SOLO SUNNY (1980) in 35mm

Dec612:30PM
Tours

Art Talks! Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper