The Block Museum of Art - Annual Report 2023-2024 by Block Museum of Art

2023–2024

ANNUAL REPORT

September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

MISSION & VISION - REVISED 2024 GUIDING QUESTIONS STAFF

STUDENT ASSOCIATES

BOARD OF ADVISORS

PROGRAMS & CINEMA 2023-2024

Cover: Block Student Associates discuss the exh bit on For One and All

(2000) by Sarah Sze

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Throughout the last year, The Block has undertaken a process of self-study and self-reflection to seek a deeper understanding of the value we are providing our stakeholders and of how we might continue to evolve.

What we learned has contributed significantly to a revision of our mission and vision as well as to the strategic goals that will guide our investment of time and resources. As we assessed our work and our contributions to campus and community, we asked the question, “Who are we now?”

This year we are proud to share our revised mission, vision, and guiding questions that reflect a clearer understanding of our purpose. This new framing seeks to foreground our style of collaboration, interdisciplinary connection, experimentation, and questioning and to better articulate the broad impact to which we aspire.

Who are we now?

This reflection has reinforced our belief that art and museums have a vital role to play in fostering dialogue, inspiring inquiry, and building relationships across disciplines and perspectives. The Block exists within a dynamic university setting and an engaged public sphere, where our work connects students, scholars, artists, and our broader communities in meaningful ways. Through this process of self-examination, we reaffirmed our commitment to amplifying many voices, championing innovative approaches, and engaging deeply with the histories and contemporary experiences that shape our world.

The programs we have presented over the past year reflect this commitment. Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera celebrated the individuality and identity of Indigenous artists through portraiture, offering an intimate and powerful testament to presence and representation. Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology invited us to consider the role of art in fostering both individual care and collective responsibility.

Reframe, a collaboration with Northwestern Athletics, underscored how art can serve as a powerful lens for self-reflection, dialogue, and identity. Led by visual artist and former Northwestern student-athlete Dwight White II, this program provided student-athletes, coaches, and staff an opportunity to engage deeply with The Block’s collection, drawing connections between artistic expression and personal growth. Through curated art selections, discussions, and creative responses, Reframe demonstrated how museums can be dynamic spaces for fostering understanding, resilience, and belonging.

This year we were especially proud that exhibitions such as The Block Collects, Looking 101, and For One and All underscored our commitment to using The Block’s collection as a dynamic teaching tool. These exhibitions showcased the richness of our holdings, reinforcing the museum’s role as a space for close looking, critical inquiry, and academic engagement across disciplines. By bringing artworks from the collection to the forefront, we continue to activate new ways of learning and discovery for students, faculty, and the public.

In the coming year, we will continue to advance this vision through a series of exhibitions, programs, and partnerships that reflect our dedication to critical conversations, expansive storytelling, and collaborative exploration. We are deeply grateful for the many individuals who have contributed their insights and perspectives to this effort.

As we move forward, we invite you to join us in shaping the next chapter of The Block’s evolution. Thank you for your continued support and belief in the work we do.

Lisa Graziose Corrin

Ellen Philips Katz Executive Director, The Block Museum of Art

OUR MISSION

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.

OUR VISION

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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 a broad range of 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.

The Block has a sustained impact on its diverse audiences who join us in asking bold questions and who find meaning in ongoing engagement with the museum.

The Block is integral to Northwestern's commitments to academic excellence, dialogue across differences, public discourse, and student sense of belonging.

The Block is considered fundamental to teaching, learning, and research by faculty, students, and staff across all of Northwestern’s twelve schools.

The Block consistently embodies Northwestern values within decision-making, in organizational culture, and in all aspects of its work.

The Block propels the work of academic art museums forward, contributing to their potential, deepening their relevance, and expanding their value.

OUR GUIDING QUESTIONS

How can we activate the possibilities of what art can do?

The Block’s work is fueled by questioning. At the center of who we are as a museum is the insistence on asking questions of our work, our motivations, and our values. These questions guide our work:

Experiencing works of art can open spaces within and between us. Museums are special sites for exploring these spaces The Block convenes bold conversations that explore the relevance of art to our lives and that deepen our thinking about the world, ourselves, and our relationships with one another We are as committed to exploring what art can do as we are to studying what art is

How can we expand the possibilities of what an academic museum might be?

We have, at times, found ourselves constrained by assumptions about what a university art museum is and does Our new mission statement preserves an openness to how we define “ museum ” and how we execute our mission and vision. The Block is more than its gallery walls Through our work within and beyond our building, we nourish inquiry, ideas, and insights

What does it mean to be doing our work now and from here?

We deepen the resonance of our work by making decisions grounded in our time and place. We consider the needs of the current moment and its connections to the past We think about our place in all its richness and complexity within Northwestern; within the context of our region; and as part of the global community. We think about our place on Indigenous lands

How can the way we work be as important as what we produce?

For us, the journey is as important as the destination. Our most transformative efforts result from a museum-wide commitment to dialogue, collaboration, and reflection Shaping our approach to the specific needs of projects and partners, we challenge ourselves to try new ways of working that often yield unexpected insights and outcomes.

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does our work connect diverse fields of study to yield new ways of thinking?

We believe encounters with art and artists can be a catalyst for discoveries that happen at the intersections of academic disciplines. Our work embodies this belief and amplifies Northwestern’s distinct commitment to interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research We are creative in imagining and encouraging collaboration among faculty, students, and staff that connects fields of study and changes the ways in which we think and work

BLOCK STAFF 2023-2024

Lisa Graziose Corrin

The Ellen Philips Katz Executive Director

Kathleen Bickford Berzock

Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs

Lindsay Bosch

Associate Director of Communications, Marketing, and Digital Strategy

Kristina Bottomley

Assistant Director of Collections and Exhibition Management and Senior Registrar

Christiana Castillo Manager of Public Programs

Aaron Chatman Manager of Visitor Services

Ben Creech Film/Video/Audio Technician

Janet Dees

Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

Corinne Granof Academic Curator

Malia Haines-Stewart Associate Film Programmer

Isabella Ko Engagement Coordinator

Mark Leonhart Lead Preparator

Michael Metzger Pick-Laudati Academic Curator for Cinema and Media Arts

Erin Northington

Susan and Stephen Wilson Associate Director, Campus and Community Education and Engagement

Rocio Olasimbo Visitors Services Officer

Elisa Miller Quinlan Director of Development

Essi Rönkkö

Associate Curator of Collections and Academic Programming

Liz Rudnick Assistant Registrar

Joseph Scott Collections and Exhibitions Coordinator

Rita Shorts Business Administrator

Dan Silverstein Associate Director of Collections and Exhibition Management

Jeff Smith

Associate Director of Finance and Business Operations

Warren Smith Visitors Services Officer

James Stauber Visitors Services Officer

Melanie Garcia Sympson Curatorial Coordinator, Collections Information and Digital Interpretation

Vincent Taylor Visitors Services Officer

Kate Hadley Toftness Assistant Director of Advancement and Strategic Initiatives

Beth Welter Executive Assistant to the Director

STUDENT WORKERS

INSTALLATION CREW

2023-24

James Baroz, Matt Byler, Steve Lalik, Cassandra Meek, Izah Ransohoff, John Santoro, Sophie Wallace, and Christine Wallers

VISITORS SERVICES ASSISTANTS

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GROUP TOURS

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29 FREE PUBLIC PROGRAMS

NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS NORTHWESTERN DEPARTMENTS & UNITS

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NORTHWESTERN STAFF AND 181 K-12 STUDENTS & TEACHERS INCLUDING 62 GUEST SPEAKERS

1,247 STUDENTS FOR FROM CLASS VISITS TO STUDY CENTER

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DEPARTMENTS

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STUDENT ASSOCIATES

2023-2024

The Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs) serve as public facilitators, peerto-peer ambassadors for the museum on campus, and in-house student advisors for all levels of museum staff and our Board of Advisors. BMSA students lead tours throughout the museum and engage our broad array of campus and community visitors in dynamic conversations about art and ideas that are relevant to our lives today.

In addition to this public-facing role, Associates serve as key campus ambassadors for The Block and student advisors for all levels of museum staff and leadership, help to shape programming and projects at the museum, and learn more about museum practice through behindthe-scenes insights and experience.

Mayán AlvaradoGoldberg

Cognitive Science and Global Health (2024) "I

Julia Azevedo

Industrial Engineering and Art History (2024)

Solome Bezuneh

Communication Studies and Sociology (2024)

Ethan Bledsoe

Economics and Environmental Science (2026)

Zayn Elmasry

Arabic and History, Science in Human Culture Program (2024) "

Gabrielle Bliss

Chemical Engineering and Data Science (2025)

Madeleine Giaconia

Radio/TV/Film and Art History (2024)

" have always thought of art as the purest form of human expression which gives t great power to teach and br ng peop e together"

Zeki Ülgür Hirsch Art History (2024)

After my first year working at the B ock Ive earned so much about new ways to approach art Giv ng tours to groups who are not necessari y fam liar with art history and being able to get them exc ted about art s an incred ble experience that Im honored to be a part of

Kevin Foley

Gender & Sexuality Studies,

Environmental Policy & Culture and French (2024)

" came to the Block because want to further exp ore the art world namely the ways in wh ch artists make statements about their l ved experiences"

Symone Harris Human Development in Context (2026)

"I felt that The Block was a very special p ace and knew I had to be a part of it"

Ipsita K Art History and Social Policy (2024)

"Im especia ly nterested in how museums like the B ock can reveal often overlooked stories by engaging with so many different perspectives"

Jaharia Knowles

African American Studies and Journalism (2025)

"Im excited to engage in conversations with my peers about art and expand my know edge of artists of co or and nonWestern artistic styles!"

“Our Student Associates inspire us every day with their questions, ideas, energy, and commitment to thinking together with care, generosity, and criticality of the role of art and museums on campus, and in our world today.”

–Erin Northington, Susan and Stephen Wilson Associate Director, Campus and Community Education and Engagement 2023–2024

STUDENT ASSOCIATES

The 2023-24 cohort represents 27 academic departments, including: Cognitive Science, Global Health, Industrial Engineering, Art History, Communication Studies, Sociology, Economics, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Data Science, Arabic, Science in Human Culture, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Environmental Policy & Culture, French, Radio/TV/Film, Human Development in Context, Social Policy, African American Studies, Journalism, Dance, Political Science, Learning Sciences, Data Science, Comparative Literary Studies, and English.

Rowan McCloskey Dance and Political Science (2025)

Nozizwe Msipa Communication Studies (2024)

Meena Sharma Learning Sciences (2025)

Joyce Wang Economics, Data Science, and Film (2024)

Roy Zhu English and Environmental Sciences (2025)

Bobby Yalam Comparative Literary Studies and Economics (2024)

Tamara Ulalisa Journalism and Political Science (2024)

BOARD OF ADVISORS 2023-2024

Stuart H Bohart

Aspen, CO, Appointed 2016, Board of Advisors Co-Chair, Partner and President, FORT Investment Management (WCAS ’89, ’25P)

Cheryl Johnson-Odim

Evanston, IL, Appointed 2020, Board of Advisors Co-Chair, Provost Emerita, Dominican University (WCAS MA ’75, WCAS PhD ’78)

Anu Aggarwal

Chicago, IL, Appointed 2015, Art Collector (SP KSM ’97)

Kim Allen-Niesen

Los Angeles, CA, Appointed 2017, Art Collector (Parent ’16, ’19)

Mary Baglivo

New York, NY, Appointed 2017, Chief Marketing Officer, Pace University, (MDL ’81)

James Belfer

Brooklyn, NY, Appointed 2022, Filmmaker/ Founder & CEO, Cartuna (Comm ’09)

Jessica Bell Brown

Baltimore, MD, Appointed 2022, Curator & Department Head for Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art (WCAS ’09)

Priscilla Vail Caldwell

Brooklyn, NY, Appointed 2016, Curator & Advisor, Vail Caldwell Projects (WCAS ’85)

Lisa G. Corrin

Evanston, IL, Ex-officio, The Ellen Philips Katz Executive Director of The Block Museum

Nicole Druckman

Evanston, IL, Appointed 2013, Grant Writer (WCAS ’92) (SP WCAS ’93)

Kristin Peterson Edwards Irwin Press

Darien, CT, Appointed 2013, Owner, kpeArts; Community Volunteer (WCAS ’92)

Kate Ezra

New Haven, CT, Retired, Yale University Art Gallery (TGS PhD ’83)

James Geier

Chicago, IL, Appointed 2013, Founder/ President, 555 International

Lynn Hauser

Chicago, IL, Appointed 2012, Retired Ophthalmologist (FSM’74 ’76 ’80) (SP FSM’75 ’79 ’80)

Steven P. Henry

New York, NY, Appointed 2018, Senior Director at Paula Cooper Gallery (WCAS ’85)

Rashid Johnson

New York, NY, Appointed 2019, Artist

Susan Johnson

Chicago, IL, Appointed 2023, Director of Research, Schoelkopf Gallery (’25 P)

Ellen Philips Katz

Chicago, IL, Appointed 2012, Retired Professor, Notre Dame University; and co-founder, Press Ganey Associates (WCAS ’59)

Richard M. Rieser, Jr. Northbrook, IL, Appointed 2013, Founder and former CEO, First Oak Brook Bancshares (SP SESP ’70)

Sandra L Riggs

Lake Forest, IL, Appointed 2012, Board Member, The Alumnae of Northwestern University (Comm ’65)

Eden Romick

Los Angeles, CA, Appointed 2023, Art Collector (Comm ’90, ’21 P)

Christine O Robb Winnetka, IL, Appointed 2011, Past Chair, Board of Advisors President and CEO, Artists’ Concepts, Inc. (WCAS ’66, ’93P) (SP WCAS ’66, ’93 P)

Morris E Robinson, Jr. Douglasville, GA, Appointed 2022, Production Manager, Northwestern University Press

New York, NY, Appointed 2005,Trustee, Northwestern University (WCAS ’70)

James A. Klein

Riverwoods, IL, Appointed 2010, President, Acrobat Marketing Company (MDL ’68; 69)

Dianne Loeb

Seattle, WA, Appointed 2014, NU Regent; Community Volunteer (KSM ’80) (SP KSM ’81)

Angela Lustig

Chicago, IL, Appointed 2014, Artist; Former VP/Group Creative Director, Abelson Taylor (SP MDL’67 ’68)

Jean E. Shedd Evanston, IL, Retired NU Associate Provost for Budget, Facilities, and Analysis (KSM ’97)

Diane Solomon New York, NY, Appointed 2012, Art Collector (Parent ’10, ’15)

Lisa Tananbaum New York, NY, Appointed 2015, Art Collector (WCAS ’86)

Martha Tedeschi

Cambridge, MA, Appointed 2017, Director of the Harvard Art Museums (WCAS PhD ’94)

Ken Thompson

Lincolnshire, IL, Appointed 2015, Director of Finance Transformation, PwC (WCAS ’91)

Ethan Bledsoe, B ock Museum Student Associate, leads a talk on work by Jess T Dugan in The Block Collects exhibition

PROGRAMS 2023-2024

Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera – Opening Conversation with Rosalie Favell

September 27 2023

Gallery Talk: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

September 30, 2023

“Crying in H Mart:” Online Collection Talk

October 12 2023

Art Talks! Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

October 14, 2023

Art Talks! The Block Collects 2023

October 14, 2023

Fall 2023 Warnock Lecture: Mapping the Ephemeral

October 18, 2023

Open House Celebration: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

October 21 2023

Art Talks! For One and All October 28 2023

Native Futures: Le’Ana Asher and Lydia Cheshewalla in Conversation

November 1, 2023

Art Talks! The Block Collects 2023

November 11, 2023

Gallery Talk: For One and All November 16, 2023

Art Talks! Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera

December 2, 2023

“Crying in H Mart:” Online Collection Talk

January 18, 2024

Opening Conversation: Actions for the Earth

February 3

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

February 10, 2024

"The Block Collects" Gallery Talk: Elizabeth Vazquez on Laura Aguilar

February 142024

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

February 24 2024

"Actions for the Earth" Gallery Talk with Stephanie Smith

March 2, 2023

Art Talks! Looking 101

March 9, 2024

Eighth Annual Urban Native Education Conference

March 22–23, 2023

"A Little Truth" Gallery Talk: Madison Brown

March 28, 2024

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

April 6 2024

Art Talks! Looking 101

April 14, 2024

Gallery Talk: “Crying in H Mart”

April 18, 2024

Gallery Talk: Looking 101 with Essi Rönkkö

April 20 2024

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

April 21, 2024

Gallery Talk: "Actions for the Earth" with Maddie Brucker

April 27 2024

Art Talks! A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography

April 28, 2024

Opening Celebration: Half & Half

May 2 2024

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

May 4, 2024

Extending Care: A Conversation about Conservation and Futurity

May 8, 2024

Art Talks! A Little Truth: Fact and Fiction in Family Photography

May 11, 2024

Counterinsurgent: Art

Historian T.J. Demos on Cop City, Abolition Ecology, and the Aesthetics of Counterreform

May 15, 2024

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

May 19, 2024

Spring 2024 Warnock: Doorscapes and Guardians of the Underworld

May 22, 2024

“Actions for the Earth” Gallery Talk with Climate Crisis + Media Arts

May 23, 2024

Art Talks! Actions for the Earth

May 25, 2024

Gallery Talk: Actions for the Earth with Risa Puleo

June 6, 2024

Memory of Nature: Talk and Campus Landscape Walk

June 15 2024

CINEMA 2023-2024

Luminous Encounters: Expanded Cinema of Emily Chao and arc September 28 2023

Mexican Animation, American Propaganda, and the Cold War (1952–56)

November 2, 2023

Variations: Projector Performances by Madison Brookshire & Tomonari Nishikawa November 3, 2023

Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin: Artifacts

November 10, 2023

2023 Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation November 18, 2023

ALBORZ, WE CLIMB MOUNTAINS (2023): Screening & Conversation

January 25, 2024

STE. ANNE (2021) with Rhayne Vermette and Inney Prakash

January 31, 2024

"Architecture is a Child of the Sea": Short Films from Prismatic Ground with Inney Prakash and Rhayne Vermette

February 1 2024

ACCESSION (2018) with filmmakers Tamer Hassan and Armand Tufenkian and plant conservationist Jeremie Fant February 8 2024

FAYA DAYI (2021) with filmmaker Jessica Beshir February 9 2024

YEH FREEDOM LIFE (2018) with filmmaker Priya Sen February 15, 2024

A STILL, SMALL VOICE (2023) February 16, 2024

Queer Ecology in Portuguese Cinema: FLORES (2017) & WILL-O-THE-WISP (2022) February 21 2024

STwo Films by Julius-Amédée Laou: THE OLD SORCERESS AND THE VALET (1987) and OPEN-MIC SOLITAIRE (1983) February 22, 2024

AN UNUSUAL SUMMER (2020) February 28 2024

LIQUOR STORE DREAMS (2022) with filmmaker So Yun Um February 29, 2024

DREAMS OF PASSION: The Short Films of Aarin Burch March 1, 2024

ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES (2019) with seed bank researcher Sarah Hollis March 7, 2024

Luther Price: NEW UTOPIA and LIGHT FRACTURE

March 28, 2024

Seed Time: SILENT RUNNING (1972) on 35mm March 29, 2024

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: MY FAVORITE LOVE STORY (2023) April 3, 2024

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: DRIFTING FLOWERS, FLOWING DAYS (2022) April 4, 2024

Guerrilla Television: FOUR MORE YEARS (1972) April 5, 2024

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: SHANKAR'S FAIRIES (2021) April 10, 2024

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: THE COFFIN PAINTER (2021) April 11, 2024

Irreclaimable: Desert(ed) Lives and Labor Time in PostSocialist Central Asia April 17, 2024

LA CHIMERA (2023) April 18, 2024

THE BLACK STALLION (1979) with Professor Jacob Smith April 19, 2024

IN VANDA'S ROOM (2000) with Pedro Costa in person April 24 2024

WHERE DOES YOUR HIDDEN SMILE LIE? + SICILIA! with Pedro Costa in person April 26, 2024

THE HILLS (2023) with Ines Sommer

May 3, 2024

Dancing Flowers and Sprouting Seeds: Films of Botanical Motion

May 9, 2024

Film Talks – A Touring Program of Experimental Cinema (Program 2)

May 10, 2024

To Abolish and To Defend: DWELLING: A MEASURE OF LIFE IN THE ATLANTA FOREST (2023)

May 16, 2024

Seed Time: WILD RELATIVES (2018)

May 17, 2024

ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (2018) May 23, 2024

THE RAPTURE (2023) May 24, 2024

Avant-Garde Apocalypse: THE END (1953, 16mm) and 23RD PSALM BRANCH (1966, 8mm)

May 30, 2024

Cinema in Relation: Yearnings for the Beyond –Documentary Media MFA Showcase

June 5–6, 2024

LAST THINGS (Deborah Stratman, 2023) with short films by Shambhavi Kaul July 19, 2024

Phytograms on 16mm Film Workshop August 23, 2024

THE BLOCK COLLECTS

September 20 - December 3, 2023

Each year, The Block Museum expands its collection to support Northwestern University’s teaching and learning mission. These works become part of a growing resource for students, faculty, and the public activated through classes, research, and exhibitions

This exhibition featured works selected in conversation with the 2022–2023 Block Museum Student Associates (BMSAs), a cross-disciplinary group of undergraduate students who serve as gallery guides, campus ambassadors, and in-house advisors As part of their annual hands-on acquisition project, the BMSAs explored themes of gender in contemporary art

On their recommendation The Block acquired Frederick on Lake Pontchartrain | after Lincoln Beach by Derrick Woods-Morrow. The photograph was shown alongside other works from the museum’s collection that reflect diverse perspectives on gender, identity, and representation.

The exhibition was also on view from January 26 to March 3, 2024.

FOR ONE AND ALL: PRINTS FROM THE BLOCKS COLLECTION

September 20 - December 3, 2023

From its founding, The Block Museum of Art has been recognized for exploring the role of prints and printmaking in visual culture. With their capacity for reproduction and broad circulation, prints have long served as tools for sharing ideas and inspiring change. The Block’s early collecting efforts focused on etchings, lithographs, screenprints, and other printed media.

For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection celebrated the medium’s richness through works spanning centuries and movements. The exhibition explored histories of print production, circulation, and activism showing how artists have used prints to document, persuade, and engage.

Featured works included early modern European prints, Depression-era and activist graphics, and experimental works from U S print workshops many never before exhibited Together, they reflected the collection’s depth and the enduring relevance of printmaking in academic and public contexts Originally shown in Winter 2021, the exhibition was reinstalled in Fall 2023

ROSALIE FAVELL: INDIGENOUS ARTISTS FACING THE CAMERA

September 20 - December 3, 2023

Rosalie Favell’s monumental portrait series celebrates individuality and identity of Indigenous artists View Exhibition Press Coverage

Rosalie Favell (b. 1958) is a photo-based Métis artist from Canada whose work is deeply rooted in her Indigenous heritage Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera presented over 115 black-and-white portraits that powerfully conveyed the broad diversity of Indigenous individuals working in the arts and cultural sectors The exhibition drew from the artist’s monumental archive, Facing the Camera—a collection of more than 500 photographs taken between 2008 and 2018 across North America and Australia— alongside a selection of new portraits highlighting the vibrant community of Indigenous artists based in and around Chicago. Favell’s work served as a living visual history and a critical intervention in expanding the visibility of contemporary Indigenous artists and arts professionals.

To preserve this moment in time: Rosalie Favell in Conversation [Video]

“Home has so many layers”: Le’Ana Asher and Lydia Cheshewalla on Art and Native Futurism [Video]

“An Entirely Different Perspective”: Felipe Gutiérrez on Facing the Camera

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Installation view of Rosalie Favell: Indigenous Art sts Facing the Camera

Rosalie Favell in Residence

The Block was proud to collaborate with Rosalie Favell on an initiative to reprise Facing the Camera with a series created during a May 2023 residency at the Museum As part of the artist's residency, a photography session was generously hosted at the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston. The Block exhibition includes 20 new portraits by the artist featuring Indigenous artists, curators, and arts professionals from Chicagoland. Chicago is home to one of the largest urban Indigenous populations in the US, and confluences among Native and non-Native peoples have generated creative practices and shaped visual arts across generations

Images from Facing the Camera - Chicago Portraits included: Annabelle Broeffle, Audra Simpson, Cherish Parrish, Chris Pappan, Courtney Biggs, Debra Yepa-Pappan, Ji Hae Yepa-Pappan, June Carpenter, Kelly Church, Kim Vigue, Le'Ana Asher, Lois Taylor Biggs, Lydia Cheshewalla, Mark Jourdan, Michaela Marchi, Monica Rickert-Bolter, Nora Moore Lloyd, Ryan Rice, Sharon Hoogstraten, and Vince Romero.

Explore the Portraits in our Collection Database

Watch: Rosalie Favell on reprising “Facing the Camera” at The Block

ACTIONS FOR THE EARTH: ART, CARE & ECOLOGY

January 26 - July 7, 2024

Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that explored how artists use practices of kinship, healing, and reciprocity to foster deeper awareness of our interconnection with the earth. Presented during a time of overlapping global crises from climate change to public health and social inequity the exhibition offered creative strategies for restoration and collective care. Featuring eighteen artists and collectives, the exhibition highlighted works grounded in ecology, science, ancestral knowledge, and speculative futures. Participatory projects invited visitors to engage in meditative, instructional, and site-responsive actions designed to cultivate attention, care, and intimacy with the living world

Artists included: Ackroyd and Harvey, Lhola Amira, Arahmaiani, Sayan Chanda, Hylozoic/Desires, lololol, Ana Mendieta, Zarina Muhammad, Patrina Munuŋgurr, Pauline Oliveros, Yoko Ono, Eric-Paul Riege,Tabita Rezaire, Cecilia Vicuña, Katie West, and Zheng Bo

Art, care and ecology are intertwined in ‘Actions for the Earth’

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Permission to slow down: Interdisciplinary opening conversation [Video]

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A LITTLE TRUTH: FACT AND FICTION IN FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY

March 20 - July 7, 2024

This intimate exhibition, curated by 2023–24 Block Interdisciplinary Fellow Madison Brown, explored the layered meaning of family photographs images that often present idealized versions of ourselves and our relationships. Drawing from The Block’s collection, the exhibition featured personal snapshots and works by contemporary artists who integrate family photography into their practice to uncover the memories, absences, and emotional complexities beneath the surface.

Through visual storytelling, the artists invited viewers to question the relationship between what we see in a photograph and what we know, don’t know, or choose to forget The exhibition asked: How do photographs shape familial memory? What roles do absence, concealment, and imagination play in how we remember? In an era of filters and digital editing, this exhibition offered space for reflection on how photographs mediate personal and collective histories.

Watch Exhibition Video Trailer New City: Snapshots Meet Fine Art: A Review of “A Little Truth

An Unknown Truth, Just Outside the Frame: Madison Brown on A Little Truth

Explore the artworks in our collection database

Learn about the Peter J. Cohen vernacular photograph collection

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LOOKING 101

January 26 - April 21, 2024

This exhibition invited visitors into The Block’s Teaching Gallery to experience a core classroom activity: close looking Most museumgoers spend less than 30 seconds with a work of art, often forming immediate judgments This gallery encouraged visitors to slow down, observe deeply, and reflect on how personal experiences shape interpretation

Deliberately presented without wall labels, the exhibition prioritized direct engagement with the artworks Information and prompts were available via brochures and online, supporting both individual reflection and group conversation.

The exhibition supported Northwestern’s undergraduate curriculum especially first-year seminars by featuring works from The Block’s collection selected in collaboration with faculty across disciplines. Each artwork related to course themes, demonstrating the value of visual analysis across fields of study.

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Essi Rönkkö, Associate Curator of Collections and Academ c Programming , leads a class in Look ng 101

HALF & HALF: 2024 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

May 3 - June 16, 2024

In Spring 2024, Maximiliano Cervantes, Tarik Dobbs, Morisha Moodley, and Jonathan Rosemond—candidates for the Master of Fine Arts degree—presented their thesis projects and concluded their residencies in the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern University. The exhibition marked the culmination of two years of intensive studio work and research and highlighted the artists’ diverse approaches to material, concept, and form. Presented in collaboration between the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice and The Block Museum of Art, the exhibition served as a platform for emerging voices in contemporary art and underscored the university’s commitment to supporting experimental practices and interdisciplinary inquiry.

ONE BOOK ONE NORTHWESTERN: CRYING IN H MART

In conjunction with Crying in H Mart, the 2023–24 One Book One Northwestern selection, The Block Museum presented a curated selection of prints and photographs exploring themes of family, grief, identity, and cultural connection. Inspired by Michelle Zauner’s memoir an intimate reflection on the loss of her mother and her connection to Korean heritage the artworks highlighted shared experiences of growing up, navigating intergenerational relationships, mourning, and moving between cultures

Drawn from The Block’s permanent collection, the selected works served as visual entry points into the book’s themes Accompanying texts offered brief contextual descriptions and suggested connections to Zauner’s writing, while also encouraging viewers to reflect personally and make their own associations.

The presentation invited the Northwestern community and broader public to engage with the memoir through art whether through quiet contemplation or shared conversation and served as a reminder of art’s power to illuminate complex emotional and cultural experiences.

View Works in Collection Database

One Book Talk: Max Kahn, Noah at the Table (1953)

One Book Talk: Roland L. Freeman, Combing Hair, Amoke Alayoe and Her Children, Silver Spring, Maryland, June 1978

REFRAME: ART AND ATHLETICS

Launched in 2022–23, Reframe is an ongoing partnership between The Block Museum and Northwestern Athletics that uses art to spark dialogue around identity, empathy, and belonging Co-developed with former Wildcat and artist Dwight White II, the initiative connects student-athletes, coaches, and staff with The Block’s collection through curated programs and resources In 2023–24, Reframe expanded to include the project’s first facilitated trainings, engaging athletics staff and student-athletes from five teams in reflective sessions around artworks like She’s Mighty, Mighty by Deborah Roberts A February 2024 evening event brought over 100 attendees together at Walter Athletics Center for art-centered storytelling and community building. Honoring Black History Month, the program celebrated Dwight White’s creative contributions and underscored the museum’s role as a campus-wide resource. Reframe continues to bridge athletics and the arts, fostering connection across Northwestern.

NU Athletics and Block Museum partner to “Reframe” art and athletics

Culminating reception for Student Athletes

2023-2024 STUDENT ACQUISITION: CARA ROMERO

In 2023–24, the Block Museum Student Associates selected two photographs by Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) for the museum’s annual student-led acquisition: TV Indians (2017) and Amber Morningstar (2020) Romero’s vivid, cinematic images explore Indigenous identity, media representation, and cultural visibility with nuance and wit This year’s theme “humor as an artistic strategy” prompted students to reflect on how comedy can critique power and shape perception Romero’s work offered a powerful opportunity to consider Indigenous self-representation in contemporary art, challenging stereotypes and prompting critical conversations. The acquisition aligns with The Block’s mission to expand perspectives in the collection and create opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and research.

Read about the Acquisition

“Our students had to consider aspects of their own positionality and their own understanding and relationship to humor This was a challenging theme, but it offered really rich possibilities and a really important space for growth.”

– Erin Northington, Block Museum Susan and Stephen Wilson Associate Director Campus and Community Education and Engagement

Cara Romero (Chemehuev / American, born 1977)

Morn ngstar, from the series First

Cara Romero Chemehuevi / Amer can born 1977)

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHTS

In 2023–2024, The Block Museum’s Collection Spotlight blog series continued to illuminate artworks from the museum’s permanent collection, offering new entry points for reflection, teaching, and engagement. Each post highlights a single artwork, sharing insights into the artist’s practice, historical context, and relevance to contemporary questions. Written by interns, researchers, and staff, the series showcases the breadth of The Block’s holdings while encouraging close looking and interdisciplinary thinking.

“Breathing new life and voice into revolutionary history through rich visual expression, Lawrence packed Haiti’s epic tale into a series of 17 x 11-inch tempera paintings on paper ”

Kachelle Knowles, Old People Drink At The Bar, Young People Drink in The Streets (2024) by

“Knowless empathy for Black men ’ s self-presentation is evident in her careful drawing of the two figures’ hair the only aspect of the drawing not outlined in either black or white Her love for the men who have shaped her life comes through in her detailed attention to the two figures, rendered with very realistic, softly shaded facial features”

“Yaus work reflects Chinese traditions but also embodies a vital international modernist spirit Her work represents the transnational experience of an artist who grew up in China and worked in the US Yaus artwork, which she referred to as her “daughters,” serves as a bridge between the artist’s two worlds and her experiences of immigration”

Bobby Yalam, Curatorial Assistant

Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture (1986)

by Ashleigh Deosaran, 2022–23 Block Curatorial Graduate Fellow

Victoria Yau, Walk at Dusk (2009)

by Corinne Granof Academic Curator

Lowell Nesbitt, Moon Shot (1969)

by Kelsey Carroll, 2023-24 Curatorial Intern

“The artist Lowell Nesbitt (1933–1993) was invited to join the NASA Art Program to document the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969 and the Apollo 13 mission in April 1970 As a NASA artist, Nesbitt joined Norman Rockwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, and others who participated in the program Nesbitt, who was well-known for large-scale, hyperrealistic flower paintings, produced a varied array of works during his two years at NASA, including the Moon Shot print series in 1969”

Vik Muniz, Bacchus Astride a Barrel, after Rubens (2006)

Audrey Bannister, 2023-24 Curatorial Intern

“All the objects used for the composition of Bacchus were gathered from a junkyard in Brazil Specific brands and logos can be found including a Shell brand oil barrel on the right and several Sherman-Williams Kem Tone containers The Baroque art to which Muniz refers is generally associated with excess, further highlighting the theme of consumption Additionally, the vastness of the composition and Bacchuss association with inebriation point to the wild excesses of waste in today’s culture”

2022-23 Block Curatorial Intern Elizabeth Vazquez examines a new acqu s tion.

THE BLOCK’S COLLECTION

In 2023–2024, The Block Museum’s collection was activated in exhibitions, classrooms, public programs, and national collaborations. Artworks sparked conversations about memory, identity, technology, humor, and representation appearing not only on gallery walls, but in coursework, research, and off-site installations. Long-held pieces gained fresh context through new interpretation, while recent acquisitions introduced perspectives that broaden the scope of inquiry Whether through a campus seminar or a riverside banner, the collection supported curiosity and connection This year reaffirmed The Block’s role as a teaching museum—one where art is not just displayed, but continually explored, questioned, and shared

Artwork in Block’s collection featured in LACMA’s “Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age”

Elizabeth Vazquez explores Laura Aguilar’s place in The Block’s collection in gallery talk

Works by LaToya Ruby Frazier and An-My Lê acquired through The Block’s Collection Council

The Block celebrates the opening of Leonard Suryajaya’s “Kin Link” on the Chicago Riverwalk

The Block among national museums to receive works from Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Prints Initiative

Obscuring and Revealing: Janet Dees and Bethany Collins in Conversation at Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture [Video]

Registrar Kristina Bottomley works with a graduate seminar in The Block’s Study Center

TEACHING & RESEARCH

In 2023–2024, The Block Museum deepened its role as a catalyst for academic inquiry and interdisciplinary learning. Collaborating across departments and institutions, the museum invited students to explore how art intersects with urgent questions, from cultural stewardship and medical ethics to accessibility and analog film. Students engaged with objects in the gallery and beyond, through coursework, workshops, and dialogue with staff and visiting experts Programs encouraged reflection on museums’ evolving responsibilities: caring for collections, working with communities, and confronting complex legacies From seminar rooms to projection booths, The Block supported learning that bridged theory and practice Its galleries, collection, and staff served as active extensions of the classroom—and as a vital resource for research, critical thinking, and meaningful connection.

Unlocking History: HBCU Students take part in Getty conservation workshop

Block Cinema draws on knowledge across Chicago for unexpected, David Lynch-inspired film series

Spring Block Museum course invites Northwestern students to reconsider museums’ responsibilities

Palliative care physicians Gordon Wood and Joshua Hauser on teaching with The Block

The Block Museum and NU Libraries partner to improve research access to Northwestern’s art collection

Student Associates engage the public at AIC Partner Fest

Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Assoc ate Director of Curatorial Affairs eads an undergraduate class on “Museums and Respons bility“

NEWS AND BEST PRACTICES

In 2023–2024, The Block Museum strengthened its role as a leader in shaping museum practices grounded in care, accountability, and collaboration. The museum contributed to national and international conversations around cultural stewardship, from advancing the visibility of African collections to rethinking institutional approaches to Indigenous partnership Block staff shared expertise at professional convenings and contributed to dialogue on ethical collections care and global exchange The museum received renewed accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, affirming its commitment to excellence Major grant support reflected recognition of The Block’s curatorial vision and impact. Through this work, The Block affirmed its dedication to evolving museum practice with transparency, critical reflection, and a focus on building relationships.

The Block Awarded ReAccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums

The Block co-presents convening on Indigenous practices in museums

Registrar Kristina Bottomley discusses African partnerships at ARCS Conference

Block exhibition “Woven Being” named among Warhol Foundation grant recipients

Kathleen Berzock co-chairs working group seeking to improve visibility of African objects in US museums

The National Endowment for the Arts announces $70K in funding for “Woven Being” exhibition

Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Assoc ate Director of Curatorial Affairs.

BLOCK CINEMA

In 2023–2024, Block Cinema continued to serve as a vital space for media arts engagement at Northwestern and beyond. Through screenings, workshops, and faculty collaborations, the program deepened its role as a platform for discovery, dialogue, and public scholarship. Highlights included the U.S. premiere of rare Cold War–era animation, a citywide collaboration honoring director Pedro Costa, and partnerships that explored urgent themes like climate change and cultural resilience A hands-on projection workshop supported the next generation of film exhibitors, while pop-up programs amplified global perspectives With free access and a focus on underrepresented voices, Block Cinema championed film as a site of inquiry, connection, and critical reflection across disciplines and communities

Climate Crisis + Media Arts Group to Bring New Climate Stories to Northwestern

Mexican Animation & American Propaganda: The Block hosts first US screening of lost Cold War cartoons

Science on Screen: Seed bank researcher Sarah Hollis on “One Man Dies a Million Times”

Citywide collaboration brings Pedro Costa to Northwestern & Chicago cinemas

The Block and Asian Languages and Cultures Department bring Asian Pop-up Cinema festival to campus

Block Cinema and Chicago Film Society offer special workshop on handling film

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

van Albright (American, 1897 - 1983)

Self-portrait at 55 Division Street

1947

Lithograph on paper

sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 1/8 in 42 2× 33 3 cm)

mage: 14 1/4 × 10 1/8 in (36 2 × 25 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton 2024.1.1

da Applebroog (American, 1929 - 2023)

Vera Mae (3 Head Study - Umber), from the series Photogenet cs

2005

nkjet print on three pieces of treated gampi paper mountedon monofilament polyester screen cloth

31 13/16 × 15 1/8 in (80 8 × 38 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of Carol ne Shapiro and Peter Frey

2024 7 1

Robert Arneson (American 1930 - 1992)

P casso, from the series Five Guys

1983

Woodcut on paper sheet: 31 × 24 5/8 in. (78.7× 62.5 cm) plate:

21 1/4 × 14 1/4 in (54 × 36 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 2

Eric Avery (American, born 1948)

The New Face of Liberty

1983

Linocut on poster

sheet/object: 35 × 23 1/8 n (88 9 × 58 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 3

Jennifer Bartlett (American 1941 - 2022) House: Dots Hatches

1999

Screenprint on paper

sheet: 38 1/4 × 38 3/8 in 97 2 × 97 5 cm)

mage: 30 3/16 × 30 1/4 in (76 7 × 76 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 4

Sebald Beham (German, 1500 - 1550)

The Holy Family Under a Canopy 1520-1550

Woodcut on paper 5× 3 7/16 in (12 7 × 8 7 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University gift of John B Davidson

2024 9 1

Claudia Bernard (Argentin an, born 1955

Descubr en mi costilla izquierda, un pulgar

1997

Monotype sheet/object: 12 1/8 × 12 in (30 8 × 30 5 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 8

Claudia Bernard (Argentin an, born 1955) La Maga

1996

Monotype

sheet/object: 12 × 12 n (30 5× 30 5 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 6

Claudia Bernard (Argentin an, born 1955)

Siete Manos Atrapadas

1996

Monotype

12 3/16 × 12 1/16 in (31× 30 6 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 5

Claudia Bernard (Argentin an, born 1955) Los Trofeos de Guerra

1996

Monotype

23 7/8 × 24 1/8 in (60 6 × 61 3 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 7

Carrol Thayer Berry (Amer can, 1886 - 1978

Ships at Bath Maine ca 1940

Linocut

sheet: 9 7/8 × 14 1/2 n (25 1 × 36 8 cm)

plate: 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 n (18 7 × 24 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1 10

Carrol Thayer Berry (Amer can, 1886 - 1978)

Salt M ne - New York State ca 1948

Linocut

sheet: 13 11/16 × 14 9/16 in (34 8 × 37 cm)

plate: 10 1/8 × 12 1/8 in (25 7 × 30 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 9

Carrol Thayer Berry (Amer can, 1886 - 1978)

Mt Katad n from Ripogenus Dam 1965

Linocut

sheet: 17 1/8 × 14 in. (43.5 × 35 6 cm) plate: 12 3/16 × 10 1/16 in (31 × 25 6 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 11

Edmund Blamp ed (Brit sh 1886 - 1966)

The Men Around the Mayor 1934

sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 1/4 n (32 4 × 23 5 cm)

plate: 10 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25 6 × 19.8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1 12

Lou se Bourgeois (American, born France, 1911 - 2010)

Spider 1995

Drypoint

sheet: 21 1/8 × 15 13/16in (53 7 × 40 2 cm)

plate: 15 7/8 × 11 13/16 in. (40.3 × 30 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1.13

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Phyl is Bramson (Amer can, born 1941)

Psychology of F re #1 (Man)

1984

Color l thograph

sheet: 24 3/8 × 32 in (61 9 × 81 3 cm)

plate: 21 15/16 × 29 9/16 in (55.7 × 75.1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 15

Phyl is Bramson (Amer can, born 1941)

Psychology of F re #2 (Woman)

1984

Color l thograph

sheet: 24 3/8 × 31 15/16 n (61 9 × 81 1 cm)

plate: 22 × 29 9/16 in (55 9 × 75 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 16

Phyl is Bramson (Amer can, born 1941)

Fairy Tail Trails

2004

Mixed media in artist's frame

Art st's frame: 35 3/4 × 48 3/4 × 1 1/2 in (90 8 × 123 8 × 3 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024.1.14

Roger Brown (American, 1941 - 1997)

Young Fisherman with Two Chinook (Steve)

1985

Oi on canvas

frame: 25 5/8 × 25 7/16 × 2 1/2 in (65 1 × 64 6 × 6 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 17

Widl ne Cadet (Haitian born 1992)

Santiman fantom (Ghost Feelings), from the series Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance)

2023

Inkjet pr nt 40 x 50 inches

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Col ection Council Fund purchase

2024 13 2

W dline Cadet (Haitian, born 1992)

Manyen Distans (Touching D stance), from the series Seremoni Dispar syon (R tual [D s]Appearance)

2023, printed 2024

Inkjet print

50 x 40 inches

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Collection Council Fund purchase 2024.13.1

Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Oj bwe and European descent, born 1979)

Perpetual Genre

2024

Oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper 45 1/2 × 59 5/8 in. (115 6 × 151 4 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 2a-d

Francesco Clemente (Italian, born 1952) Unt tled self-portrait)

1984

Woodcut

sheet: 16 13/16 × 22 1/2 in (42 7 × 57 2 cm) mage: 14 1/8 × 20 1/8 in (35 9 × 51 1 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 18

Sue Coe (Amer can, born England, 1951) Dancing Bear

1983

Photo etching sheet: 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in (18 4 × 26 7 cm)

plate: 5 3/4 × 7 9/16 n (14 6 × 19 2 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 20

Sue Coe (Amer can, born England, 1951) Health Care

1991

Photo etching

sheet: 17 × 13 1/8 in (43 2 × 33 3 cm)

plate: 9 11/16 × 10 7/16 n (24 6 × 26 5 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 21

Sue Coe (American, born England, 1951) Bomb Shelter 1991

Photo etching sheet: 17 × 13 1/8 n (43 2 × 33 3 cm)

plate: 13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in. (35.2 × 27.5 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 19

Robert Colescott (American, 1925 - 2009) Lock and Key 1989

Acrylic on paper sheet: 42 1/4 × 30 n (107 3 × 76 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024.1.22

Carlos Cortez (American, 1923 - 2005) Union de Campesinos de Texas [Texas Farmworkers] ca 1980

Linoleum print

23 × 35 in (58 4 × 88 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 23

Charles-François Daub gny (French, 18171878)

Lever de Lune sur es Bords de ’Oise (Moonrise on the Banks of the Oise) 1875

Etching on paper sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in (26 × 36 8 cm) image: 3 7/8 × 6 n (9 8 × 15 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of John B Davidson 2024 9 2

Glen C Davies (American, born 1950) Sketchbook

1971

Wire sp ral-bound notebook w th drawings in ink on paper 14 1/16 × 11 5/8 × 1 in (35 7 × 29.5 × 2.5 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of Glen C Davies and Kohler Foundation, Inc 2023 21 1

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Glen C Davies (American, born 1950)

Paradise Lost 1977

Acrylic on paper

mage: 23 5/16 × 17 1/4 n (59 2 × 43 8 cm)

sheet: 23 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (60.6 × 45.4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Un versity, gift of Glen C. Davies and Kohler Foundation, Inc 2023.21.4

Glen C Dav es (American, born 1950)

Death and the Artist 1977

nk and watercolor on paper

mage: 18 7/16 × 26 9/16 in (46 8 × 67 5 cm)

sheet: 22 × 30 1/4 in (55 9 × 76 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of Glen C Davies and Kohler Foundation, Inc 2023 21 3

Glen C Dav es (American, born 1950) Broken Home 1977

Colored pencil, ink, and acryl c on paper sheet and image: 20 1/16 × 24 5/16 in 51 × 61.8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of Glen C Davies and Kohler Foundation, Inc 2023 21 2

Glen C Dav es (American, born 1950)

Grotto of Broken Dreams 2001

Colored pencil, arcylic, and nk on paper sheet and image: 25 5/8 × 19 5/8 in. (65 1 × 49 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of Glen C Davies and Kohler Foundation, Inc. 2023 21 5

Maya Erdely (American born 1979)

Anyuka 2023

S ngle channel HD video, color, sound

Duration: 20 minutes, 38 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, Lisa Munster Tananbaum and Steven Tananbaum Fund purchase 2024 14

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born W nnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Annabe le Broeffle, Evanston, Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 1

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born W nnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Audra Simpson, Evanston, Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 2

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born W nnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Cherish Parrish, Evanston, Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 3

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born W nnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Chris Pappan, Evanston, Ill nois, 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 1/16 × 14 7/8 in. (45.9 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 4

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born W nnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Courtney B ggs, Evanston, Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in. (45.7 × 37.8 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund 2024 3 5

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Debra Yepa-Pappan, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Ink et print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm) image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 6

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: J Hae Yepa-Pappan Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Ink et print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm) image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 7

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: June Carpenter, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Ink et print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm) image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 8

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Kelly Church, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Ink et print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm) image: 18 1/16 × 14 7/8 in. (45.9 × 37.8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 9

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: K m Vigue, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Ink et print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in. (45.7 × 37.8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 10

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Rosalie Fave l (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Le Ana Asher, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Inkjet pr nt

sheet: 22 × 17 in 55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Adv sors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 11

Rosalie Fave l (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Lo s Tay or Biggs, Evanston, llinois, 2023

Inkjet pr nt

sheet: 22 × 17 in 55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 1/16 × 14 7/8 in (45 9 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Adv sors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 12

Rosalie Fave l (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Lydia Cheshewa la, Evanston, llinois, 2023

Inkjet pr nt

sheet: 22 × 17 in 55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Adv sors Endowment Fund purchase,

2024 3 13

Rosal e Favell (Canad an/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Fac ng the Camera: Mark M. Jourdan, Evanston, Illinois 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 n. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 14

Rosalie Fave l (Canadian/Mét s, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Michaela March , Evanston, llinois, 2023

Inkjet pr nt sheet: 22 × 17 in 55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 in. (45.7× 37.8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Adv sors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 15

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Fac ng the Camera: Monica R ckert-Bo ter, Evanston Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 n (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase

2024 3 16

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Fac ng the Camera: Nora Moore Lloyd, Evanston Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 15/16 in (45 7 × 37 9 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 17

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Fac ng the Camera: Ryan R ce, Evanston, Il ino s 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 n (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 18

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Fac ng the Camera: Sharon Hoogstraten, Evanston Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print

sheet: 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 n (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 19

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1958)

Fac ng the Camera: V ncent Romero, Evanston Ill no s, 2023

Inkjet print sheet: 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 × 14 7/8 n (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 20

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Man toba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Courtney Biggs and Lois Taylor Biggs, Evanston, Il ino s 2023

Inkjet print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm)

image: 18 1/16 × 14 7/8 in (45 9 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, B ock Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 21

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Man toba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Kelly Church and Cherish Parrish, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Inkjet print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm) image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, B ock Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 22

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Man toba, Canada 1958)

Facing the Camera: Me Rosal e Fave l, Evanston, Illinois, 2023

Inkjet print sheet: 22 × 17 in (55 9 × 43 2 cm) image: 18 × 14 7/8 in (45 7 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, B ock Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 23

Rosalie Favell (Canadian/Métis, born Winnipeg, Man toba, Canada 1958) Facing the Camera Video Portraits 2023

Single-channel dig tal video, color, with sound, 38:51 min Run time: 38 minutes, 51 02 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, B ock Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 3 24

Helen Frankenthaler (Amer can, 19282011)

Untitled 1967

Color screenprint on paper

25 3/4 × 18 in (65 4 × 45 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundat on, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundat on, Inc / Artists R ghts Society (ARS) New York / Chiron Press, New York 2023 24 1

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Passeggiata Romana

1973

Etching and aquat nt on paper

27 3/4 × 39 1/4 n (70 5 × 99 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of the He en Frankenthaler Foundation © 2024 He en Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Art sts Rights Society (ARS), New York / 2RC Ed trice, Rome 2023 24 2

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Untit ed (Cleveland Orchestra Print)

1978

Screenprint on paper

22 1/2 × 30 in (57 2 × 76 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of the He en Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 He en Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Art sts Rights Society (ARS), New York / Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York 2023 24 4

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

A titudes

1978

Lithograph on paper

22 × 31 in (55 9 × 78 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of the He en Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 He en Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc / Art sts Rights Society (ARS), New York / Un versal Lim ted Art Editions (ULAE), West Islip, New York

2023.24.3

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Door 1976–1979

Lithograph on paper

28 1/2 × 41 1/4 n (72 4 × 104 8 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento 1983

Lithograph on paper

37 1/2 × 27 1/4 in (95 3 × 69 2 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Mult ples, Inc., New York 2023 24 6

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, working proof 1 1983

Lithograph on paper 37 1/4 x 27 1/4 inches

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Mult ples, Inc , New York 2023.24.7

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, working proof 2 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/2 × 25 in (87 6 × 63 5 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, working proof 3 1983

Lithograph on paper

36 × 25 3/4 in (91 4 × 65 4 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 4 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/4 × 24 3/4 in. (87 × 62.9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, nc / Artists Rights Soc ety (ARS), New York / Multiples, Inc New York 2023 24 10

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 5 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (87 × 61.6 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, nc. / Artists Rights Soc ety (ARS), New York / Multiples, Inc New York 2023 24 11

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 6 1983

Lithograph on paper frame: 37 3/4 × 28 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (95.9 × 71 8 × 4 8 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 7 1983

Lithograph on paper

37 1/4 × 26 1/2 n (94 6 × 67 3 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Multiples, Inc. New York 2023 24 13

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Helen Frankenthaler (American 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 8 1983

Lithograph on paper

27 1/4 × 37 1/4 in. (69.2 × 94.6 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc / Artists Rights Soc ety (ARS), New York / Multiples, Inc New York

2023 24 14

Helen Frankenthaler (American 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 9 1983

Lithograph on paper

27 × 37 1/4 in. (68.6 × 94.6 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American 19282011)

Divertimento, working proof 10 1983

Lithograph on paper

27 1/4 × 37 3/4 in. (69.2 × 95.9 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American 19282011)

Divertimento, trial proof 1 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 × 24 1/4 in. (86.4 × 61.6 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, tr al proof 2 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/2 × 24 1/4 in. (87.6 × 61.6 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation © 2024 He en Frankenthaler Foundation Inc / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Multiples, Inc , New York 2023 24 18

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, tr al proof 3 1983

Lithograph on paper

33 × 22 3/4 in. (83.8 × 57 8 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, tr al proof 4 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/8 × 24 1/8 in. (86.7 × 61.3 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, tr al proof 5 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (87 × 61.6 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (Amer can, 19282011)

D vertimento, trial proof 6 1983

Lithograph on paper

37 1/2 × 26 in. (95 3 × 66 cm)

R ghts Society (ARS) New York / Multip es, Inc , New York 2023 24 22

Helen Frankenthaler (Amer can, 19282011)

D vertimento, trial proof 7 1983

Lithograph on paper

36 1/2 × 26 in. (92 7 × 66 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (Amer can, 19282011)

D vertimento, trial proof 8 1983

Lithograph on paper

36 1/4 × 26 3/8 n. (92.1 × 67 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (Amer can, 19282011)

D vert mento, trial proof 10 1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/2 × 24 in. (87.6 × 61 cm)

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, trial proof 11

1983

Lithograph on paper

34 3/4 × 24 1/2 in (88 3 × 62 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of the He en Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / Art sts Rights Society (ARS), New York / Multiples, nc., New York 2023 24 26

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, trial proof 12

1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/4 × 24 3/8 in (87 × 61 9 cm)

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, trial proof 13

1983

Lithograph on paper

34 5/8 × 24 5/8 in (87 9 × 62 5 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of the He en Frankenthaler Foundation, © 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc / Art sts Rights Society (ARS), New York / Multiples, nc., New York 2023 24 28

Helen Frankentha er (American, 19282011)

Divertimento, trial proof 14

1983

Lithograph on paper

34 1/8 × 24 3/8 in (86 7 × 61 9 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Divert mento, cance lat on proof

1983

Lithograph on paper

35 1/2 × 25 1/4 in (90 2 × 64 1 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Tout à Coup

1987

Etching, aquatint, and drypo nt on paper 87 5/8 × 41 1/2 n (222 6 × 105 4 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Un Poco Más

1987

Lithograph on paper

27 × 37 1/4 in (68 6 × 94 6 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (American, 19282011)

Monotype XIV

1991

Monotype on paper frame: 35 × 48 × 1 3/4 in (88 9 × 121 9 × 4 4 cm)

Helen Frankenthaler (Amer can, 1928 - 2011 All About Blue 1994

Lithograph and woodcut on paper 48 1/2 × 29 in (123 2 × 73 7 cm)

Jesse Freidin (American, born 1981)

Justin, Age 15, Texas, from the series Are You Ok?

2021, printed 2024

Inkjet print and sound

image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n (47 6 × 31 8 cm) sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Durat on: 2 minutes

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 1

Jesse Freid n (Amer can, born 1981)

Samuel, Age 15, New Mex co, from the series Are You Ok?

2021, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n (47 6 × 31 8 cm)

sheet: 20 × 16 in (50 8 × 40 6 cm)

Duration: 1 minutes, 45 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase 2024 10 2

Jesse Freid n (Amer can, born 1981)

Coco, Age 14, Utah, from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n (47 6 × 31 8 cm)

sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.6 × 40.6 cm)

Duration: 1 minutes, 54 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the artist 2024 10 3

Jesse Freid n (Amer can, born 1981)

Haven, Age 20, New Hampshire, from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 7/8 × 12 9/16 in. (47.9 × 31.9 cm)

sheet: 20 × 15 15/16 in (50 8 × 40 5 cm)

Duration: 1 minutes, 14 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase 2024 10 4

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Jesse Freidin (American born 1981)

Lex , Age 17, Il ino s, from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n (47 6 × 31 8 cm)

sheet: 20 × 16 in 50 8 × 40 6 cm)

Duration: 1 minutes, 43 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 5

Jesse Freidin (American born 1981) Noa, Age 24 Flor da, from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n (47 6 × 31 8 cm)

sheet: 20 × 16 1/8 in (50 8 × 41 cm)

Duration: 1 minutes, 41 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 6

Jesse Freidin (American born 1981) Noelle (not pictured), Florida from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n. (47.6 × 31.8 cm)

sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 in (50 6 × 40 6 cm)

Duration: 2 minutes, 3 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 7

Jesse Freidin (American born 1981) Rahliek, Age 20, Virg nia, from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 15/16 × 12 9/16 n. (48.1 × 31.9 cm)

sheet: 20 × 16 in. 50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Duration: 1 minutes, 29 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 8

Jesse Freidin (American born 1981) S mon, Age 18, Iowa, from the series Are You Ok?

2022, printed 2024 Inkjet print and sound image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 n (47 6 × 31 8 cm)

sheet: 20 × 16 1/8 in (50.8 × 41 cm)

Duration: 2 minutes, 17 seconds

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 9

Jesse Freidin (American, born 1981)

Noni, Age 23, Massachusetts, from the series Are You Ok?

2023, printed 2024 nkjet pr nt and sound

image: 18 3/4 × 12 1/2 in (47 6 × 31 8 cm)

sheet: 20 × 16 in (50 8 × 40 6 cm)

Durat on: 2 minutes, 1 second

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block DEAI Fund purchase

2024 10 10

Betsy Ritz Friebert (American, 1910 - 1963)

Interior

1935

Pen, ink, and wash on paper

6 15/16 × 8 15/16 n (17 6 × 22 7 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Musuem of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Joseph and Betsy R tz Friebert Fam ly Partnership

2024 4 1

Betsy Ritz Friebert (American, 1910 - 1963)

Ex Libris 31 (Woman on Shore)

1931

Pen and nk on paper

9 1/2 × 7 15/16 in. (24.1 × 20.2 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Musuem of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Joseph and Betsy R tz Friebert Fam ly Partnership 2024 4 2

Betsy Ritz Friebert (American, 1910 - 1963)

Self-Portrait (Nude)

ca 1934

Etching on paper

sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 1/4 in (24 4 × 15 9 cm)

plate: 8 × 5 1/2 n (20 3 × 14 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Musuem of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Joseph and Betsy R tz Friebert Fami y Partnership 2024 4 3

Betsy Ritz Friebert (American, 1910 - 1963)

Blanche (Nude and Mirror)

ca 1932

Etching on paper

sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/8 in (27 3 × 20 6 cm)

plate: 7 1/8 × 4 1/4 in (18 1 × 10 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Musuem of Art, Northwestern University, gift of the Joseph and Betsy R tz Friebert Fam ly Partnership 2024.4.4

Gronk (Amer can, born 1954)

Tormenta

Silkscreen

sheet: 29 ×

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 25

Gronk (Amer can, born 1954) Carmen 1991

Lithograph

S*an D Henry-Sm th (Amer can, born 1992) (scrying; you loop)

Himmelfarb (Amer can, born 1946) Storyteller

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

John Himmelfarb (American, born 1946)

Bridge 1982

Lithograph

24 7/8 × 32 1/4 in (63 2 × 81 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 27

John Himmelfarb (American, born 1946) Lava Flow (Meeting) Red

1986

Etching

sheet: 22 1/8 × 29 13/16 in (56 2 × 75 7 cm) plate: 11 5/8 × 23 3/4 in (29 5 × 60 3 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton 2024 1 28

Eugene Hunt (Canadian / Fort Rupert Band of the Kwagiulth Nation, 1946 - 2002)

Split Hok Hok

Serigraph

frame: 17 1/4 × 16 in. (43.8 × 40.6 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton - 2024 1 30

George Hunt Jr (Kwakwaka'wakw/Candian, born 1958)

Morning Flight 1991

Serigraph sheet: 19 × 20 3/4 in (48 3 × 52 7 cm)

plate: 16 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (42.5 × 47.6 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024.1.31

Richard Hunt (Canadian/Kwakwaka'wakw, born 1951)

Kwa-gu th Moon

1991

Serigraph sheet/object: 17 × 15 in (43 2 × 38 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 32

Gavin Jant es (South African, born 1948) Unt tled (Zulu series)

1988

Screenpr nt based on pa nt ng from ser es, "Zu u, the sky above your head"

15 5/8 × 22 1/2 in (39 7 × 57 2 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1.33

Luis Jimenez (American, 1940 - 2006) Trapped Coyote

1989

Color Lithograph

28 × 34 n (71 1 × 86 4 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 35

Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk, born 1964)

Amos Kings ey, from the series Strong Unrelenting Spirits

2016

Dig tal photograph w th glass beads and sequ ns frame: 33 1/2 × 27 5/8 × 1 1/8 in (85 1 × 70.2 × 2.9 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Block Collect on Council Fund purchase 2024 11 1

Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk, born 1964)

Peyton Grace Rapp, from the series Strong Unrelent ng Spir ts

2018

Digital photograph with glass beads frame: 30 5/8 × 27 5/8 × 1 5/16 in (77 8 × 70.2 × 3.3 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Col ection Council Fund purchase 2024 11 2

Javier de Juan (Spanish, born 1958) Queen (Rein na) 1958

Lithograph sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 in (75 6 × 55 9 cm) plate 25 1/4 × 19 1/4 in (64 1 × 48 9 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 34

Vera Klement (American, born Po and, 1929 - 2023)

Self-Portrait

2012

Mixed media drawing sheet/object: 14 × 11 in (35 6 × 27 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024.1 36

Kachelle Knowles (Baham an, born 1990)

O d People Drink at the Bar, Young People Drink n the Streets 2024

Decorative paper, acrylic gemstones, graphite, ink, acry ic paint, colored pencil, gouache on paper sheet: 29 7/8 × 20 1/16 in (75 9 × 51 cm) frame: 34 1/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 1/4 in (87 × 61 6 × 3 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, purchase funds prov ded by Allen-Niesen Fami y: K m, Keith, Kelsey, and Kyle 2024 5

Ellen Lanyon (American, 1926 - 2013)

Th mble Box

1973

Lithograph

30 × 36 in (76 2 × 91 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 39

Ellen Lanyon (American, 1926 - 2013) Metamorphosis of a Damse Fly 1978

Etching with hand coloring sheet: 10 1/2 × 31 9/16 in (26 7 × 80 2 cm) image: 5 15/16 × 25 11/16 n. (15.1 × 65.2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 38

Ellen Lanyon (American, 1926 - 2013) Cockatoo C ock

1975

Lithograph w th pr msacolor sheet/object: 20 13/16 × 14 7/8 in (52 9 × 37 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 37

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

June Leaf (American, 1929 - 2024)

Woman with a Dagger in her Mouth 1966

Etching on wove paper sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in (22 2 × 15 9 cm)

plate: 5 3/4 × 3 13/16 in (14 6 × 9 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 42

June Leaf (American, 1929 - 2024)

Beauty Parlor 1975

Hand-colored etching sheet: 9 × 10 1/4 in. (22.9 × 26 cm)

plate: 5 3/4 × 4 in (14 6 × 10 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 40

June Leaf (American, 1929 - 2024) Girl Pushing Old Man in a Wheelchair 1963

Black and wh te linocut sheet: 12 1/2 × 10 in (31 8 × 25 4 cm)

image: 8 × 6 n. (20.3 × 15.2 cm

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton 2024 1 41

Jack Levine (American 1915 - 2010) Kronos (self-portrait) 1983

Etching and aquatint sheet: 10 9/16 × 8 11/16 n (26 8 × 22 1 cm) image: 8 1/2 × 6 15/16 in (21 6 × 17 6 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024.1.43

C aude Lorrain (French, 1604 - 1682) Mercury and Argus 1662

Etching on paper sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 1/8 in (17 × 23 2 cm) image: 5 7/8 × 8 7/16 in (14 9 × 21 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of John B Dav dson 2024 9 3

Whitfield Lovel (American born 1959) Wayfarer IV 2023

Inkjet print on paper

25 1/16 × 18 3/4 in (63 7 × 47 6 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Block Board of Advisors Endowment Fund purchase 2024 12

Percy Mart n (Amer can, born 1943) The Conference 1983

Etching

sheet: 20 3/8 × 24 1/8 in (51 8 × 61 3 cm)

plate: 14 1/2 × 17 7/8 in. (36.8 × 45.4 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 44

Percy Mart n (Amer can, born 1943) Play a Song of Freedom, Sisters 1989

Etching/aquatint

sheet: 22 1/8 × 29 7/8 in (56 2 × 75 9 cm)

plate: 17 3/4 × 23 7/8 in. (45.1 × 60.6 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom

Hamilton

2024.1.45

Paul McPha l (Br tish, born 1966)

Unt tled bloody face)

Mono-print

sheet/object: 23 1/4 × 16 1/2 in (59 1 × 41 9 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024.1.46

Henry Moore (English, 1898 - 1986)

Elephants

Etching

sheet: 14 13/16 × 18 1/2 in. (37.6 × 47 cm)

plate: 5 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (14.9 × 19.7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024.1.47

V k Muniz (Brazilian, born 1961) Self Portrait, Back of Head 2003

Dye coupler print (chromogenic print) frame: 56 15/16 × 43 1/2 × 2 in (144 6× 110.5 × 5.1 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Paul and Linda Gotsk nd 2023 23 2

Vik Muniz (Braz lian, born 1961)

Death of Chatterton, from the series Pictures of Chocolate

2000

Dye coupler pr nt (chromogenic print) frame: 50 × 66 15/16 × 2 in (127 × 170 × 5 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of Paul and Linda Gotskind 2023 23 1

Vik Muniz (Braz lian, born 1961)

Bacchus Astr de a Barrel, after Rubens, from the series P ctures of Junk 2006, pr nted 2024 Inkjet print frame: 53 1/16 × 43 1/16 × 2 in (134 8 × 109 4 × 5 1 cm) sheet and mage: 49 7/8 × 40 1/8 in (126 7 × 101 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of Paul and Linda Gotskind 2023 23 3

Audrey N ffenegger (American, born 1963) Intro from Three Incestuous Sisters (There once were three Sisters: C othilde, Ophile and Bettine)

Hand-colored aquatint etchings sheet/object: 8 3/4 × 11 7/8 in (22 2 × 30 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 49

Audrey N ffenegger (American, born 1963) Nest 1985

Aquatint/etching sheet: 23 × 17 1/8 n. (58.4 × 43.5 cm) plate: 17 7/8 × 11 7/8 n (45 4 × 30 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 48

Gladys Nilsson American, born 1940) A Sort of Self

Watercolor and graphite sheet/object: 14 × 11 in (35 6 × 27 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024.1.51

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Gladys Ni sson (Amer can, born 1940) Little Pond

2007

Watercolor and gouache sheet/object: 12 3/16 × 9 in (31 × 22 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Un versity, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 50

Ed Paschke (American, 1939 - 2004) Kontata

1984

Color lithograph

sheet: 34 3/16 × 24 1/16 in (86 8 × 61 1 cm) plate: 30 × 20 in (76 2 × 50 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 52

Ed Paschke (American, 1939 - 2004)

Kontato

1984

Color lithograph sheet: 34 1/4 × 24 in (87 × 61 cm)

plate: 30 × 20 in. (76 2 × 50.8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 53

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973)

llustrat on 21 for Carmen Suite 1948-1949

Drypoint sheet: 12 7/8 × 10 in (32 7 × 25 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton 2024.1.54

Sarah Pickering (Brit sh, born 1972)

Flick's Nightclub from the ser es Publ c Order 2004

Dye coupler print mage: 29 15/16 × 39 11/16 in 76 × 100 8 cm)

secondary support: 30 1/4 × 39 11/16 in (76 8 × 100 8 cm) frame: 31 × 40 3/8 × 1 3/4

n (78 7 × 102 6 × 4 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of Fred Perlberg 2023 18

Cara Romero (Chemehuev / American, born 1977)

Amber Morningstar, from the ser es F rst Amer can Girl 2022, printed 2024

Inkjet print, p gment-based sheet and image: 43 1/2 × 39 3/4 n (110 5 × 101 cm) frame: 44 5/8 × 40 13/16 × 2 in (113 3 × 103 7 × 5 1 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 2023–2024 Block Museum Student Associates acqu sition, purchase funds prov ded by Craig Ponzio and Block Student Impact Fund 2024.6.2

Cara Romero (Chemehuev / American, born 1977)

TV Indians 2017, printed 2024

Inkjet print, p gment-based sheet and image: 38 1/2 × 59 3/4 n (97 8 × 151 8 cm) frame: 39 9/16 × 60 7/8 × 2 in (100 5 × 154 6 × 5 1 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University 2023– 2024 Block Museum Student Associates acqu sition, purchase funds prov ded by Craig Ponzio, Block Student Impact Fund, and rwin and Andra S Press Collect on Endowment Fund 2024.6.1

Mateo Romero (Coch ti Pueblo and American, born 1967)

Sun Feather's Dream

Lithograph sheet: 30 × 22 1/2 in (76 2 × 57 2 cm) plate 24 7/16 × 16 1/2 in (62 1 × 41 9 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 55

Susan Rothenberg (American, 1945 - 2020) Tilt ng 1986

Woodcut and lithograph frame: 57 × 60 × 2 in (144 8 × 152 4 × 5 1 cm) sheet: 53 3/4 × 57 in (136 5 × 144 8 cm)

image: 46 × 50 in (116 8 × 127 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1.57

Susan Rothenberg (American, 1945 - 2020)

Dead Rooster #4

1993

Woodcut

sheet: 26 1/4 × 31 1/2 in (66 7 × 80 cm)

plate: 22 7/8 × 29 1/4 in (58 1 × 74 3 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1.56

Kiyosh Saito (Japanese, 1907 - 1997)

Winter in Aizu

n d

Color woodcut

11 3/8 × 16 1/2 in (28 9 × 41 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton o 2024 1 58

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled 2014

Ink on paper

7 × 6 5/8 in (17 8 × 16 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé 2023 17 1

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled

2014

Ink on paper

6 5/8 × 7 in (16 8 × 17 8 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé 2023 17 2

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled 2019

Ink on paper

12 × 18 in (30 5 × 45 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé 2023 17 4

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled 2020

Thread on paper

12 × 9 in. (30.5× 22 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé 2023 17 5

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled

2020

Thread on paper

12 × 9 in (30 5× 22 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé

2023 17 6

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled

2020

Thread and ink on paper 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé

2023 17 7

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled

2020

Thread and ink on paper 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé

2023 17 8

Hala Schoukair (Lebanese, born 1957)

Untitled

2019

Ink on paper

12 × 18 in (30 5× 45 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Dr Sam Khalifé

2023 17 3

Ben Adair Shoemaker (Cherokee / Quapaw / Shawnee, born 1945)

Hawk

Woodcut

sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 1/2 in (17 1× 21 6 cm

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Ham lton

2024 1 59

Alireza Shojaian (Iranian, born 1988)

Sous le ciel de Sh raz (Sharok & Arthur) (Under the Sky of Sh raz [Sharok & Arthur])

2022

Acrylic and colored pencil on wood 31 1/2 × 23 5/8 in (80 × 60 cm)

frame: 33 1/4 × 25 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (84 5 × 64 5 × 3 5 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Irwin and Andra S. Press Co lection Endowment Fund purchase 2023.16

Hollis Sigler (Amer can, 1948 - 2001)

Dancing on the Edge II 1992

Monoprint n an artist's frame and artist's mat

Artist s frame: 25 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/2 n (64 8 × 80 × 3 8 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024.1.60

Jaune Qu ck-to-See Smith (Confederated Sal sh and Kootenai Nation, 1940 - 2025)

F sh for a Lifet me 1993

Lithograph 11 1/4 × 15 1/16 in (28 6 × 38 3 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 61

Saul Steinberg (Amer can, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Unt tled ca 1968

Lithograph on paper

22 1/4 × 30 in (56 5 × 76 2 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023 22 2

Saul Steinberg (Amer can, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Preferendum 70 1970

Offset lithograph on paper 29 × 23 in (73 7 × 58.4 cm)

Mary and Le gh B ock Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation 2023.22.3

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Music and China

1970

Color ithograph with collageon paper 22 1/2 × 30 in (57 2 × 76 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of The Sau Steinberg Foundation 2023 22 4

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Luxor

1971

Lithograph on paper

14 1/4 × 17 3/4 n (36 2× 45 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of The Sau Steinberg Foundation 2023 22 6

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Untitled 1976/77

Offset lithograph on wove paper

25 1/2 × 19 3/4 n. (64.8× 50.2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of The Sau Steinberg Foundation 2023 22 7

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Sphynx

1984

Color etching on paper

20 3/4 × 29 1/2 n (52 7× 74 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of The Sau Steinberg Foundation 2023 22 8

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)

Gogol I

1984

Etching and color aquatint with collaged pr ntedrubber stamp on wove paper

27 1/4 × 19 3/4 n (69 2× 50 2 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, g ft of The Sau Steinberg Foundation 2023 22 9

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania 1914 - 1999)

Las Vegas

1995

Color etching and aquatinton paper 17 3/4 × 14 1/8 in (45 1 × 35 9 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundat on 2023.22.10

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania 1914 - 1999)

Untit ed

1970/80

Conté crayon on paper

20 × 15 in (50 8 × 38 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundat on 2023 22 5

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania 1914 - 1999)

Untit ed

ca 1964/66

nk and crayon on paper

9 1/2 × 10 1/4 in (24 1 × 26 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundat on 2023 22 1

Saul Steinberg (American, born Romania 1914 - 1999)

Untit ed

1961/62

nk, crayon, colored pencil,and paste with col age on cut brown paper bag

11 × 7 3/4 in (27 9 × 19 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundat on 2023 22 11

Jimmy Lee Sudduth (American, 19102007)

Toto n d Oil on wood

frame: 28 7/8 × 28 5/8 × 2 n (73 3 × 72 7 × 5 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern Univers ty, bequest of Tom Ham lton 2024 1 62

Iké Udé (N gerian-American, born 1964) GQ from the series Cover G rls 1994

Inkjet print mounted on PVC board 39 11/16 × 29 7/8 in (100 8 × 75 9 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University gift Carol ne Shapiro and Peter Frey

2024 7 2

Iké Udé (Nigerian-American, born 1964) Town & Country, from the series Cover Girls

1994

Ink et pr nt mounted on PVC board 39 1/16 × 30 1/16 in. (99.2 × 76.4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Carol ne Shap ro and Peter Frey 2023.19

William T Wiley (American, 1937 - 2021) Canetti n Marrakesh

2001

Etching sheet: 38 1/4 × 26 5/8 in (97 2 × 67 6 cm)

plate: 29 5/8 × 20 3/4 in (75 2 × 52 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024.1 66

Shirley Woodson (American, born 1936)

Seeking Softer Light

1994

Lithograph

sheet/object: 21 11/16 × 28 in (55 1 × 71 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, bequest of Tom Hamilton 2024 1 67

Victoria Yau (Ch nese-Amer can, 1939 - 2023)

Close Encounter

Color etching

25 × 19 1/4 in (63 5 × 48 9 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 63

Charles Wells (American, born 1935 Hart Crane

Etching sheet: 23 1/4 × 19 in (59 1 × 48 3 cm)

plate 17 5/8 × 14 3/4 in (44 8 × 37 5 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 64

James Lesesne Wells American, 19021993)

African Nude

1980

Color linocut on Japan paper

sheet: 18 3/8 × 23 3/8 in (46 7 × 59 4 cm)

plate 17 1/4 × 12 5/8 in (43 8 × 32 1 cm)

Mary and Le gh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University bequest of Tom Hamilton

2024 1 65

1980

Aquatint and etching on paper

plate/image: 10 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (26 × 31.1 cm)

sheet: 15 1/2 × 17 3/8 in (39 4 × 44 1 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Ph lip Yau on behalf of the Estate of V ctor a Yau 2024 8 1

Victoria Yau (Ch nese-Amer can, 1939 - 2023) Wa k at Dusk

2009

Watercolor on paper

sheet/object: 9 × 7 3/4 in (22 9 × 19 7 cm)

mat: 11 5/8 × 8 9/16 in. (29 5 × 21.7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Ph lip Yau on behalf of the Estate of V ctor a Yau

2024.8 3

Victoria Yau (Ch nese-Amer can, 1939 - 2023)

Water Steps

2008

Ink on paper

7 15/16 × 12 3/8 in (20 2 × 31 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Ph lip Yau on behalf of the Estate of V ctor a Yau

2024.8 4

V ctoria Yau (Chinese-American, 1939 - 2023)

River Swell

2010

Ink on paper

83/8 × 5 3/8 in (21 3 × 13 7 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Phil p Yau on behalf of the Estate of Victoria Yau

2024 8 5

V ctoria Yau (Chinese-American, 1939 - 2023)

Large Stones

ca.

2000

Ink on paper

17 1/4 × 15 1/2 in (43 8× 39 4 cm)

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Phil p Yau on behalf of the Estate of Victoria Yau

2024 8 2

Manolo Valdés (Spanish, born 1942) Las Meninas I 2000

2023–2024 LOANS

Smart to the Core:

Poetry and the Human

Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago

September 21, 2023–February 4, 2024

John Cage,

Score without Parts (40 Drawings by Thoreau) Twelve Ha ku 1978

Hard-ground etching, soft-ground etching, photo-etch ng, drypoint sugar-l ft aquatint, and engraving on paper

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of George Austin Conkey, M.D. 2009 23 1

Dialogue

Northern Illinois University Art Museum

August 29-October 14, 2023

Tonika Johnson

Twins Nanette and Wade together on Wade s porch from the ser es Map Twins, Folded Map™ Project

D mensions 24 × 36 in (61 × 91 4 cm)

2021 11 1

6327 S Hermitage & 6333 N Hermitage, from the series Folded Map™ Project

D mensions sheet and mage: each 16 × 20 in (40 6 × 50 8 cm)

2021 4 7-8 (PAIR)

6329 S Paulina & 6330 N Paulina, from the series Folded Map™ Pro ect

D mensions sheet and mage: each 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

2021 4 5-6 (PAIR)

6514 S Damen & 6516 N Damen, from the series Folded Map™ Project

D mensions sheet and mage: each 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

2021 4 11-12

Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally

MoMA PS1

September 22, 2022–April 17, 2023

Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University

August 25, 2023–December 30, 2023

Jumana Manna, Weed Bouquet 2020 Collage on paper

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

REPORT – FY 2023-2024

REVENUE $4,372,823

EXPENSES $ 4,372,823

Portraits of Block Museum Student Associates by Leonard Suryajaya installed at Ch cago R verWalk

2023–2024 DONORS

$50,000 and above

Elizabeth Bohart and Stuart Henry

Bohart

Est. Edith C. Eisner*

Ms. Ellen Philips Katz

Ms. Carol Ann Narup

$25,000-$49,999

Craig Ponzio

Sandi Riggs

$10,000-$24,999

Kim Allen-Niesen and Keith Allen-Niesen

Mary Baglivo and James Meguerian

Priscilla A. Vail Caldwell

Steven P. Henry

Lisa Kadin and William Spiegel

Dianne Dardes Loeb and Stephen B. Loeb

Andra S. Press and Irwin Press

Christine Olson Robb and William John Robb

Eden Salenger Romick and Steven T. Romick

Nicole E. Siskind and Kenneth M. Siskind

Diane Solomon and Craig Solomon

$5,000-$9,999

James Zachary Belfer

Fabiola Delgado and Kenneth N. Thompson

Anne DeNaut and James E. DeNaut

Nicole E. Rubens Druckman and James N. Druckman

Mike J. Forman

Barbara N. Fuldner

Amy O. Geier and James Geier

Lynn E. Hauser and Neil L. Ross

Lynne Jacobs and Avery Scheiner

Susan Johnson and Henry Johnson

Cheryl Johnson-Odim

Sari Klein and James A. Klein

Katherine Laun Olson

Susan Gecht Rieser and Richard M. Rieser, Jr.

Tina Ruttenberg and David W. Ruttenberg

Martha P.Tedeschi and Michael Lukasiewicz

Inci D. Ulgur and Adam D. Hirsch

$500-$999

Kate Ezra

Linda Leventhal Gotskind and Paul C. Gotskind

Mary E. Heinen

Margaret Lynn Hughitt

Doris J. Johnson, PhD

Andrew C. Jones

Susan Wascher-Kumar and Prem Kumar

Joseph S. Martinich, PhD

Debby Peterson

Vicki L. Sauter, PhD

James R. Shaeffer

Marissa Solomon Sutker and Jake Sutker

David H. Zarefsky, PhD

Mr. Thomas O. Zurfluh

$1,000-$4,999

Nancy A. Abshire

Christine Meleo Bernstein and Armyan Bernstein

Katherine Best and Robert J. Best

Nancy Elizabeth DaSilva

Kay Kujala Deaux

Sally Dumas

Mary Eisner Eccles

Robert N. Eccles

Kristin Peterson Edwards

Judith Rachel Freeman

Carol J. Ginsburg and Jerome J. Ginsburg

Denise M. Gunter

Jean L. Guritz and Gary Robert Guritz

Peiran Huang

Rosalyn M. Laudati and James B. Pick

Rachel Yihui Lin

Jane H. Peterson

Sarah M. Pritchard and Neal E. Blair

Jean E. Shedd

Arete Swartz Warren

$250-$499

Ruth Adler and Charles Adler

Kelsey Joanne Allen-Niesen

Bryna Goldman Gamson and Edward P. Gamson

Edwin G. Goldstein

Mariel Stevens Henkoff

Christopher P. Huisinga

Josiah Richard Jenkins

Daniel S. Katz

Matthew Alan Kluk

Maria Nardelli and William R. Levin

Gifts of Art

John B. Davidson

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Jesse Freidin

Linda Adelman Gotskind and Paul C. Gotskind Est. Thomas J. Hamilton*

Sami Khalife

Kohler Foundation Inc

Fred Perlberg

Caroline Shapiro and Peter Frey

Saul Steinberg Foundation

Diane Solomon and Craig Solomon

Philip Yau

Vickie Yau Living Trust*

2023–2024

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

$50,000+

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Terra Foundation for American Art

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

$25,000 - $49,999

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Florence H. & Eugene E. Myers Charitable Trust U/A/D 12/30/9

$10,000 - $24,999

Earth Rising Foundation

Jewish Communal Fund

Schwab Charitable Fund

Stephen and Dianne Loeb Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,000

Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation

JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund

Katherine L. Olson Chrtbl Foundation

MF Partners JV LLC.

Rubens Family Foundation

The Ruttenberg Foundation

The Alumnae of Northwestern University

Up to $4,999

BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund

The Eccles Family Foundation

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.

The Penelope Foundation for the Arts & Sciences

Block Museum staff and students plant Memory of Nature, a site-specific artwork by the Indonesian artist Arahmaiani, part of Actions for the Earth

The Block Museum of Art - Annual Report 2023-2024

ANNUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Who are we now?

OUR MISSION

OUR VISION

OUR GUIDING QUESTIONS

BLOCK STAFF 2023-2024

STUDENT WORKERS

INSTALLATION CREW

VISITORS SERVICES ASSISTANTS

Top Departments with Curricular Class Visits

STUDENT ASSOCIATES

2023-2024

STUDENT ASSOCIATES

BOARD OF ADVISORS 2023-2024

PROGRAMS 2023-2024

CINEMA 2023-2024

THE BLOCK COLLECTS

September 20 - December 3, 2023

FOR ONE AND ALL: PRINTS FROM THE BLOCKS COLLECTION

ROSALIE FAVELL: INDIGENOUS ARTISTS FACING THE CAMERA

Rosalie Favell in Residence

ACTIONS FOR THE EARTH: ART, CARE & ECOLOGY

A LITTLE TRUTH: FACT AND FICTION IN FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY

LOOKING 101

Explore the exhibition works

HALF & HALF: 2024 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION

ONE BOOK ONE NORTHWESTERN: CRYING IN H MART

REFRAME: ART AND ATHLETICS

2023-2024 STUDENT ACQUISITION: CARA ROMERO

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHTS

Lowell Nesbitt, Moon Shot (1969)

Vik Muniz, Bacchus Astride a Barrel, after Rubens (2006)

Audrey Bannister, 2023-24 Curatorial Intern

THE BLOCK’S COLLECTION

TEACHING & RESEARCH

NEWS AND BEST PRACTICES

BLOCK CINEMA

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 ACQUISITIONS

2023–2024 LOANS

Smart to the Core:

Poetry and the Human

Dialogue

Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally

2023–2024 DONORS

2023–2024

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT