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Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

April 19-August 22, 2021

Behold, Be Held

Behold, Be Held uses the facades of The Block, the neighboring Ethel M. Barber Theater, and the building of our community partner Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) as an outdoor gallery.
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April 19 - August 22, 2021Behold, Be Held
May 6-June 21, 2021

A Bruising Gaze on a Faltering Landscape: 2021 Art Theory and Practice MFA Thesis Exhibition

A Bruising Gaze on a Faltering Landscape is the culminating thesis work of Shabtai Pinchevsky and Katherine Simóne Reynolds, candidates of the 2021 MFA degree program in Art, Theory and Practice, Northwestern University.
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May 6 - June 21, 2021A Bruising Gaze on a Faltering Landscape: 2021 Art Theory and Practice MFA Thesis Exhibition

Upcoming Exhibitions

September 21-December 5, 2021

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. 
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September 21 - December 5, 2021Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block’s Collection
September 21-December 5, 2021

Sky Hopinka: Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

A recent addition to The Block Museum collection, the work investigates the Indigenous histories of Fort Marion, Florida (also known as Castillo de San Marco).
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September 21 - December 5, 2021Sky Hopinka: Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer
January 22-July 10, 2022

A Site of Struggle: American Art Against Anti-Black Violence

How has art been used to protest, process, mourn, and memorialize anti-Black violence within the United States? Northwestern’s Block Museum of Art presents an original exhibition exploring how artists have engaged with the reality of anti-Black violence and its accompanying challenges of representation.
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January 22 - July 10, 2022A Site of Struggle: American Art Against Anti-Black Violence
Omar El-Nagdi (Egypt) Untitled,
September 20-December 4, 2022

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

Taking Shape, an exhibition of works from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, tells the story of Middle Eastern and North African artists whose creative vision stretched beyond the boundaries of representation.
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September 20 - December 4, 2022Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s
Robleto
January 23-July 9, 2023

Dario Robleto: The Aorta of an Archivist

American artist Dario Robleto (b. 1972, San Antonio) explores the empathetic nature of technology in the exhibition, The Aorta of an Archivist, a multisensory encounter between art and science.
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January 23 - July 9, 2023Dario Robleto: The Aorta of an Archivist

Past Exhibitions