Exhibitions

Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection

“Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights from NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection” surveys art from three nations where unique and vibrant forms of modernism sprang forth in the 1960s and 1970s.

Terence Gower: Ciudad Moderna

Working in video, sculpture, drawing and photography, New York-based artist Terence Gower (b. British Colombia, 1965) investigates the material and intellectual histories of postwar positivism in art and architecture. The contemporary built environments of 1960s Mexico are the focus of his 2004 video, Ciudad Moderna.

Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s

From the 1950s through the 1980s, painters and sculptors throughout the Arab world explored the challenges and possibilities of abstraction in art. “Taking Shape”, an exhibition of works from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), presents the work of Middle Eastern and North...

While we're at it: 2020 Art Theory and Practice MFA Thesis Exhibition

2020 Master of Fine Arts degree candidates in the Department of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University—present their thesis projects, concluding two years of intensive artistic development. This year's thesis exhibition is accompanied by events, programming and a publication conceived by the MFA candidates.

Sky Hopinka: Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

The Block Museum presents Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer (2019) a two-channel video (13:15 min) by artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka (b. 1984, Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians). 

Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block’s Collection

The Block’s 40th Anniversary celebration culminates with Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block’s Collection, an exhibition inviting visitors to think critically about how artists, artworks, and museums engage with narratives of the past.