What’s inside the Block? It depends on how you look.
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. We do this by activating art’s power as a form of insight, research, and knowledge creation that makes human experience visible and material. Fueled by diverse perspectives and ways of knowing, we create shared encounters with art and with one another to deepen understandings of the world and our place within it.
Through exhibitions, classes, programs, screenings, and initiatives, The Block convenes bold conversations that explore the relevance of art to our lives and that deepen our thinking. We are as committed to exploring what art can do as we are to studying what art is.
Always free and open to all.
Image: Block Museum Student Associates tour The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto, 2023
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Daniel Dobrow, bree gant, Breanna Robinson, Renee Royale, José Taymani — 2025 Master of Fine Arts degree candidates — present their thesis projects and conclude their residencies in the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern University.
This exhibition and the associated events are co-organized by the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice and the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. Support provided by the Norton S. Walbridge Fund; the Myers Foundations; the Jerrold Loebl Fund for the Arts; and the Alsdorf Gallery Endowment.Exhibition Opening Celebration
May 8, 2025, 5PM – 8PM, RSVP
The Block Museum of Art and the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice celebrate the 2025 MFA thesis exhibition, A NEW STATE OF MATTER. Join us for an opening reception in the lobby of the museum and experience the work of artists Daniel Dobrow, bree gant, Breanna Robinson, Renee Royale, and José Taymani. Open to all; we appreciate an RSVP!
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